Arrest for Doctor Shopping

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested Michael Wayne Arnold, DOB 5/9/67, 2040 Palm Terrace, Sarasota, and charged him with eight counts of Withholding Information from a Practitioner in Order to Obtain a Controlled... Read More.

Gas Prices Continue To Drop

Gas prices in the Sun Coast are going down. A new study says that global economic uncertainty has had one good effect, and that's lower prices at the pumps in southwest Florida. The price... Read More.

SWAT Team Called In Stabbing Arrest

A Punta Gorda man has been charged with attempted second degree murder after a SWAT team was called to his home for an arrest. Thirty-five-year-old Roy Poore was arrested after a SWAT team surrounded... Read More.

Fourth Arrest In Home Invasion

Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes Unit detectives have arrested the man who was shot by the homeowner during a home invasion Sep. 3 in South Punta Gorda Heights. 19-year-old Fred Moorehead of Punta Gorda... Read More.

Skeletal Remains ID’d

Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes Unit detectives have identified the skeletal remains found Sep. 18 along the Como Waterway near Cedarwood Street and Young Avenue in Port Charlotte. Detectives say positive identification has been... Read More.

Feds Look To Preserve Working Waterfronts

The federal government is working on a massive research project to study America's Working Waterfronts. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development John Fernandez says the collaborative research program will provide coastal communities... Read More.

Friendly’s Closes

This doesn't sound very friendly... Friendly's in Sarasota and Bradenton are closed. Their employees are without jobs and we are without one more restaurant. The nearly 80 year old company closed alot of... Read More.