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Some stolen beer from a Port Charlotte convenience store led to a police chase on Sunday night. Police say two men- later identified as 26-year old Joshua Manning and 30-year old David Manning- ran... Read More.
Authorities say a Florida man tried to take a loaded handgun through airport security. The News-Press reports that 23-year-old Joshua Lee Smith was arrested Thursday at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers and... Read More.
Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission captured a super-sized gator in Venice on Sunday. According to the Sarasota Sheriff's Office's Twitter account, FWC trapped a 13-foot gator from Shamrock Park in Venice... Read More.
Millions of Sunpass customers are seeing new charges pop up on their accounts after the Sunpass computer system was been down for nearly a month. The Florida Department of Transportation says 10 million back-logged... Read More.
Visitors and business alike are already seeing the impact of a major construction project in downtown Venice. The Farmer's Market has moved to it's new location, just west of City Hall, for the first... Read More.
Flight dispatchers working for Allegiant Air failed to ratify a tentative labor agreement with the airline. Allegiant and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters had reached the tentative agreement May 22. It was the first... Read More.
More than 150 people were out and about Thursday morning as part of the annual Liberty Litter Cleanup. Volunteers went to nine beaches across Sarasota County, picking up whatever beachgoers had left behind from the... Read More.
A Punta Gorda home suffered damage after fire officials say fireworks that had been thrown out sparked a fire. Crews were called to the home on Paramount Drive around 2:40pm yesterday after fireworks in... Read More.