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The North Port Police Department is investigating a theft at North Port High School. Officials say an estimated $6,385 worth if equipment was stolen. NPHS baseball coach Rob Rowe told police he found a... Read More.

This guy apparently has trouble following directions. 45 year old Lashay Smith had just appeared before a judge in a Sarasota courthouse on contempt charges after he was arrested for driving with a suspended... Read More.

Free parking downtown on Saturdays will return, however, parking fines and late fees will increase. The City Commission has given final approval to the proposed parking fine ordinance to adjust the rates and... Read More.

Whether a Bradenton Beach man is fit to stand trial will be determined by the 12th Judicial Circuit Court following a psychologist’s evaluation. Joseph Edmund Chiquet is in his third year in Manatee County... Read More.

The U.S. Marshals Service will conduct an online auction of furnishings and other property in the Englewood and Dixon, Ill., homes of a woman who has admitted to stealing millions from a city government.... Read More.

A man is dead and two others were hurt yesterday in a crash in Englewood. 88 year old Louis Plante was killed, 87 year old Doris Plante is in critical condition, and 43 year... Read More.

A man is dead and two others were hurt yesterday in a crash in Englewood. 88 year old Louis Plante was killed, 87 year old Doris Plante is in critical condition, and 43 year... Read More.

The Sarasota County Criminal Justice Commission on Monday discussed the potential drawbacks to the state Legislature’s proposal of having state inmates with less than a year left to serve finishing out their sentences in... Read More.

The Vietnam Traveling Memorial is in Englewood and opened for viewing 24 hours a day. Its at West Dearborn Street, at the site of the weekly farmers market. The wall has a... Read More.

L. A. Ainger Middle School students will have a chance to see the traveling Vietnam Wall up close and personal. The school has a long-standing relationship with the Vietnam Brotherhood. Every year they have... Read More.