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Football players at Venice High School will have the latest in anti-concussion technology when they take to the field this season. The team's new helmets have a foam cover that ricochets off objects- coach... Read More.

A welfare check on a couple that appeared to have fallen asleep in an Englewood parking lot led to the discovery of a stolen car and a whole lot of drugs. According to a... Read More.

More than a dozen North Port parks are going to the dogs. The City Commission this week designated 16 parks as dog-friendly. But that doesn't mean Fido and Fluffy can run around by themselves.... Read More.

An unnamed day care vehicle driver is in hot water and faces criminal charges after a 3-year-old boy was found dead after being in the vehicle all day Monday outside Little Miracles Academy in... Read More.

Tuesday, Charlotte County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to the Pizza Hut located at 3068 Tamiami Trail in reference to a terminated employee who refused to leave the establishment. 25-year-old Delano Mathurin was in an... Read More.

A Florida woman is behind bars after it was determined that she drove to West Virginia with her dead 11-year-old daughter in her car. 37-year-old Erica Newsome has been in jail since it was... Read More.

An Englewood man got a huge shock when he found out just what kind of pest was making noise in his attic. Bob van der Herchen thought it was the usual- some rats. Turns,... Read More.

US News has named Sarasota Memorial Hospital as the eighth-best acute health care facility in Florida as part of their annual “Best Hospitals” report. It was also listed as “top performing” in all nine... Read More.

Manatee County Schools are looking to hire as many as 20 bus drivers before the start of the new school year. Drivers need to pass a background check, have five years of driving experience... Read More.

One person was hospitalized after a pair of fires broke out at a Charlotte County nursing home. Fire crews were initially called to Consulate Healthcare on 18480 Cochran Blvd. yesterday afternoon when a smoke... Read More.