Free Christmas Meal

There's free food at Englewood United Methodist Church on Christmas Day. The meal will be served from noon to 3 p.m. in the Fel­low­ship Hall behind the church. Its at 700... Read More.

Arrest for Sexual Battery on a Child

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has charged Casper Dustin Milford Michael, DOB 4/26/85, 3016 22nd street, Sarasota, with two counts of Sexual Battery on a Child. Detectives say during a forensic interview at The Child... Read More.

Pregnant 18-Year-Old Struck, Dies

An 18-year-old pregnant woman has died after being struck by a car on a Sarasota street. State troopers say Crystal Sievert was trying to cross Swift Road near Hope Street when she was hit... Read More.

Sea Scallops Re-Introduced

A group that hopes to foster a new generation of sea life in Sarasota Bay has dumped about four million microscopic bay scallops into the Bay. The Sarasota Bay Watch group introducing the tiny... Read More.

13-Year-Old Dies In ATV Accident

Friends and family today mourning the death of a thirteen-year-old Port Charlotte girl who was killed in an A-T-V accident yesterday. The Florida Highway Patrol says Danielle Zemisko was riding an A-T-V of Livermore... Read More.

Copper Thieves Disrupt Phone Service

We've reported a number of stories about scrap metal thieves disrupting people's live in recent weeks. Now, it's their phones. Century Link confirming the someone accessed a utility phone box over the weekend and... Read More.

Phone Outages Caused by Copper Theft

It was a lack of copper that knocked out the phones in Port Charlotte over the weekend. Century Link told the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office yesterday that the theft of copper wiring cut phone lines... Read More.

Russian Pilot Uninjured In Venice Crash

A student pilot from Russia uninjured in a plane crash in Venice today. A Cessna 152, single-engine aircraft crashed today around 10:45 a.m. in the 500 block of Base Avenue in Venice. The aircraft,... Read More.

Double Semi Crash Slows I-75 In Punta Gorda

Traffic was slowed in Punta Gorda this morning after two semis collided on I-75. The collision at I-75 and Tuckers Grade, mile marker 150. A Charlotte County Fire/EMS SPecial Operations unit was called to... Read More.