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Flood Watch is issued for Southwest Florida, including the following areas: Through 8 a.m. Friday morning Charlotte, Lee, Collier, Hendry, Glades, DeSoto counties. Also, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Sarasota, Hardee, Highlands, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Polk, Broward, Collier, Miami-Dade, Palm... Read More.

A developer from Oklahoma has plans for the corner of State Road 776 and Gasparilla Road. Russell Richardson of GBR Properties of Tulsa has applied with Charlotte County to build “Harbor Village” as a mixed-use... Read More.

COVID 19 has forced Florida officials to make some changes to this hurricane season. Some of the biggest differences will be coming to shelters. Following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, the state will... Read More.

The state will open campgrounds throughout its 16-county region today. To help protect staff and visitors from the spread of COVID-19, the following guidelines will be in place at all District campgrounds: • Campgrounds will be... Read More.

ROTONDA WEST-An alligator attacked a 14-year-old boy Tuesday in a pond near Englewood. The attack happened at 12:32 p.m. in a pond off Robin Road, in the Rotonda Meadows & Villas subdivision near South Gulf Cove, said... Read More.

An Englewood Doctor who had been accused of sexually assaulting patients in early May has been arrested again after seven more patients came forward filing additional complaints. Thomas Lohstreter, 70, of Sarasota, had allegedly admitted... Read More.

The 2020 Atlantic hurricane season is predicted to be more active than usual, according to the NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service. The NOAA outlook calls for 13 to 19... Read More.

The Sarasota Police Chief ordered officers to stop using a neck restraint following the death of George Floyd. "Effective immediately, officers of the Sarasota Police Department will no longer utilize the vascular neck restraint as... Read More.

A Punta Gorda woman was sentenced Friday to five years and 10 months in federal prison for attempting to send cellphones to the Middle East to be used as bomb detonators by the Islamic... Read More.

OneBlood in the City of Venice will hold a blood drive Wednesday, June 3 outside City Hall. The drive is from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. OneBlood has seen a significant drop in blood donations... Read More.