A North Port man is dead after he was hit by a car as he was walking along Taylor Road in Punta Gorda. The crash happened around 11 Saturday night. The unidentified man was... Read More.

A jury left no doubt as to the future of a Florida man convicted last week of abduction, rape and murder of an eight-year-old girl in 2013. The jury took only a few minutes... Read More.

A Venice man is sentenced to over 300 years in federal prison, for traveling overseas with the intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct and for possessing, receiving, and producing child pornography. 56-year-old David... Read More.

A traffic stop in Sarasota landed a man behind bars due to drugs and paraphernalia that was found inside his car. The 2nd mistake that 30-year-old Ryan Snyder made was deciding to flee the... Read More.

Training that school personnel would undergo that would allow them to be designated "special deputies" is being discussed in the Florida Legislature. Law enforcement would designate the personnel who could carry weapons on school... Read More.

The city of Venice is warning of yet another scheduled water outage. This one will be in the area around 1000 Pinebrook Road on Tuesday. Once water has turned back on, residents should boil... Read More.

The four finalists in North Port's search for their next police chief will be meeting the public Monday night at City Hall from 530-730. Current chief Kevin Vespia is retiring at the end of... Read More.

More than 18 months ago now, voters in Venice approved a bond referendum to spend $16 million-dollars on a new public safety center. By now, the City Council hoped to be breaking ground... but... Read More.