North Port city commissioners are holding a special meeting today to approve the employment contract for Heather Taylor as the city’s new deputy city clerk. Taylor had worked as a human resources administrative assistant... Read More.

Between red tide and a recent sewage spill into Sarasota Bay, State Sen. Joe Gruters has filed with the state senate three water quality related bills. The bills would ban smoking on beaches, put... Read More.

Plenty of people were outraged after watching a video of man attacking a young woman working at McDonald's on New Year's Day. Daniel Willis Taylor, 40, was eventually arrested and charged with two misdemeanor... Read More.

A 78-year-old Naples woman who was found dead inside her home on New Year's Day was murdered, according to police. Officers did a welfare check on Frances K. Axley around 12:30 in the afternoon... Read More.

The city of Venice is looking for an agent or agency to represent them in the sale of the Hamilton Building. The city bought the building back in 2015 for just shy of $1M.... Read More.

The new leader of the Sarasota County School Board says she hopes 2019 will be a bit less contentious than last year. New chairwoman Jane Goodwin told the Herald-Tribune she hopes the negative attention... Read More.

Now seven years after abruptly stranding more than 93,000 people across the country- including a few hundred in Punta Gorda- three former executives of Direct Air are set to be sentenced. Back in March... Read More.

A controversial development project, Aqua By the Bay, has gotten another go-ahead. This time from a Manatee County judge. Manatee County Commissioners approved the 529 acre project back in October, which includes 2,300 multi-family... Read More.