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The new Venice library is officially opened for business. The new, $8.8M facility opened to the public on Saturday morning. The new building also features new technology, including a teen zone with video gaming... Read More.

Rep. Michael Grant of Port Charlotte has been selected to serve as the House Majority Whip. After the Friday announcement, Grant said he is looking forward to using his position to usher in new... Read More.

The Pine Bluff City Council will consider an ordinance to waive competitive bidding and contract with Go Forward Pine Bluff to operate and manage the Pine Bluff Business Innovation Hub. Under the proposal, the... Read More.

Online thieves steal about $40,000 from Arkansas’ unclaimed property fund. State Auditor, Andrea Lee’s office made the payments to at least one person, who used stolen identities to make claims on the fund that... Read More.

Arkansas Democrats re-elect Chairman, Michael John Gray to a second term as head of the party. Gray was re-elected to a four-year term. Republicans maintained their hold on all of Arkansas’ congressional and constitutional... Read More.

A capital charge is changed in an area case. Officials tell reporters the woman arrested after stabbing her boyfriend to death last month had her charge amended to manslaughter, rather than murder. Prosecutors say... Read More.

Look for an increase in your water bill. Charlotte County commissioners vote to increase combined water and sewer rates, starting at 7 percent by April, followed by four more yearly increases. It’s been more... Read More.

A man was killed this morning on I-75 South in Venice. Florida Highway Patrol says a U-Haul truck was driving southbound near milemarker 190 around 10:30am when the passenger noticed the door was not... Read More.

Florida may have a plan to address the increasing number of children who do not have health insurance. The state Agency for Health Care Administration wants $16.3 million to help insure an additional 22,000... Read More.

More than 26 years after murdering a Miami-Dade County woman during a burglary of her home, Death Row inmate Jose Antonio Jimenez was executed by lethal injection late Thursday at Florida State Prison.