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CHARLOTTE COUNTY PARKS AND NATURAL RESOURCES PERFORMED A PRESCRIBED BURN AT TIPPECANOE ENVIRONMENTAL PARK THURSDAY. IT’S AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT WILDFIRES BEFORE THEY START DURING THE DRY SEASON THIS WINTER. SEVENTY ACRES OF THE... Read More.

A STRANGER DANGER INCIDENT ON MARCO ISLAND. A 12-YEAR-OLD GIRL SAYS A MAN TRIED TO LURE HER INTO HIS CAR NEAR HER SCHOOL. POLICE ARE STILL LOOKING FOR THE SUSPECT. HE’S DESCRIBED AS A... Read More.

A WALMART THEIF TRIED TO GET AWAY WITH 16-HUNDRED-DOLLARS WORTH OF RAZORS. ACCORDING TO THE ENGLEWOOD SUN DENNIS CAYOT HAD AN ELECTRIC SHOPPING CART FULL OF RAZORS WHEN A STORE EMPLOYEE ASKED TO SEE... Read More.

VIDEOS ON SOCIAL MEDIA LAND A MAN IN JAIL..CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICERS SAW VIDEOS OF A MAN USING DRUGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES AND INFORMANTS BOUGHT DRUGS FROM JOHN ANDREWS OVER THE COURSE... Read More.

A CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAN FACES LIFE IN PRISON. KEITH WILSON WAS FOUND GUILTY YESTERDAY FOR THE MURDER OF 3-YEAR-OLD PILAR RODRIQUEZ IN 1999. THE JURY DELIBERATED JUST OVER TWO HOURS AND RETURNED WITH A... Read More.

EVERYTHING IS BACK TO NORMAL THIS MORNING AT A RETIREMENT FACILITY IN VENICE. VILLAGE ON THE ISLE WAS EVACUATED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AFTER A GAS LINE BREAK. CONSTRUCTION CREWS HIT THE GAS LINE WITH AN... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is still looking for the man who sexually assaulted a girl inside a vehicle while the Riverview High School football game was happening. The alleged incident happened on Parma... Read More.

The Venice Police Department is pleased to begin accepting applications for the Fifth Annual Citizen Police Academy. The Citizen Police Academy is an option given to interested individuals to help understand local law enforcement... Read More.

The City of Venice's storm debris contractor, Crowder Gulf, has completed bulk collection from Hurricane Irma. Solid Waste will now resume scheduling bulk yard waste collections on Monday, Oct. 23 for customers' usual fall... Read More.

Five schools in Sarasota County are on lockdown Thursday morning due to a gun that was brought on one of the buses. Riverview and Suncoast Polytechnical High Schools, Suncoast Technical College and Phillippi and... Read More.