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A fix to the Charlotte County budget will keep money flowing to the Sheriff's Office. Commissioners have decided to raise property tax rates and make some other adjustments in order to cover a better-than-thirteen... Read More.

(SOUTH CHARLOTTE COUNTY) Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes Unit detectives continued their investigation Thursday into the death of a man whose badly decomposed body was found Wednesday in South Charlotte County. The body was... Read More.

As expected, bus fares are going up significantly for one-way riders in Sarasota County. Fares are increasing across the board for most classes of riders of the SCAT system beginning October third. Regular one-way... Read More.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes Unit detectives said they found a body off State Road 31 in the southern part of the county. They say it is that of a man, and is... Read More.

It'll cost you more to ride the bus next month. Dianna Kelly explains. WENG-091511-Kelly-SCAT increases-27 The Sarasota County commission has greenlighted an increased in SCAT fares, effective October 3rd. One-way fixed route service will go from... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested a Venice couple for child cruelty after finding their family was living in a home filled with raw sewage. Deputies went to the home on Cowry Road yesterday... Read More.

Officials now say up to ten thousand pounds worth of tilapia suffocated and died due to vandalism last weekend. The ongoing investigation into the breakin at a fish farm in South Charlotte County... Read More.

An employee at Regions Bank has been charged with opening credit card accounts in customers' names and transferring money from customer accounts into his own. Charlotte County investigators say 36-year-old Jason Nickle of Deep... Read More.

They're so loyal! North Port city employees are saving the city more than 160 thousand dollars in fiscal 2012. The city commission voted 5-0 on Monday for the agreement. Through their three year,... Read More.

An ongoing dispute between North Port property owners and the Sarasota County School District over land prices for a new school has seen the first round go to the district. A Circuit Court ruling... Read More.