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North Port's about to change. City Commissioners are planning to split North Port into 5-districts. The Herald-Tribune reports commissioners have given a green light to a request for information from consultants that... Read More.

CCSO Street Crimes deputies arrested two women during a traffic stop after finding over seven pounds of synthetic drugs in their ca. Authorities say they stopped the car for window tinting. They... Read More.

A police raid in Cape Coral has taken down a marijuana grow house. Police say they have seized fifty-seven pounds of pot and thirteen-thousand dollars in crash from Wednesday's raid on East Gator Circle. Utility workers... Read More.

North Port City Commissioners have decided to extend the two-year moratorium on road impact fees on new construction for at least one more year. The Herald-Tribune reports the impact fee helps pay for... Read More.

Authorities are investigating what they're calling a suspicious fire this early this morning at a home in Punta Gorda. It was in the back bedroom of a home on Oil Well Road. ... Read More.

CCSO detectives are asking for your help trying to find a 54-year-old Port Charlotte man who hasn't been seen since last Thursday. John Simmons, of the 400 block of Wabash Avenue in Port Charlotte,... Read More.

CCSO has a reminder for contractors and workers to make sure they secure their construction equipment and materials at job sites. Between June of last year and this month, the Sheriff’s Office has... Read More.

A developer's asked Venice officials for approval of a mixed use development on 50-acres of under-developed land at the northeast corner of Laurel Road and Knights Trail east of I-75. The Herald-Tribune reports... Read More.

Sarasota County commissioners have asked interim County Administrator Thomas Harmer to take the job of County Administrator permanently. The Herald-Tribune reports Harmer was the deputy county administrator, before the dismissal of former Administrator... Read More.

Medical marijuana appears on Florida's November ballot. State Supreme Court has approved this measure in spite of objections from Attorney General Pam Bondi. Meanwhile, attorney general candidate George Sheldon calls the ruling a victory for Floridians. Bondi... Read More.