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We've been reporting on the likelihood of a fair hike on the Sarasota County Area Transit system. One-way fares on SCAT buses expected to rise from seventy-five cents to a dollar-twenty-five beginning next Monday.... Read More.

Could there be sweeping changes afoot for Florida's foreclosure process? As Sun Coast home sales continue strong, word now that Governor Rick Scott is looking into a plan that would remove the courts from... Read More.

A rare shark attack over the weekend sent a Longboat Key man to the hospital. Authorities say 21-year-old Charles Wickersham was spear fishing off the coast with friends when he was bitten by what... Read More.

A Sarasota County man who was being taken to jail on drug charges is recovering from injuries today after he tried to jump out of a deputy's moving car. The Sheriff's Office says 38-year-old... Read More.

Wanna be in the movies? You betcha! So they're looking for people for the movie "Parker" that's shooting for three days at the Ringling Museum's Ca' d'Zan mansion. The movie stars Jason Statham and... Read More.

A Charlotte County elementary school teacher has been fired after someone anonymously sent school administrators and parents videos of her engaging in what appeared to be sex acts. Some also allegedly showed teacher Natalie... Read More.

The investigation into a shooting in Venice early yesterday continues. Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies got the call just after 2 a.m. on Thursday with respect to a shooting on Loyola Road. Sheriff's officials said... Read More.

They were burning copper wire in the woods. Two Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies investigating a column of smoke rising from a wooded area off Kellett Avenue say they found two men who were burning... Read More.

A surge in Sun Coast home sales in August: a 15 percent hike in the Sarasota-Bradenton market, 11 percent in Charlotte County-North Port from a year ago. Demand was strong and inventories were at... Read More.

It's official: Property taxes are going up in North Port. The City Commission voting four to one for a budget that will hike property taxes by around seven percent in 2012. Linda Yates the... Read More.