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An 18-year old Nokomis woman took home the title at the Miss Teen Florida United States competition over the weekend in Daytona Beach. Noelia Voigt will now compete in the Miss Teen United States... Read More.

Parents and even some administrators seem to have mixed feelings about the Sarasota County School district managing what amounts to its own police staff in order to have school resources on staff. At a... Read More.

A Venice woman, along with the daughter of North Port Mayor Vanessa Carusone, were arrested last week, trying to transport more than 100 pounds of marijuana from Nebraska to Florida. 26-year old Kristin Schultz... Read More.

And for the second time in less than a week a Tallahassee judge has given Tampa strip club owner Joe Redner the go-ahead to grow his own pot, rejecting a request from state health... Read More.

A 23-year old man was arrested after police say he arranged to have more than $4,000 worth of MDMA, or ecstasy, delivered to his home in Venice. Police say Kylor Proper coordinated the large... Read More.

At a budget workshop Tuesday morning, the Sarasota County School District looked at where cuts can be made in order to afford the cost of new school resource officers that are now required by... Read More.

A 55-year old North Port woman was arrested and charged Tuesday after police found more than 80 animals living in her home. Animal services was called to the house, where they found a number... Read More.

A prime piece of Venice real estate will not be the home of a new development- instead, it will be an urban forest. Venice Area Beautification Chairman Greg Vine told ABC-7 the idea is... Read More.

According to ABC-7 Sarasota Police Department says the human remains found on Monday do not belong to Jabez Spann. Officials determined this through dental records. SPD says the remains found were a skull... Read More.

US Rep Vern Buchanan yesterday announced that he has introduced a bill in the House aimed at slowing the opioid epidemic. Buchanan detailed his Opioid Emergency Response Act, a combination of seven different bills,... Read More.