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Governor Rick Scott was in Sarasota yesterday for a ceremonial bill signing for a law that is meant to hold drug dealers accountable for their role in the opioid epidemic. The actual bill was... Read More.

Homeowners in southwest Florida are beginning to pay their mortgages on time once again. In Sarasota and Manatee counties, 3.6 percent of mortgages were at least 30 days late in April, down from 4.5... Read More.

A Lee County high school football player died after suffering a heat stroke during a practice last month. 16-year-old Zach Polsenberg was taken off life support Monday evening and died a short time later.... Read More.

A woman who was found mentally incompetent in 2008 has been found guilty of suffocating a boy in 1997. Karla Sevilla pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Monday for the October 1997 death of Michael... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested a Sarasota couple on charges of Animal Cruelty after they failed to care for several horses living on their property. Four horses were found on March 1 by... Read More.

Gas prices in the area are among the cheapest in Florida, according to AAA’s daily fuel tracker. The price of a gallon of regular unleaded has dropped in 36 of the past 37 days.... Read More.

A Florida man who was attacked by an alligator while diving for golf balls in a lake says the reptile grabbed his arm and wouldn't let go so he started punching it in the... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man killed in a weekend house fire in Venice. Officials say 54-year old Jeffrey Guffy was killed in the fire that engulfed a home in the... Read More.

More bad news has landed on the lap of the former Sarasota County Sheriff's Office deputy who has been accused of attempted murder. Frankie Bybee's trial is set for Sept. 5, but will likely... Read More.

A local activist group is circulating a petition, hoping to change the way Sarasota County works its elections. The plan proposed by the non-partisan Sarasota Alliance for Fair Elections is pushing for single-member county... Read More.