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A Sarasota County Democrat is ending his campaign for County Commission to instead serve on the board of the state Democratic party. Jordan Letschert had filed this month to run for the District 4... Read More.

It's a clean bill of health, so to speak, for nine Charlotte County businesses. Members of the county sheriff's Juvenile Unit teamed up on Friday for an enforcement sweep targeting the sale of alcohol... Read More.

Gas prices in Southwest Florida jumped 13 cents in the past week, hitting their highest levels in three years. The average price for a gallon of regular gas in the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice market was $2.70 on... Read More.

Florida Governor Rick Scott is making his fifth trip to Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria devastated the island. Scott's office said they're giving assistance and guidance to emergency management workers and government... Read More.

A Venice man has been sentenced to 330 years in prison on child pornography charges after authorities say he took sex tourism trips to the Philippines and made and posted videos of sexual encounters... Read More.

Two people died after a fiery crash on I-75 in Sarasota County. It happened early Saturday morning near mile marker 212. Police say the driver of a 2006 Chevy was driving south in the... Read More.

A Sarasota duo has been arrested for trafficking heroin and possessing drug paraphernalia according to ABC-7. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, says Ricky Freeman and Lisa Hylton were traveling 90 mph southbound on I-75,... Read More.

Students from Florida to Chicago streamed out of their schools today in the latest round of gun-control activism following the February shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida. The protests were chosen to... Read More.

Police across Sarasota County are warning residents of yet another phone scam that has been reported. This time around, the scammers are pretending to be members of the Sarasota Police Department, asking for donations.... Read More.

A plea offer is on hold for a Venice lawyer charged with stealing millions from clients who, in most cases, were already dead. The plea is on hold as prosecutors work out language that... Read More.