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Preparing for a cold snap. After days of balmy weather, this is looking to be the coldest day of the winter so far and tonight, temperatures are headed for freezing or below. Area food... Read More.

Sarasota County investigators are looking into what they're calling a possible homicide early today. Deputies found the body of a white male in a wooded area near Tuttle Avenue and Martin Luther King, Junior,... Read More.

Sarasota County Deputies said they went to the six thousand block of Seagate Avenue yesterday around 5 p.m. on a burglary call. That's where they found a suspect trying to get into a... Read More.

Florida Highway Patrol said a South Carolina man was killed yesterday when he lost control of his car in a curve. FHP said 24 year old Montalvo Santos was northbound on State Road... Read More.

Sarasota County Sheriffs Deputies arrested one burglar yesterday in the act. 19-year old Matthew Benvenuto was collared by deputies arriving at a burglary-in-progress call on Colonial Drive. But they'd been called to the... Read More.

A South Carolina man is dead following a crash yesterday in Charlotte county: The state patrol reports 24-year old Montavalo Santos of Ruffin, SC was killed when he lost control of a 1999 Mitsubishi Galant... Read More.

The feds are going after a prominent local law firm. The FDIC, or Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation filed a malpractice suit against Icard Merrill because of a nearly five and a half million dollar... Read More.

A suspect in custody today in a string of so-called "distraction burglaries" in Punta Gorda. Police say they arrested 48-year-old Rocky Thompson of Oakland Park and that other arrests may be in the offing.... Read More.

He shot a repo man in southwest Charlotte County and now deputies are on his trail. The Charlotte Major Crimes Unit today looking for 36-year-old Raul Romero, who they say shot a two truck... Read More.

Area hospitals have announced the first babies born in 2012. Jana Ellis gave birth to Carlos Rafael Mercedes at 3:41 a.m. New Year’s Day at Peace River Regional Medical Center in Port Charlotte. Weighing... Read More.