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The Punta Gorda Police Department is offering a self defense class next month. Captain Thomas Lewis says the S.A.F.E. class is intended to teach women self defense tactics that can be used by... Read More.

Sarasota County's ten year plan to end homelessness is nearly complete. After less than a year of planning how to get the input, and then spending five months getting the input, there are solutions on... Read More.

The Venice Police Department is investigating three residential burglaries in the Sawgrass and Brenner Park subdivisions. The homes were entered through the rear sliding doors in the evening around dinner time. The burglar(s) took... Read More.

If you make a donation to the American Red Cross between now and Dec. 31, your gift will be doubled through the Southwest Florida Community Challenge. The Red Cross has secured $100,000 in matching funds... Read More.

Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain is coming to Sarasota. The Republican Party of Sarasota County announced today that Cain will be the special guest at their 2011 Statesman of the Year Dinner to... Read More.

There's a 9-11 memorial wall on display in Clearwater. Connecticut fire chief Tim Wall the National Chair of the Volunteer Combination Officers section of the National Association of Fire Chiefs, Tim Wall... Read More.

The Sarasota Planning Board narrowly approved a 30,000 square-foot Goodwill store on the North Trail Wednesday night. About 17,000 square feet are proposed as a retail center, selling secondhand goods, with the remainder of... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested an Oregon fugitive in Sarasota. The sheriff's office said 44 year old Francis Locascio was wanted on charges of robbery. He was booked into the Sarasota County... Read More.

Sarasota County is hosting two workshops to provide more information on the Energy Economic Zone (EEZ) and to invite public input on clean technology, incentives, and how to accelerate green economic development. The workshops will... Read More.

All Sara­sota County gov­ern­ment offices, includ­ing libraries, recre­ation cen­ters and the Sara­sota County His­tory Cen­ter will be today, in obser­vance of Vet­er­ans Day. Sara­sota County Area Tran­sit bus ser­vice, includ­ing para­tran­sit ser­vice, will oper­ate... Read More.