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A 74-year old Venice man is free on bond after being arrested and charged with possession of child pornography. Police say an IP address that belonged to Hartley Haines was used to download multiple... Read More.

A pair of Charlotte County stores are in hot water after an undercover sting into underage alcohol sales. According to a release from the sheriff's office, members of their Juvenile Unit went to 13... Read More.

The Sarasota Memorial Hospital board has committed more than $8 million in designing a master plan for a site on Laurel Road in Venice that will eventually house a 210-bed hospital campus. The board... Read More.

Students returning from Spring Break scheduled a moment of silence on the campus of Florida International to pay their respects to the people killed in the bridge collapse. The moment of silence was scheduled... Read More.

A Cirque du Soleil performer died over the weekend after falling during a show in Tampa. It was announced on social media that Yann Arnaud was dead after the accident during VOLTA. The company... Read More.

Florida Gov. Rick Scott has signed legislation to fight the state's opioid problem. He did so today while in Bradenton. Manatee County was the home for the highest amount of deaths in the state... Read More.

A 31-year-old man from Port Charlotte was arrested on Friday during a Sexual Battery investigation by Detectives with the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit. Jeffrey Meyer is already a registered sex offender... Read More.

Eight were rescued and one person injured in a brush fire at Caspersen Beach Park Thursday. The Venice Fire Department said the fire broke out around 1:45pm. Crews from Sarasota County, Nokomis, Charlotte County... Read More.

A witness to the attempted kidnapping of a woman and stabbing of the attacker in North Port has come forward. The unidentified woman said she heard the victim screaming while what appeared to be... Read More.

A shopping center has been closed in Punta Gorda after a fire broke out Friday morning. It happened at the Deep Creek Commons shopping plaza. Alarms were heard coming from Emil's Sports Bar &... Read More.