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It's the time of year when cities and counties draw up their priority lists for the upcoming legislative season. In North Port, City Commissioners have a couple of new issues they'd like to see... Read More.

A man who was originally an arson suspect has now been charged with attempted murder in Venice. Investigators say thirty-five-year-old Jason Shahan of Fort Meyers tried to set fire to his grandmother's Venice home... Read More.

Mote Marine Laboratory continues to detect Karenia brevis, the organism that causes Florida red tide, in water collected in south Sarasota County. Mote reported that the Sarasota County Health Department collected water from 16... Read More.

This one is more than 44 year old Michael Wayne Arnold of Palm Terrace in Sarasota. Investigators said Arnold faces eight counts of Withholding Information from a Practitioner in Order to Obtain a... Read More.

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 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.

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.

(PUNTA GORDA) Charlotte County Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit detectives Sunday afternoon charged Roy Lee Poore, 35, 6200 Rumford Street, Punta Gorda, with Attempted Second Degree Murder. A 38 year old Punta Gorda man received... Read More.

A man Sarasota County authorities are calling a career criminal has been arrested in connection with at least five vehicle burglaries in the same area. Deputies day 22-year-old Floyd Mimm of Sarasota has been... Read More.

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.