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The Venice City Council on Tuesday ended its attempt to enforce payment of "extraordinary mitigation fees" paid by Neal Communities for land the city annexed. The Herald-Tribune reports that under the agreement reached yesterday,... Read More.

Sarasota County Schools Police on Tuesday detailed their plans to expand the SRO program in schools for next school year. The police department will serve all schools in the district except for Venice High... Read More.

One person has died from injuries he suffered in a crash earlier this month in Venice. Back on the morning of March 10th, 74-year old Monroe Kokin made a u-turn out of a parking... Read More.

One teenager is in custody after attempted robbery with a firearm in Sarasota. Roshon Mae, Jr., 19, of Sarasota, has been arrested by the Sarasota Police Department Street Crimes Unit and is facing charges of... Read More.

Cape Coral Police said they found the truck that is believed to have hit and killed an eight-year-old girl who was waiting at her bus stop on Monday morning.Investigators said they have developed a... Read More.

Detectives in Charlotte County are asking for the public’s help in finding any video of a fight that took place late Saturday night at Redneck Mud Park in Punta Gorda. Police say a fight... Read More.

A 41-year old man has been charged after allegedly touching children inappropriately at an Englewood swimming pool. Timothy Rice, who was convicted of child sex crimes back in 1998, was charged with loitering or... Read More.

A second person has died from a crash following the first-ever Braves game in the team's North Port Spring Training facility. The deadly crash happened on US-41 and West Villages Parkway as fans were... Read More.

An 8-year-old girl who died following a hit-and-run in Cape Coral this morning has been identified. Police said Layla Aiken was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of Northeast 3rd Avenue and Northeast... Read More.

No injuries have been reported following a house fire in North Port. The North Port Police Department responded to a fully engulfed house fire, around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, in the 3300 block of Avanti... Read More.