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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.

Just when you thought pay parking was gone in Sarasota - it's back. Merchant complaints led to parking meters and kiosks being removed from downtown streets back in May. Now, they're spring up again... Read More.

Just when you thought pay parking was gone in Sarasota - it's back. Merchant complaints led to parking meters and kiosks being removed from downtown streets back in May. Now, they're spring up again... Read More.

Does your employer provide health insurance? There was a time when no one even asked that question. Today, though, new figures show that one in five Florida workers with fulltime jobs has no health... Read More.

(PORT CHARLOTTE) Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives are asking the public for help in identifying a man involved in an attempted burglary of jewelry store September 12 in Port Charlotte. Detectives say the man is... Read More.

A North Port man seriously injured last night in a motorcycle accident on I-75. The Florida Highway Patrol says Rey Larson lost control of his motorcycle on the northbound entrance ramp to the Interstate... Read More.

A North Port woman says her special needs child was left on a Sarasota County school bus for nearly two hours last week before anyone noticed he was there. Aimee Smith says her 3... Read More.

A man accused of ripping off some Tampa Bay Rays players will not be going to court. The State Attorney's Office says it will no pursue its case against 18-year-old David Ruffino of Port... Read More.