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(PORT CHARLOTTE) Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives arrested a Port Charlotte woman Tuesday after she attempted to obtain fraudulent drugs from a pain management business. CCSO was informed by employees of Charlotte County Medical Solutions,... Read More.

The Big Red Bus is coming and your help is needed. Florida's Blood Centers are experiencing shortages of all types of blood so they're sending The Big Red Bus to Englewood for several stops.... Read More.

The City of Sarasota is around 800-thousand dollars short in its general fund. Now, it looks like taxpayers will have to make up the difference. City Commissioenrs last night gave initial approval to a... Read More.

Sarasota County Commissioners may take money from an employee sick leave and vacation budget if the city's budget problems don't get better. At a budget workshop meeting, they discussed tapping into money that's set... Read More.

New protocols in place at Sarasota Memorial Hospital following state allegations of inadequate treatment of a diabetic woman who miscarried twins in July. State inspectors blamed a physician and a nurse for leaving the... Read More.

A Sarasota County doctor has been arrested for prescription fraud. The sheriff's department says 44 year old Dr. Boyd A. Robinson on six counts of Obtaining a Controlled Substance by Fraud and... Read More.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes Unit detectives are investigating a shooting incident reported at 2:45 a.m. this morning. The driver stopped his vehicle at U.S. 41 and Tuckers Grade and called CCSO to report... Read More.

Seems like orange cone zones are everywhere as summer and fall road construction continues throughout the Sun Coast. Leading the pack is I-75, where transportation officials say you can continue to expect delays for... Read More.

A hearing now set for September 13th on transit fares in Sarasota County. At issue: a proposed hike in the one-way fare on Sarasota County Area Transit -- or SCAT -- vehicles from seventy-five... Read More.

The City of North Port has been named, for the second consecutive year, a Playful City USA community. That award from KaBOOM!, which is a national not-for-profit organization committed to providing time and space... Read More.