Ozzwald, a Belgian Malinois from Holland who served as a member of the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, has died. The dog, known as "Ozzi," was 8 years old. ...more

January 16, 2009

SARASOTA COUNTY - A Verizon technician has filed a lawsuit against the former owner of Zeus, a 90-pound German shepherd who attacked him during a March 2007 service call at a Nokomis house. ...more

August 1, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY - A Verizon technician has filed a lawsuit against the former owner of Zeus, a 90-pound German shepherd that attacked him during a 2007 service call to a Nokomis house. ...more

July 31, 2008

Two people were seriously injured in a hit-and-run accident on Interstate 75 Saturday night just north of Sun City Center. ...more

July 20, 2008

In the end, a reprieve wasn't enough to save Zeus, the German shepherd from Nokomis who bit a Verizon worker last year and was condemned to death. ...more

May 29, 2008

NOKOMIS — James Lykins spent most of his adult life as a tree trimmer, a high-wire balancing act of chain saws and great heights that sometimes claims lives. ...more

May 8, 2008

A tree trimmer died from electrocution when his chainsaw hit a power line this morning in Sarasota County, officials said. ...more

May 7, 2008

CLEARWATER - A woman found her husband fatally shot inside their Clearwater home Sunday afternoon, police said. ...more

February 4, 2008

In the collecting world, Doug Taylor is what is known as a completist. ...more

February 1, 2008

EAST MANATEE - Every so often, they went to the little patch of pasture on Lena Road, land owned by a dairy farmer and the home of an American bald eagle and her mate. ...more

January 16, 2008