Latest News

The bidding for a nearly $6 million project to refurbish Venice Ave. closes early next month. According to the city of Venice's engineering department, outside analysis showed the facelift could be done in as... Read More.

State Attorney Andrew Warren says he will seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing four people in southeast Seminole Heights last year. Howell Donaldson III is charged with four counts of... Read More.

Being discharged from the hospital is normally a good thing, but for one Florida man, it meant missing the end of a sporting event he was watching on television. 40-year-old John Deandrade barricaded himself... Read More.

Former Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown had an appeal rejected Monday by an appeals court to stay out of prison while she appeals a conviction on charges related to a charity scam. The 11th U.S.... Read More.

A Sarasota man has been charged in the beating death of a woman nearly 10 years after the fact. Delmer Smith III was first arrested after a Venice bar fight in September of 2009.... Read More.

One person has died after a small, single-engine plane crashed in Lee County on Monday afternoon. Lee Co. officials say the plane made a mayday call less than 15 minutes after taking off from... Read More.

A two-car crash in Osprey sent multiple people to the hospital yesterday afternoon. Officials with the Florida Highway Patrol say the accident happened around 1:15pm near the intersection of Old Venice Road and Rivendell... Read More.

A person is in the hospital after being shot while operating a motorcycle on US 41 near Zemel Road in Punta Gorda. Shots were reported being fired near Interstate 75 and US 41 south... Read More.

A 53-year-old man crashed his motorcycle Saturday night in Charlotte County and has been listed as in critical condition. Austin Simmons was headed northbound on Interstate 75 around 7:30pm when he tried to change... Read More.

A donation of $100,000 is headed to the new William H. Jervey Jr. Venice Public Library, thanks to the Venice City Council. At tomorrow's city council meeting it will be determined what part of... Read More.