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Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives continue their investigation into a safe that was stolen from a Raceway gas station on U.S.17 East of Punta Gorda after burglars smashed a hole in the rear of the... Read More.

One, two, now three audits of Sarasota county purchasing show a pattern of record-keeping and policy violations. The third audit was released yesterday. In some cases, county employees failed to get three price quotes... Read More.

(PUNTA GORDA) Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives Thursday made the final two arrests of four Charlotte High School students involved in a 10 p.m. Halloween incidents of “egging” and then throwing a hard object from... Read More.

Sarasota County deputies are looking for two men who robbed a Pilot gas station on 51st Avenue East early this morning. Investigators say the pair robbed the Pilot station in the 1500 block of... Read More.

The second suspect in a North Port restaurant armed robbery has now been captured. Police say 19-year-old Robby Agin of Port Charlotte was the accomplice they've been hunting since two men robbed the Olde... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's office says a check scam is going around the area. It's one that's seen pretty regularly, where the victim will receive a check -- or in this case, a money... Read More.

An accused drug dealer in Charlotte county bonded out of jail before police could get paperwork completed to charge her with a drug sale at her home, leading to her arrest twice in 24... Read More.

Three Sun Coast-area municipal pension funds are over-extended -- and that has red flags flying in the financial community... ============================================= It's about what's called the "ratio of unfunded liabilities". In other words, does a pension fund... Read More.

He's been referred to as "Sarasota's Rock Star of the International Art World" but now he's headed to prison. Forty-seven-year-old Robert Preiss, former owner of Saint Armand's Gallery, sentenced to two years in... Read More.

It started as a Halloween prank, four teenage boys throwing eggs at parked cars in Deep Creek. But it escalated to throwing hard objects that damaged vehicle and smashed a window on an oncoming... Read More.