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North Port is closing in on a finalized budget and a monster jump in property tax will add $1.5 million in new revenue. The hope is to keep the millage rate the same. If... Read More.

A man who kept the body of his dead wife in a freezer in an effort to collect her social security has repaid the nearly $16 thousand he took from the government. Allan Dunn's... Read More.

The Manatee County Sheriff’s Office is looking for help in finding an endangered 57-year-old man. At around 9 p.m. on Sunday, Donald Joseph Kay called a longtime friend, saying his cancer returned and it... Read More.

Hundreds of people took part yesterday in what has become one of southwest Florida's biggest 4th of July festivals. The annual Freedom Swim was yesterday in Punta Gorda, and people went in everything from... Read More.

A branch of a national nonprofit that hopes to prevent domestic violence recently held a day-long bystander training seminar in Charlotte County. The group is called Green Dot, and according to data from the... Read More.

City commissioners in North Port will discuss the potential economic impact of the Atlanta Braves Spring Training Facility on the city at their Thursday meeting. Commissioner Debbie McDowell was the one who requested the... Read More.

Two teens were beat up in Bradenton after a drug dealer wasn't able to sell them drugs Monday night. The 15 and 19-year-old victims were offered drugs by the suspect and said no. They... Read More.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office is still trying to sort out how a number of weapons were stolen from a deputy's unmarked car in Cape Coral. Sunday afternoon, seven guns, a Taser and some... Read More.

Florida's "Stand your Ground" law has been called unconstitutional by a circuit judge. Miami-Dade judge Milton Hirsch ruled the amendment to the law allowed state lawmakers to overstep their authority when the decision should... Read More.

Gov. Scott has issued a death warrant for James Asay. Asay is set to die August 24th after being convicted in 1998 of killing two men in Jacksonville. Asay's scheduled March execution was stayed... Read More.