Road Closure Friday

Here's a traffic heads-up from Charlotte County Public Works: Intermittent lane closures will occur on Midway Boulevard, between Harbor Boulevard and Elkcam Boulevard, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. tomorrow. Workers will be replacing... Read More.

Spring Break DUI Enforcement

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office says it will be joining with the Florida Highway Patrol and The Office of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles to step up efforts during Spring Break relating to the... Read More.

Human Remains Discovered

A reported discovery of human remains brought Charlotte County Sheriff's Deputies to the intersection of Riverside Drive and Morningstar Road, on Wednesday afternoon. At that location, it was determined that a railroad... Read More.

Rooney Schedules Town Hall

Congressman Tom Rooney has scheduled a town hall next Monday at 11:30 a.m. at the Englewood Event Center. The Okeechobee Republican, initially reluctant to hold a town hall given the current political climate,... Read More.

Venice Croquet Courts Opening

The Sarasota County Croquet Club will hold the official opening of its new croquet courts in Venice later this month. The courts are located at the intersection of Pinebrook Road and Lucaya Avenue in... Read More.

Prummell News Conference Wednesday

The investigaton continues into the officer-involved fatal shooting that occurred Sunday evening on Marcum Street in Englewood. A man named Jacob Taulbee, armed with knives, allegedly approached Charlotte County Sheriff's Deputies. When... Read More.

Sarasota Metro #21

The Sarasota metro area has made No. 21 on U.S. News & World Report’s 25 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2017. To rank the Best Places to Live, U.S.... Read More.

Venice Comprehensive Plan Workshops

"Preserving Our Past--Preparing For Our Future." That's how the city of Venice is billing its 2017 to 2027 draft comprehensive plan. The comprehensive plan is a planning document required of local governments... Read More.

Indecent Beach Exposure, Solicitation

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested six men, ranging in age from 52 to 80, for indecent exposure and solicitation crimes during an undercover investigation at Caspersen Beach. Special Investigation Section detectives received reports... Read More.

Manslaughter Arrest in Overdose

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested a Nokomis woman for Manslaughter after they say she provided Carfentanil, a synthetic opioid commonly sold in place of heroin, to a Sarasota man who died as a... Read More.