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The smoking ban on Sarasota County beaches could be making a comeback. A State Senate Committee's approved a bill yesterday giving county's and cities the authority to reinstate beach smoking bans. Those bans were... Read More.

Kevin Williams has owned the Punta Gorda Speedway for the past two and a half years, and he and a business partner say they're now owners of the DeSoto Super Speedway in southern... Read More.

Who says Florida's public beaches aren't world class? Siesta Public Beach's getting... Read More.

Who says public beaches aren't world class? Siesta Public Beach's getting some A-list recognition thanks to TripAdvisor.com.. Users of the travel website voted the beach onto to the 2013 Travelers Choice Beach Awards list.... Read More.

There's a new Event Center in Englewood. It's at 3069 South McCall Rd., According to the Englewood Review, it's an 8,500 square foot indoor venue with stage, lights, sound and everything... Read More.

Gov. Rick Scott's shifted gears and now says he's going to push the legislature to expand Medicaid coverage to roughly 900,000 more people under the federal health overhaul. The Governor will ask the... Read More.

Siesta Public Beach's been added by TripAdvisor to the 2013 Travelers Choice Beaches Awards list. The travel website rated Siesta Key's beach #2 on a list of the top 10 beaches in the... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has arrested 30 people in Operation Intercept II, the second such sting to protect Sarasota County’s children from online predators. The suspects responded to Internet-based ads or social media posts... Read More.

Sheriff's deputies have surveillance video of the people who beat up a Port Charlotte K-Mart employee last month.

An Englewood man was sentenced today to a years' probation after pleading no contest o killing his neighbor’s Jack Russell terrier. 76-year old Paul Roskowski, a retired deputy sheriff and firefighter, was busted... Read More.