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Earlier this week, two men were arrested for exposing themselves at Caspersen Beach Park in Venice. Wendy Rose with the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office says the men were arrested seperately during an undercover... Read More.

According to a new report released by, a children's advocacy organization founded by General Colin Powell, the national graduation rate increased by 3.5-percent to 75.5-percent between 2001 and 2009. Colleen Wilbur with Americas Promise... Read More.

A police sting in Venice has netted two instances of sale of alcohol to minors. The operation targeted eight Venice convenience stores and six were in compliance with state law banning the sale of... Read More.

Now, Internet scammers are after your tax refund. Sun Coast taxpayers are being cautioned that scammers who somehow acquire their Social Security Numbers are filing fraudulent tax returns in their names -- and keeping... Read More.

A major facelift for Sarasota-Bradenton International Airport. It's all about making the airport more appealing to travelers and enticing them to choose SRQ over its close competitors, especially Tampa International Airport. The seven-point-five million... Read More.

Charlotte County is looking to ban a popular type of synthetic marijuana that's now legally available at many stores. It's called Spice and is marketed under a number of names, primarily at convenience stores.... Read More.

Five people now confimred dead in the crash of a business jet that's registered to a Venice man. The Cessna Citation crashed while trying to land at Macon Conty regional AIrport in North Carolina... Read More.

Ripping off an 85-year-old widow over an air conditioning unit. Sarasota County detectives have arrested a man they say not only operated an illegal contractor business but stole money from a would-be client. Forty-six-year-old... Read More.

With spring training up and running on the Sun Coast, local law enforcement is concerned about a type of public safety issue that we don't usually see during the rest of the year: mass... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has released the 2011 Annual Report. Sheriff's Spokesperson Wendy Rose says law enforcement made major progress toward dealing with two of the biggest crime problems in Sarasota County...