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Home prices in the region remain higher than the state and the country.Single-family home prices have risen nearly eight percent in Sarasota and Manatee counties in the last year.CoreLogic says those prices in Charlotte... Read More.

The search continues for a driver involved in a pileup on I-75 in Bradenton.The highway patrol says a black Dodge pickup weaved in and out of traffic on the northbound side near State Road... Read More.

The investigation continues into an apparent murder-suicide in Bradenton.The sheriff's office says a 50-year-old woman, a man in his 50s, and a 12-year-old child all died in a home yesterday near DeSoto Square Mall.Authorities... Read More.

The new police chief in Fort Myers now has a start date.The city council has approved a three-year contract for Derrick Diggs.He begins his new job Aug. 16.Diggs has worked as chief of the... Read More.

The state health department has confirmed a second travel-related Zika case in Manatee County.Charlotte County confirmed a case early last month.Sarasota County has yet to log a Zika case.

Sarasota Police continue investigating a death from this morning on Margaret Street.They say a family member found two people unconscious inside a home and called the county fire department.First-responders called the police department.One person... Read More.

FWC says boats have killed 71 manatees so far this year.One of these deaths has taken place in Sarasota County.Lee County has experienced the most deaths with 11.Manatee County has reported two of them.Some... Read More.

A tropical disturbance in the eastern Caribbean has a 70 percent change of developing more over the next few days.However, the story does not pose a serious threat to Florida.The National Hurricane Center says... Read More.

Two women survived a car crash on a highway in North Port.City officials say they drove north yesterday on I-75 as they approached North Toledo Blade Boulevard.First-responders airlifted one driver to a hospital.Ambulances transported... Read More.

A three-year-old girl drowned this morning in Sarasota.Detectives believe it looks like an accident.The sheriff's office says deputies responded to a home on Henrietta Place.They found the girl at the bottom of the pool.The... Read More.