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The long Christmas weekend produced, among other things, a small crop of drivers who were nabbed after imbibing too much. The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office say ten people were arrested for D-U-I in the... Read More.

A Sarasota woman seriously injured last night when she was struck by a car after she reportedly ran onto a road. Officers say 21-year-old Bernadette Kenniff of Sarasota was standing on the south shoulder... Read More.

One person is dead, another was hurt in a plane crash in Venice yesterday. Investigators said it happened at the Venice Municipal Airport when the plane crashed and caught fire. Firefighters were... Read More.

Texting while driving is what Florida Highway Patrol said caused a crash last week in Punta Gorda. They said a Cape Coral woman's car crashed on Burnt Store Road, just south of the... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested Raul Castro, DOB 9/9/64, 3680 Egerton Circle, Sarasota, and charged him with one count of Kidnapping and one count of Sexual Battery. Detectives say a 24-year old woman... Read More.

About 300 people were without phone service this weekend, after theives stole copper wiring from CenturyLink telephone boxes. Charlotte county deputies say utility boxes directly behind 2030 Lucky Street and the adjacent lot were... Read More.

A home invasion robbery in Sarasota last night. Investigators say four people burst into a home in the 3200 block of Elmore Place, took various items then fled. Witnesses telling deputies that a white... Read More.

Most area government offices and services, including libraries and recreation centers, closed Friday through Monday for the Christmas holiday, with a few exceptions. There will be no bus service on Sunday, which is Christmas... Read More.

Main Street merchants in Sarasota have both sticker shock and construction shock over preliminary cost options for a Main Street project that could cost as much as $14 million and take years to complete. As... Read More.

North Port, Florida is so green...how green is it? Its so green it's gold! Okay, it's so green it sets the gold standard, the highest achievement that the Florida Green Building Coalition or... Read More.