A five-vehicle wreck last night left one person dead. It happened at University Parkway and Lockwood Ridge just after 8 last night, according to mysuncoast.com. The intersection was closed for several hours.... Read More.

Some major changes in next year’s budget for the city of Venice include changes involved with the city taking over EMS services, in addition to the financing of the construction of a new fire... Read More.

The consultant that was hired to help with Sarasota County’s redistricting effort will be presenting the County Commission with a series of maps this week showing alternative boundary lines for commission districts. The commission voted... Read More.

If you need to get books from the Port Charlotte Public Library, do that by September 16th. The library will be closed from September 16th-30th, for a lighting retrofit of the building. You can... Read More.

Two Sarasota County residents were arrested on drug charges. 40 year old Gilbert Langford and 57 year old Tamara Poole were taken to the Sarasota County Jail. Detectives started their investigation in August, after... Read More.

September 20th is the date of the dedication ceremony for the E. Jay Carlson Community Development Building, at 18400 Murdock Circle in Port Charlotte. Carlson died last year. He was a third-generation builder. The... Read More.

The SunCoast Blood Bank is in need of blood and platelet donations in the wake of Hurricane Dorian. The blood bank is part of an affiliation that helps out other blood banks in need, and... Read More.

Two people have been arrested by the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office on meth trafficking charges. 40-year-old Gilbert Langford and 57-year-old Tamara Poole each face charges after police found more than 450 grams of meth.... Read More.