Venice's garbage rates will have to be increased, or else the city's Public Works department will go bankrupt. That's the message works director John Veneziano will deliver at the city council meeting Tuesday. According... Read More.

An elderly man who was hit by a car on Olean Boulevard earlier this month has died. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, 75-year old Augustin Collado of Port Charlotte was walking across Olean... Read More.

Last week, a recreational fire ban was issued by fire crews across Sarasota and Charlotte Counties. That ban applies to baseball teams, too.  The Charlotte Stone Crabs announced Monday that they have postponed the post-game... Read More.

The in-fighting among Republicans in Tallahassee has led to a near stalemate over a new state budget and now, they're starting to lash out at one another over the breakdown. The first, crucial round... Read More.

As if fighting fires and public safety weren't enough for public servants, a misfit 25-year-old Naples man decided he needed attention in the midst of the fires. While attempting to clear the area of... Read More.

A 37-year-old south Florida man was thrown in jail after meeting a 16-year-old girl in Venice whom he met while in an online teen dating chatroom. John Mattaliano was arrested Thursday after police found... Read More.

The city of North Port has issued their own separate burn ban effective immediately. The burn ban means outdoor burning is banned within city limits, including campfires, land clearing burning, and pile burns. Outdoor... Read More.

A southwest Florida sheriff's deputy shot a man during a confrontation on Interstate 75. The News-Press reports that that the shooting happened early Saturday. Lee County Undersheriff Carmine Marceno told reporters that the deputy had... Read More.