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The Manatee County Sheriff's Office has arrested four teenagers for allegedly having sex with a 13-year-old girl in August of last year. 18-year-old Timothy Hinds and three others under 18 have been charged as... Read More.

An Englewood man has been arrested for possession of child pornography after police determined his computer IP address. It was determined that 55-year-old Robert Hudson had downloaded several files in Sarasota County Sheriff's Office... Read More.

Siesta Key residents aren't happy with the Sarasota County Commission's change to allow businesses to be built closer to the sidewalk. A proposed rule change would eliminate a requirement that currently states buildings over... Read More.

The City of Venice next month is starting their second phase for the city's automated trash pick-up. 3,000 new cans will go out in the middle of February in Capri Isles, East Venice Ave.,... Read More.

The Florida Music Education Association has honored the music programs of a pair of Sarasota County middle schools as well as a teacher from Laurel Nokomis Elementary school. Charles Allen received the association's Music... Read More.

Police in Longboat Key are currently investigating the death of a 54 year old woman that found in a sauna earlier this week. Police were called to the Moorings Harbourside clubhouse Tuesday evening and... Read More.

Getting vaccinated for the human papillomavirus would be a requirement for all public school kids if a bill passes through the Florida legislature. Democratic State Sen. Jose Javier Rodriguez of Miami is the lead... Read More.

A veteran who calls Bradenton home has been sentenced to home detention after a guilty plea of defrauding the government. Why? Because he pretended to be blind. 71-years-old Doyle Mullins Jr., who is indeed... Read More.

An arrest was made Monday of a Venice High School football player just days before the team is scheduled to be part of a championship parade. 18-year-old Jeremy Trebbles was arrested in Sarasota and... Read More.

Proper procedure was followed. That's the word from Manatee County Sheriff Rick Wells about an officer-involved shooting that happened Tuesday night in Bradenton. A man was shot and killed by a deputy even though... Read More.