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A team of workers with both Habitat for Humanity and AmeriCorps are teaming up this week to build a home -from the ground up- for a Charlotte County veteran. The group from AmeriCorps came... Read More.

An amateur diver made a historic find when he came across human remains in the waters off Venice. They turned out to be from a Native American graveyard that is more than 7,000 years... Read More.

A pair of Manatee County School Board members took their disagreement from a school board meeting to the parking lot Tuesday. Dave Miner has been accused of using his car as a weapon against... Read More.

The Hendry County Sheriff has announced a plan to arm volunteer school staff in Hendry County schools. The decision is the latest in a string of situations that have come up since the shootings... Read More.

Florida is trying to fall in line with 43 other states by putting a ban on texting while driving. If the bill is passed by the Florida House it will then go to the... Read More.

A violent family altercation that led to a shooting last month has now led to charges being filed against one man. This week, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested Douglas Blanco, who they say... Read More.

It took nearly four years, but police in Charlotte County have finally recovered a stolen car...albeit from the bottom of a lake. Deputies on patrol with the Aviation Unit spotted the white Ford Taurus... Read More.

In conjunction with a series of school walkout events planned for March 14, the Sarasota County School district says they are trying to work with students and school administrators to plan an observance on... Read More.

Sarasota County firefighters were awoken yesterday morning to a call of an early morning motorcycle fire. Just before 7am, crews were called to the scene near Venice Avenue and Greencove Road. The bike fire... Read More.

Venice Elementary School will soon get a new School Resource Officer. Mayor John Holic made the proposal to allocate already existing police funds to increase police presence at Venice schools. The new funding would... Read More.