Officials with Sarasota County and the city of Venice will meet tomorrow to try and hammer out a new parks maintenance agreement. City Manager Ed Lavallee told city council members this week he hopes... Read More.

A violation of probation has landed a man in jail in Collier County. Brandon Stetson, who pleaded no contest to sending underage boys inappropriate photos, was ordered to stay away from children. Police have... Read More.

A strange dispute in Bradenton landed three people in jail and one man being stabbed with a grilling fork. The Manatee County Sheriff's Office says Raul and Amos Trevino, along with Jessica Garay attacked... Read More.

More drugs are off the streets after the Sarasota Police Department arrested a man who had between 28 and 200 grams of cocaine and under 20 grams of marijuana. 23-year-old Ryan Ward is charged... Read More.

The special election for the 72nd District House seat set a record for turnout in a Florida House special election...more than 44,000 people cast ballots in the race, good for a turnout of 36... Read More.

A pair of growth plan amendments are on the docket tomorrow for the Sarasota County planning board. One would expand the Englewood Town Center by 54.5 acres, mostly along South McCall Road, to Riverview... Read More.

A bicyclist was seriously injured in a crash with an SUV on Tuesday morning near Venice. According to the FHP, 76-year old James Madaus, of Venice was riding a bicycle south in the right... Read More.

A Lee County Circuit Court judge who was arrested last weekend in a prostitution sting has resigned. Judge Jay Rosman of the 20th judicial circuit was one of six men arrested in Naples as... Read More.