Some good news on the real estate front in southwest Florida: the rate of foreclosures in the region is down from a year ago. The Sarasota-Manatee area fell from 4.31 percent last June to... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office wants to remind everyone to drive responsibly and soberly next weekend. The national drunk driving enforcement crackdown for "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" has already started. It runs... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is asking for help with finding the suspects involved in a burglary that occurred early yesterday morning. Investigators say security video shows an SUV drive up to Skip's Placid... Read More.

Tropical Storm Erika continues grinding ever so slowly toward the west, with the center of the storm having passed by the Leeward Islands earlier today. Erika still has maximum sustained winds of about 45... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has arrested a man over vehicle burglaries at beaches. It all started last year following reports from parking lots along Manasota Key Road that someone stole cash, credit cards and... Read More.

The University of Florida's extension campus is officially open in Sarasota. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-082715-Jennings-CityLab VO.mp3 It's at CityLab Sarasota, and seven students working on their masters degrees in architecture started classes there Monday. According to... Read More.

Edison Collegiate High School in Punta Gorda was one of three southwest Florida high schools to make Newsweek's "Beating the Odds" list, which identifies schools that succeed in preparing students for college despite holding... Read More.

The Venice City Council voted yesterday to spend $995,000 to purchase a vacant office building on Tamiami Trail and the Intracoastal Waterway to provide more, if temporary, parking space for the island. The purchase... Read More.