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If you access the Uber app in the city of Venice, you'll get a message that service in the area is unavailable. Responding to complaints from residents about the lack of ride-sharing companies,... Read More.

An Englewood man was hit by a car in a driveway Wednesday afternoon and was hospitalized in critical condition. He's identified by the Florida Highway Patrol as 60-year-old Robert Wilson Junior. Troopers... Read More.

Sarasota County is the ninth-most active county in Florida when it comes to short-term rentals by the online company Airbnb. Hosts earned six-point-seven million dollars in rental income in 2016. And the county... Read More.

High grass and weeds have been a source of irritation for residents who live near Panacea and Plantation Boulevards in North Port. On Tuesday night, the city commission voted to mow the Panacea section... Read More.

Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies say they found a couple passed out in a car with two infants in the back seat. 37-year-old William Ballard and 33-year-old Delaney Crissinger of Manatee County are suspected... Read More.

President Trump's chief strategist is coming under scrutiny for being registered to vote in two states, including Florida. The Herald-Tribune says an investigation into public voting records found that Steve Bannon is registered to... Read More.

Sarasota County officials are working out the details of bringing the Atlanta Braves to the area for spring training. Team brass spoke with the County Commission at its meeting Tuesday about their planned... Read More.

Venice residents will have the final say-so as to whether a new public safety complex should be built on government owned land. According to the Herald-Tribune, that could save up to two million... Read More.

Florida gasoline prices have inched lower for 17 consecutive days. During that time, Triple-A reports that the statewide average price for a gallon of regular has declined by six cents. Triple-A predicts gas prices... Read More.

A longtime Sarasota County Sheriff's Deputy is accused of trying to murder a 79-year-old woman. 46-year-old Frank Eugene Bybee was arrested Monday morning and is facing a number of other charges. Bybee declined to... Read More.