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Sheriff's investigators in Sarasota County are trying to find out who or what killed two people whose bodies were found inside a home in the Bent Tree area. Names of the victims have not... Read More.

A Port Charlotte man dead, another seriously injured in a motorcycle collision early this morning. The Highway Patrol says 26-year-old Justin Braswell died when his motorcycle slammed into the rear of another motorcycle and... Read More.

A new T-hangar is under construction at Venice Municipal Airport. The eight-unit building, which will be hardened for protection from hurricane-force winds, is expected to be complete by spring 2012. There is already a... Read More.

About 4,000 gallons of raw sewage spilled on the ground in the 200 block of South Nokomis Avenue in Venice Dec. 13 around 8:50 a.m. when a 12-inch force main developed a leak. Venice... Read More.

VENICE, Fla. - The Florida Highway Patrol, Venice District, conducted a DUI Wolfpack Detail on December 09, 2011, from 10:00 PM to 4:00 AM. FHP sets up such details to proactively remove impaired drivers... Read More.

The National Transportation Safety Board is getting in on the no texting act, saying that all drivers should be banned from using cell phones, whether to talk or to text, whether they're hand held... Read More.

A veteran of the Punta Gorda Police Department has been appointed to serve as Public Information Officer for the United States Police Canine Association. Captain Jim Nichols says working with K-9 officers is... Read More.

High school graduation rates are up in many areas of Florida -- but they're down in the Sun Coast. New numbers today say eighty percent of high school student in Florida receive their diplomas... Read More.

Investigators are calling it one of the largest real estate flipping fraud cases in Florida history. Two more Sun Coast residents pleading guilty now of conspiring with investors Craig Adams and Rich Bobka by... Read More.

We've reported a lot of stories about thieve fencing stolen property and ripping off copper and other metal. Now, Sarasota County Commissioners are looking at ways to step up the regulation of places that... Read More.