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The longtime office manager of a Boca Grande business faces embezzlement charges after a surprise birthday party for her boss backfires into a paper trail of fraudulent transactions. Ruth Amen, DOB 9-3-66, of 372 Baily... Read More.

While firefighters were dealing with a 14-acre blaze in North Port bear -75, they got another call Wednesday about a house fire near Lamarque Elementary School. The Englewood Sun reports police today arrested... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has arrested Dushun Robinson, DOB 8/14/72, 1667 24th Street, Sarasota, for the murder of a man in the Pinecraft area on March 20th. Detectives charged Robinson for fatally stabbing Steven... Read More.

Money is why Sarasota County's Sheriff Thomas Knight says he's pulling his officers from working as student resource officers as of July 1st from middle and high schools within city limits. Knight says... Read More.

Charlotte County could be in for a speed boost, courtesy of Super Boat International Races. SBI stages an event in Key West, and the Charlotte County Commission voted today to spend $10,000 for... Read More.

(PORT CHARLOTTE) Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell announced at a press conference this morning that three marijuana grow houses was raided Tuesday in Port Charlotte as “Operation Green House” continues. A total of 351.35... Read More.

Students are seeing CCSO Drug Dogs in school this week: The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reports that K9 units have been at two schools in the county and have made two drug arrests so far.... Read More.

Punta Gorda Airport's joining others across the country facing the loss of their air traffic control towers to funding cuts, in suing the FAA to stop them. Under the cuts, the tower at Punta... Read More.

Heron House, a Sarasota assisted-living center, has been working with the county public health officials since yesterday to contain an outbreak of a gastrointestinal disease among residents of its memory care unit. The... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reports that K9 units have been at two schools in the county and have made two drug arrests so far. A CCSO spokesperson says the K9 unit will... Read More.