A former teacher at Evangelical Christian School was sentenced to two and a half years in prison after she had sex with a 17-year-old student in 2018. Once released, Suzanne Owen will also be... Read More.

A car and fire truck collided on US301 in Sarasota earlier today. The crash happened around 1pm at US301 and 17th Street and involved a Sarasota County Emergency Services fire truck. It’s unknown what... Read More.

Starting next week, vaping and the use of electronic cigarettes in most indoor workplaces, will be banned, similar to a long-standing law that prohibits smoking tobacco in indoor workplaces.

A man is dead after shots were fired during a domestic dispute in Charlotte County on Monday night. Deputies were shot at as they arrived on the scene off of McKinley Terrace in Englewood,... Read More.

Crime rates in North Port and Port Charlotte skyrocketed through the first few months of the year, according to crime stats released yesterday by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement. While the statewide crime... Read More.

Floridas overall crime rate last year dropped by 9 perent from the previious year, although murders and sexual assaults increased. The most serious crimes, including robbery and aggravated assault, decreased by 7.4 percent from... Read More.

A Florida woman’s effort to protect herself from domestic violence has become a flashpoint in the debate over gun rights and victims’ safety. Courtney Irby gave her estranged husband's guns to police after he... Read More.

Charlotte County commissioners are asking lawyers to effectively kill a deal that would have given a more than 3 and a half acre parcel of land to Sunseeker. The 2018 proposal would have seen... Read More.