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The state's sales-tax “holiday” starts this week on disaster-preparedness supplies in advance of the official start of the Atlantic Hurricane season. The weeklong holiday includes everything from tarps and fuel tanks to coolers and... Read More.

Siesta Beach lost its ranking among the best beaches in the country. The annual list put out by Dr. Beach- also known as Stephen Leatherman, a professor at Florida International University- ranked Kapalua Bay... Read More.

Forecasters say chances are increasing for the first tropical weather system of the year in the Gulf of Mexico. The National Hurricane Center said a mass of low pressure in the western Caribbean is becoming... Read More.

An accident left one North Port Neighborhood without power yesterday after a utility pole collapsed. According to a release from the city, a private vendor was working near Peake Street when his truck hit... Read More.

Memorial Day weekend is coming up, which means the Florida Highway Patrol will be out in force with another DUI Wolfpack Operation. This one will be in Desoto, Hardee, Highlands, Sarasota and Manatee Counties... Read More.

A solar power co-op launched on Wednesday in Sarasota County. Solar United Neighbors will be allowing groups to take advantage of bulk pricing in order to get a lower rate. The Herald-Tribune reports the... Read More.

There seems to be more clashing over school security between the Sarasota County School District and the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office. The district is already in the process of creating its own police force,... Read More.

The Florida Highway Patrol is asking for the public's help to find a driver who hit and killed a 19-year-old Venice man late Sunday night. The accident happened on U.S. 41 near Short Drive... Read More.

A man already on death row for a Manatee County murder was in front of a Sarasota County judge Monday...asking for his car and other belongings back. One sticking point- Delmer Smith III will... Read More.

A religious nonprofit that flies supplies to visiting mission groups in the Bahamas, Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Cuba is at an impasse with the city of Venice over a lease extension at the... Read More.