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Home prices in North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota fell 4.9% between October 2010 and the same month this year, according to CoreLogic. That decrease is more pronounced than the statewide average change, a 3.5% decrease. Notably, Florida’s... Read More.

The new Gulf Gate Library will be built on the site of the existing library, 7112 Curtiss Ave., Sarasota, which opened in that location in December 1983. Harvard Jolly Inc., the consultant on Phase... Read More.

The man accused of murdering SCAT bus driver James Brotherton after trying to take money from him at an ATM has refused to appear in court. 31-year-old Charles Hill elected to sit in jail... Read More.

Law enforcement throughout the Sun Coast looking for the driver who killed a five-year-old girl and injured a fifteen-year-old on U-S 41 last night. The Highway Patrol says Kimora Samuel died when she and... Read More.

A man accused of several Sarasota County home invasions and a kidnapping says prosecutors have made up some evidence against him. Forty-year-old Delmer Smith telling a judge that evidence the prosecution planned to present... Read More.

Where boaters can drop anchor in Sarasota Bay and how long live-aboards can stay around are the subject of new restrictions. Sarasota Conty Commissioners last night deciding to prohibit anchoring within 150 feet of... Read More.

An Englewood man is listed in serious condition following a vehicle crash on U.S. 41 in Manatee County. According to a Florida Highway Patrol press release, 27-year old Mark Flickinger of Placida was southbound... Read More.

A Punta Gorda man is dead as the result of a crash Friday night. In a report released by the Highway Patrol yesterday, authorities said 22-year old David Gourdeau was the driver of a... Read More.

Students at Sarasota School of Arts and Sciences are just about to move into new digs -- and finally have enough room. The school has 750 students and has been overcrowded for some time in... Read More.

An arrest in the murder of a SCAT bus driver, who minutes before his death was seen in an ATM security video with his alleged killer. Police say 31-year-old Charles Hill of Sarasota is... Read More.