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The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee remembers Elie Wiesel.A memorial service takes place Wednesday night at 6:30 at the organization's campus on McIntosh Road just south of Fruitville Road.The Holocaust survivor and Nobel Prize-winning author... Read More.

A collision caused a bit of traffic snarl in Englewood yesterday afternoon.It happened at South McCall Road and Shadow Lane.The sheriff's office and the highway patrol responded to the scene, asking people to avoid... Read More.

A shooting at a Sarasota gun range killed a teenage boy.The sheriff's office says he died in an accidental shooting yesterday at High Noon Guns on Bee Ridge Road.Officials at Sarasota Memorial Hospital pronounced... Read More.

Authorities have a Port Charlotte man without bond in a homicide investigation.Police in Leesburg have charged Jeremy Gentry with stealing the car belonging to 84-year-old Bernadine Montgomery.Montgomery's neighbors have not seen her in over... Read More.

The governor's personal forture has taken a hit over the last year.A financial disclosure form shows Rick Scott's net worth has fallen 20 percent.It has dropped to $119 million.The bulk of the Scott family's... Read More.

Parts of Florida's new abortion law have not started today.A federal judge in Tallahassee has ruled in favor of an injunction.This forces the state to maintain contracts it has for preventative care with abortion... Read More.

Florida lawmakers passed 279 bills during this year's session.Of those, 161 of them take effect today.These affect many aspects of the Sunshine State, including school choice, rape kit testing, and tax cuts.

An Englewood man has pleaded guilty in the death of his six-year-old son.Rick Dearman has admitted to aggravated manslaughter.His son Jimmy died on Christmas Eve last year after authorities say he and his girlfriend... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office has announced where to find deputies with radar guns next week.Law enforcement more heavily enforces speed limits on two roads: Lakeview Boulevard in Port Charlotte, and Jones Loop Road... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reminds everyone that its administrative headquarters and four district offices close for the Fourth of July on Monday.The offices reopen Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock.The county jail has no... Read More.