The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office Aviation Unit was awarded 3rd place in the FLIR Vision Awards presented at the 2013 Airborne Law Enforcement Association annual conference in Orlando. The FLIR Vision Awards are presented annually... Read More.

Alcohol compliance checks of nine Punta Gorda area businesses Wednesday evening resulted in the arrest of one clerk for selling alcoholic beverages to an underage person. The Juvenile Operations Unit issued a Notice to... Read More.

Charlotte County Commissioners have ditched a plan to send stray animals to DeSoto County, where the animals would be euthanized if not adopted within four days. They'd been considering cutting off funding for... Read More.

Edison State College's gotten a $6,000 donation that will allow them to rehab their observatory telescope and add digital imaging capability. The North Port Sun reports the donor's from Georgia, and made... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s says 20-year old Juan De Dios Rodriguez of Bradenton's being held without bond in the Sarasota County Jail, charged with Manslaughter in the July 14th death of Tiaian "Andrew" Tian,... Read More.

An Englewood man is free on $10,000 bond, charged with false imprisonment and domestic battery by strangulation after his girlfriend says he wouldn't let her leave the house for days. 23-year old David... Read More.

With the recent closing of Warm Mineral Springs Day Spa, North Port city commissioners have agreed to use up to $45,447 in contingency funds for repairs and upkeep. The North Port Sun reports... Read More.

Attention all ye buccaneers, pirate wenches and rogues who stand and salute the skull and crossbones. Prepare yourself for some serious swashbuckling. This weekend's the Fifth Annual Pirate Fest, a family- and pet-friendly... Read More.