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Sarasota County officials unveiled the county's new Emergency Operatiomns Center today. The Herald Tribune reports the $18.7-million dollar 40,000 square foot facility's been designed to stand up to a Category 5 Hurricane. ... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office has accused an Ohio man of breaking into a home and making meth inside it. Deputies arrested the 30-year-old man Friday after finding him at the house on Barbour Avenue... Read More.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is back at Venice Beach, again. They are dredging sand from offshore to replace several miles of shoreline that have eroded over the last decade. The... Read More.

Updated fuel cost projections for 2015 from Florida Power & Light's going to be good news for customers in Charlotte, Sarasota, and Manatee counties. The utility's informed the state Public Service Comission that... Read More.

Four people were injured this morning, one of them seriously, when a van and a car collided at the intersection of SR-776 and David Boulevard in Port Charlotte. According to NBC2, the Florida... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office is still excepting applications for the 50th Citizen’s Police Academy. The 8-week class meets one night a week from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. Instructors from a variety of... Read More.

CCSO deputies say 23-year old Steven Harper was bored, so he decided to liven up his life. It landed him in the Charlotte County Jail.... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-WENG-030615-Jennings-Bored Vandalism VO [.mp3 Deputies allege Harper went... Read More.

CCSO Detectives say thanks to tips, they can identify two people caught on surveillance video in a laundry theft at Venetian Cleaners in Englewood February 25th. NBC2 reports three woman went to Venetian... Read More.

The Sarasota Sheriff's Department's charged an account with exploitation of the elderly, for allegedly stealing from a client who's incapacitated and in an assisted living facility...... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-WENG-030514-Jennings CPA CHarged VO [.mp3 53-year old... Read More.

The Sarasota Sheriff's Department's charged an account with exploitation of the elderly. The Herald-Tribune reports 53-year old Brian Strand's accused of stealing close to $200,000 from a 92-year old woman. Authorities say... Read More.