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The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office has announced a murder arrest.It says investigators have a confession from 35-year-old Jonathan Cutler.Authorities have charged him in the death of 33-year-old Eleanor Jones.The office says Jones' remains turned... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office today arrested two men for aggravated assault with a firearm.It says someone claims these two men shot at him this morning as he rode his bicycle on Conway Boulevard... Read More.

Police in North Port continue going through drugs and guns they have found in a home.They have found what they call a "significant amount of crack" and weapons at a home on Grobe Street... Read More.

The sheriff's office has arrested a woman for armed robbery in Port Charlotte.It has accused 25-year-old Kimberly Brown of North Fort Myers of committing the crime on Broker Street.A young man says he contacted... Read More.

The investigation continues into last night's fatal crash in Port Charlotte.The highway patrol says it involved a motorcycle on Veterans Boulevard at Norman Street.The troopers claim the bike had two people on it when... Read More.

Curt Clawson has chosen not to run for re-election.The Republican's decision marks the latest from a series of Florida lawmakers not to stay in Washington.Clawson has only served one term in Congress.He won a... Read More.

New census data shows population has grown again in the region.However, growth in North Port has happened more so than in other places, and it remains Sarasota County's fatest-growing city.The Herald-Tribune reports the city's... Read More.

A study shows Sarasota has the most speed traps in Florida.This survey from CheapCarInsurance.Net indicates the city has 142 of them per 100,000 residents.The site says it has analyzed "15 years of driver-reported national... Read More.

The region's school districts have a teacher hiring crisis on their hands.Representatives from local schools have traveled thousands of miles to look for recent graduates who want to move to Florida for their first... Read More.

Frontier Communications has blamed its takeover of another company for widespread phone, Internet, and television outages in Florida and two other states.At a legislative hearing, the company says it has inherited corrupt data in... Read More.