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The State Fire Marshall is investigating the cause of a fire that destroyed a home on the 41 hundred block of Waikiki Drive in Lake Sarasota last night. The owners managed to get... Read More.

A Sarasota teenager is in serious condition at Bayfront Medical Center after the gas motorized bike he was riding was hit by a Jeep Wednesday afternoon. The accident happened on Fruitville Road near... Read More.

Some thought the red tide was gone. It's not. Sarasota officials are warning you to keep your pets out of the water. While most of the red tide bloom has moved... Read More.

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement clears former Sarasota City Manager Robert Bartolotta of any wrongdoing 10 months after he resigned. He and Deputy City Manager Marlon Brown were accused of illegally... Read More.

A thief who stole a Sarasota woman's campaign yard signs writes her a postcard explaining why she did it. On two occasions, the Barack Obama and Keith Fitzgerald signs were taken from the... Read More.

The man believed to have robbed the SunTrust Bank on Murdock Circle last Thursday has been arrested. Detectives plan to also charge 51-year old Partick Conte with the Armed Robbery of the Asian Cai... Read More.

The Engle­wood Com­mu­nity Devel­op­ment Area Advi­sory Board will hear updates on sev­eral upcom­ing events at its meet­ing later this week. Prepa­ra­tions for the weekly West Dear­born Street Farmer’s Mar­ket, the Lemon Bay Gar­den Club’s... Read More.

One of the people believed responsible for a recent Charlotte County jewelry heist has been captured. Sheriff’s detectives arrested Dolores Irene Rose yesterday. They also planned to take her boyfriend, Benjamin Paul Hochmuth into... Read More.

Renewed home construction in North Port has revived dormant plans for a new Publix supermarket. Construction on the Lakeland-based chain's planned store at U.S. 41 and West Villages Parkway will start in about a... Read More.

Two people who live in the Harbor Acres neighborhood help Sarasota police find and arrest two men they say were breaking into people's cars Wednesday morning. The witnesses say the crooks worked as... Read More.