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The State Division of Forestry will be celebrating 75 years of forestry preservation inside the City of North Port with a celebration on November 5th at Myakka State Forest. The celebration will include everything... Read More.

Punta Gorda officials say a portion of North Jones Loop Road is going to be closed for several weeks beginning Tuesday to construct a new railroad crossing. The stretch of North Jones Loop that's... Read More.

High prices paid for scrap metal - especially copper - have taken their toll on Sarasota County. The latest estimate by county officials claims that thefts of copper wiring from county-owned street lights adds... Read More.

(PORT CHARLOTTE) Charlotte County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit detectives arrested a Port Charlotte woman for drug dealing in Crack Cocaine. Arrested was Helene Marie Pious, 48, 21028 Churon Avenue. Narcotics detectives met with Pious Wednesday... Read More.

Last week, we told that concerns had been raised about the effectiveness of breath tests conducted at some Sarasota and Manatee County sobriety checkpoints. New today: word that the 12th Circuit State Attorney's Office... Read More.

The Sarasota County Board of Commissioners has decided to go ahead with funding a number of community organizations despite shrinking county revenues and the uncertain economy. The Board handing out grant money to thirty... Read More.

If you build it, will they staff it? That's the question airport authorities in Punta Gorda are asking today after more questions have arisen about when Federal Aviation Administration funding for air traffic controllers... Read More.

A Charlotte County Sheriff's deputy has resigned under fire, accused of faking traffic stops and lying to a superior. Thirty-two-year-old deputy Timothy Hamula was being investigated by the internal affairs unit on allegations that... Read More.

Just follow the copper wire... and you'll find the alleged thief. That's what Charlotte County detectives did in Punta Gorda this week. The law arrested 34 year old Eddie Johnson of Dundee road,... Read More.

The Sarasota County Commission has given the go-ahead to a package of improvements for Manasota Beach Park. The park on Manasota Key will receive just over a million-and-a-half dollars worth of upgrades under a... Read More.