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Sarasota County deputies have located the boat of a man who went missing on Monday afternoon. Around 6 o'clock Tuesday night, officials found a 20' boat belonging to 50-year-old Todd Battaglino nearly 15 miles... Read More.

Sarasota County's fire stations will be renovated over the next few years, with a new one going under construction later this year near the Celery Fields on Palmer Blvd. Of the county's nearly two... Read More.

At least one person died in a crash on I-75 in Lee County this morning. Florida Highway Patrol called the crash two vehicles versus a tractor trailer. Among those critically injured is an infant,... Read More.

Governor Ron DeSantis will travel across the state using a former drug plane, which was seized by the FDLE and later upgraded. Eight years ago, former Governor Rick Scott sold the state air fleet... Read More.

Police in Venice are investigating a robbery that happened on the 300 block of West Venice Ave. on Monday. Police say a white man in his 30s, along with a woman, robbed another person... Read More.

The Sarasota Co sheriffs office is asking the public for help in finding a boater who has been missing since Monday afternoon. 50-year-old Todd Battaglino, who his family described as an avid boater who... Read More.

Authorities say a Sarasota Co. Sheriffs deputy has been suspended without pay for two days and removed from his agency’s SWAT team after guns and other equipment were stolen from his unlocked patrol vehicle.... Read More.

Around 80,000 gallons of wastewater entered Wares Creek in Bradenton after a force main broke late Monday night. The 18-inch force main broke at the lift station on 8th Avenue W around midnight and... Read More.

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Ron DeSantis was sworn in as Florida’s new governor on today with promises to keep taxes low and to make schools and the environment a priority. In a speech filled... Read More.

Police are trying to determine whether an ambulance crew was targeted with gunshots during an early morning call. Sarasota police spokeswoman Genevieve Judge said that a crew from the Sarasota County Fire Department responded... Read More.