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A beach water advisory has been issued for Turtle Beach. Sarasota County Health Department officials say they've received testing results from beach water samples that show an elevated level of enteric bacteria. Signage advising... Read More.

A beach water advisory has been issued for Turtle Beach. Sarasota County Health Department officials say they've received testing results from beach water samples that show an elevated level of enteric bacteria. Signage advising... Read More.

New protests over the location of Sarasota parking meters. A few weeks ago, we reported that complaints from unhappy downtown merchants had gotten parking meters there uprooted and removed. They were re-located near the... Read More.

A robbery in broad daylight - at gunpoint - in Sarasota. Police say a man was talking on his cell phone while parked at a Hess gas station on University Parkway when two men... Read More.

A math teacher at Charlotte High School is under investigation after a student accused him Monday of selling grades. The accused teacher, Jeff Spires, was placed on paid administrative leave when the investigation began.... Read More.

A beach water advisory has been issued for Turtle Beach. Sarasota County officials say testing results from beach water samples taken on Wednesday showed an elevated level of enterococci bacteria. The Health Department will... Read More.

A beach water advisory has been issued for Turtle Beach. Sarasota County Health Department officials received testing results from beach water samples taken on Wednesday that show an elevated level of enterococci bacteria. Repeat... Read More.

A Port Charlotte insurance agent faces charges that he sold fake boat insurance. Jack Alexander, owner of Insurance Depot of Charlotte County faces charges along with employee Kristin Decker-Hopkins for allegedly selling fake boat... Read More.

Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies arrested a North Port man around 2 p.m. Wednesday after he stole a $6,930 gold necklace from a Port Charlotte jewelry store and fled in a taxi he called earlier.... Read More.

A Sarasota county deputy has been suspended for allegedly having a sexual affair with a woman who was being investigated for drug and child abuse. SHeriff Tom Knight says the sergeant was suspended for... Read More.