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SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE LOOKING TO END FUNDING FOR PARKS AND RECREATION SERVICES IN THE CITY OF VENICE WHICH COULD PUT THE BURDEN OF RUNNING THEM ON TAXPAYERS.  COMMISSIONERS WILL DISCUSS THE ISSUE TODAY... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF TOM KNIGHT SAYS HIS DEPARTMENT LACKS ROOM, WHICH IS WASTING VALUABLE RESOURCES AND TAXPAYERS DOLLARS.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY KNIGHT NEEDS TO CONSOLIDATE SOON AND WANTS LOCAL LEADERS TO KNOW EXACTLY WHY. ... Read More.

A VENICE MAN WAS ARRESTED SATURDAY EVENING AFTER HE ROBBED A CHECK CASHING STORE.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 42 YEAR OLD RONALD PENNINGTON ENTERED THE CHECK N GO ON SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL JUST AFTER... Read More.

FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED, INCLUDING A PREGNANT WOMAN, IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE LATE SATURDAY NIGHT.  NORTH PORT POLICE SAY 21 YEAR OLD RENE ESPINAL-DIAZ OF ORLANDO WAS NORTHBOUND NEAR MILE MARKER 183... Read More.

AN ATV DRIVER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER A BUDDY PLOWED INTO HIM AS HE WAS STOPPED IN PUNTA GORDA FRIDAY NIGHT.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 41 YEAR OLD SCOTT BIRCHFIELD OF... Read More.

ONE MAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER HE FLIPPED HIS PICK-UP TRUCK ON THE MEDIAN OF THE INTERSTATE SUNDAY MORNING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 31 YEAR OLD DANIEL BERNSTEIN OF LAND O’ LAKES WAS... Read More.

A SARASOTA MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER A TEEN SAID THE TWO HAVE BEEN HAVING SEX FOR MONTHS.  POLICE DETECTIVES SAY THE FIFTEEN YEAR OLD GIRL TOLD THEM THEY HAD SEX AT YODER’S OLIVE... Read More.

AN ELDERLY PORT CHARLOTTE MAN FLIPPED HIS CAR ON THE INTERSTATE EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 83 YEAR OLD WILLIAM SCEVOLA WAS NORTHBOUND ON I-75 NEAR MILE MARKER 160... Read More.

THE CITY OF VENICE IS LOOKING INTO CITY-ISSUED VEHICLES BEING TAKEN HOME BY EMPLOYEES THERE.  CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS BROUGHT UP THE ISSUE DURING A BUDGET WORKSHOP EARLIER THIS WEEK WHERE THEY ARE TRYING TO... Read More.

A BODY WAS FOUND IN A NORTH PORT HOME WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND IT APPEARS TO BE A SUICIDE.  POLICE WERE CALLED TO 3690 SESAME STREET JUST BEFORE 8:30PM WHERE NORTH PORT EMS WAS ATTENDING... Read More.