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Some important new grants to community organizations for the new year. The Gulf Coast Community Foundation in Venice is handing out 375-thousand dollars in grants to area non-profit groups. One of the largest is... Read More.

Sun Coast high school principals who've been awaiting report cards on their schools are going to have to wait a little longer. The Florida Department of Education says its annual letter-grade system, which assigns... Read More.

A guilty plea and six life sentences for a Charlotte County mass murderer. A judge handing those sentences to Jeremy Sly in the execution-style killings of a North Port man and three of his... Read More.

The man facing trial on 20-year old murder charges has entered a guilty plea, in order to spare his own life. As we told you earlier this week, Jeremy Bruce Sly was scheduled to go... Read More.

More and more houses are selling in our part of the Sunshine State. And as the sales are up, so are the prices. Florida Realtors say home sales were up about 17 percent... Read More.

When you fill up before leaving town this week, you'll probably notice that the price of gas is down a few cents from last week. Oil is back below 100-dollars per barrel, but Daniel... Read More.

Two apparently unrelated attempted bank robberies on Tamiami Trail yesterday -- and neither bandit left with any money. Witnesses say a slender white male who looks like a recently died his hair whitish-blond showed... Read More.

Two drastically different approaches to red light cameras. While Manatee County is about to get rid of them, officials in Sarasota say they're going to add more. The city will be installing red light... Read More.

If you spotted smoke in the sky off Yorkshire Street Near I-75 in east North Port around ten this morning, it was there on purpose. North Port Fire Rescue was conducting a full-scale Prescribed... Read More.

No change at the top of the Southwest Florida Police Chiefs Association. Members voting to keep their current head, Punta Gorda Police Chief Butch Arenal, as president. This makes the third consecutive term for... Read More.