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The North Port Police Department has arrested a man on felony animal abuse charges causing death. Police made a visit to 62-year-old Roman Shkraba's home where a 12-year-old Cocker Spaniel was having trouble breathing... Read More.

A change is coming to the drawbridges in Manatee and Sarasota Counties. Boaters will likely have to wait a bit longer after the Coast Guard has reduced the number of bridge openings to just... Read More.

The Venice Fire Department was busy Thursday after a fire broke out at 836 Riviera St. on the island of Venice. Crews were called shortly after 5:15 in the evening where the house had... Read More.

The Venice campus of the State College of Florida will offer a six-day course teaching you how to be a private investigator. The course will begin in January and will focus on several rules... Read More.

A Florida Senator has filed a bill to exempt the state from daylight saving time. Republican Senator Greg Steube, who represents Sarasota County and western Charlotte County, filed the bill to allow Florida to... Read More.

The skate park in North Port has been tagged and now the suspect has charges against him. The North Port Police Department has arrested 38-year-old James Williams Jr. on multiple charges for the damage... Read More.

A fight that broke out at East Lee County High School has a student facing battery against a law enforcement officer. The Lee County Sheriff's Office arrested the student just after 12:30 in the... Read More.

Sarasota County has a budget problem to the tune nearly $5.5 million. The commission is looking at major cuts rather than dive into some sort of rainy day account. An eye-opener for the public... Read More.

Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight has put together a new team aimed at decreasing homelessness to the tune of $600 thousand. The budgeted figure pays for a pair of deputies, one sergeant and two... Read More.

The Manatee County Health Department, along with the county commission and school board has decided that a health study will be conducted to collect data from former students of Bayshore High School. The concern... Read More.