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The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested two men after a traffic stop led deputies to the discovery of a loaded gun, meth, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia. Deputies were conducting surveillance on a known drug... Read More.

A boat ran out of gas in Charlotte Harbor but the four people on board were rescued Monday night. Two adults and two children visiting from Texas had left Alligator Bay in a... Read More.

Baseball fans will have to deal with traffic congestion when attending Tampa Bay Rays spring training games. An expansion of Edgewater Drive was expected to be completed by the Rays' first home game... Read More.

A Charlotte County man was seriously injured when he lost control of his motorcycle. The Florida Highway Patrol says it happened Friday morning on U.S. 17, about a half mile from Jeffrey Mills'... Read More.

New Year's weekend is not only the biggest party holiday of the year, it's also the holiday with the most drunken driving arrests. That's why the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is taking part... Read More.

Charlotte County Community Services has announced that the Ann Dever Park Pool will reopen tomorrow. That's two weeks ahead of schedule with the completion of resurfacing the pool's marcite shell. The pool... Read More.

A couple of traffic reminders for you: one--temporary single lane closures on Broadpoint Drive between Del Prado Parkway and Rushmore Avenue will begin on Tuesday, in Harbour Heights. Work in this area is to... Read More.

An old train car that was once used by the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus is now in place at the Historic Train Depot in Venice. It's a sleeper car from 1953... Read More.

If you're wondering what to do with your Christmas tree now that Christmas is done, you can recycle them by putting them out on the curb on your normal yard trash collection day. ... Read More.

A young Punta Gorda woman was killed in a single-vehicle accident Friday evening. The Florida Highway Patrol says that 19-year-old Casey Dankowitz was traveling on Sunset Boulevard when she lost control of the... Read More.