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AN ENGLEWOOD MAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A LUNCHTIME ACCIDENT AT A BUSY SOUTH VENICE INTERSECTION ON FRIDAY.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 23 YEAR OLD MATTHEW THOMAS WAS NORTHBOUND ON RIVER ROAD APPROACHING... Read More.

TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED, ONE SERIOUSLY, IN AN ACCIDENT IN SARASOTA YESTERDAY MORNING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 17 YEAR OLD KAILA HESS OF SARASOTA WAS LEAVING THE DRIVEWAY OF HER HOME AT 55000... Read More.

HOME SALES IN THE AREA WERE UP BUT PRICES WERE MIXED IN AUGUST ACCORDING THE NUMBERS RELEASED BY FLORIDA REALTORS.  IN SARASOTA COUNTY, WHICH INCLUDES THE CITY OF VENICE, SALES WERE UP 11% IN... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES ARRESTED TWO DRUG DEALERS WEDNESDAY, INCLUDING A MOTHER WHO TOOK HER THREE YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ALONG.  DEPUTIES SAY 22 YEAR OLD JENNIFER LOVELL AND 21 YEAR OLD DANIEL DUNN, BOTH... Read More.

THE TWO YEAR OLD BOY WHO WAS RUN OVER IN HIS DRIVEWAY BY HIS FATHER LAST WEDNESDAY IS BACK HOME, AND HIS FAMILY IS CALLING IT A MIRACLE.  NATHAN SCRIBNER WAS TRAMPLED BY THE... Read More.

NORTH PORT POLICE ARRESTED THE MAN RESPONSIBLE FOR SEXUALLY ASSAULTING AN ELDERLY WOMAN OVER THE WEEKEND.  POLICE RELEASED A SKETCH OF THE MAN LATE TUESDAY, AND THEY ARRESTED 23 YEAR OLD EDUARDO BASKAS OF... Read More.

THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL RELEASED THE NAME OF THE MAN KILLED IN A SINGLE VEHICLE ACCIDENT BACK ON SEPTEMBER 13TH.  TROOPERS SAY 22 YEAR OLD SAMUEL DE JESUS DIAZ-HERNANDEZ WAS TRAVELING NORTH... Read More.

LEMON BAY PLAYHOUSE LEADERS AND MEMBERS COULD NOT RESOLVE AN ONGOING DISPUTE OVER THE SIZE AND COST OF A NEW PERFORMING ARTS CENTER DURING THEIR MONDAY MEETING.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES... Read More.

THREE TEENAGERS WERE SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT IN SARASOTA COUNTY LAST NIGHT.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 18 YEAR OLD RAYMOND CONSUL OF SARASOTA WAS EASTBOUND ON BAYVIEW PARKWAY APPROACHING THE PINE ROAD... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAJOR CRIMES DETECTIVES SAY THEY’VE EXHAUSTED ALL LEADS IN A POSSIBLE CHILD ABDUCTION CASE IN PORT CHARLOTTE.  A 911 CALLER TOLD AUTHORITIES THAT A CHILD BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIX AND EIGHT... Read More.