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The Coast Guard says it has found a second body while searching for a missing family off the coast near Englewood.Ace Kimberly and his three teenage children left from Sarasota on Sunday afternoon.They wanted... Read More.

The Coast Guard says crews have found personal items while looking for a family whose sailboat disappeared off the coast near Englewood.Capt. Gregory Case says they have recovered a bucket with a cell phone... Read More.

The Coast Guard says it has recovered a yellow kayak.Capt. Gregory Case says it matches the description of one of those that a sailboat towed.That sailboat disappeared off the coast of Englewood on Sunday.Case... Read More.

Venice ranks among the 10 safest mid-sized cities in Florida.The study from ValuePenguin.com has ranked over 200 cities from crime metrics that have to do with the FBI.Venice overall has the 35th overall safety... Read More.

People living in a Punta Gorda mobile home park believe someone keeps feeding a gator that has wandered into their area.One man says this gator approached him and his friends Sunday as if it... Read More.

No one reports any injuries from a gas line break at Venice High School.The fire chief says a backhoe hit the two-inch natural gas line during construction this morning.The line sits at the back... Read More.

The number of confirmed Zika virus cases in Florida has increased again.The state health department says it has found three more cases in South Florida.Combine those with four others in Tampa Bay and the... Read More.

The Coast Guard has launched a full search for a man and his three teenage children.They have disappeared from a sailboat off the coast.The Coast Guard says the man, his two sons ages 13... Read More.

Sarasota's proposed ban on assault weapons in the city has failed.Commissioners have decided against the non-binding symbolic resolution.The city attorney believes passing the resolution could prompt lawsuits.

The state attorney general's office keeps working to block Planned Parenthood's attempts to stop a new abortion law from starting.Planned Parenthood has challenged the law that would prevent local governments from doing business with... Read More.