Venice police say two armed suspects who attempted to rob T.J. Maxx last night, left before police arrived, creating what they believed to be a hostage situation. ...more

November 18, 2009

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is expected to make a major announcement this afternoon, regarding a string of violent home invasions targeting women. ...more

October 5, 2009

Authorities are looking for Grace Jamieson, 89, who has been missing since this morning. ...more

September 29, 2009

Sarasota County sheriff's deputies have arrested one person in connection to this morning's slaying of a man and a woman in a rural area of Venice. ...more

June 28, 2009

A Silver Alert has been issued after a Sarasota woman was reported missing. ...more

May 7, 2009

A man is recovering after surviving a small plane crash in Englewood that killed his travel companion. ...more

April 5, 2009

One man was killed and another airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg after a two-seater experimental aircraft crashed Saturday in an open area near Paul Morris Industrial Park, officials said. ...more

April 5, 2009

One man was killed and another airlifted to Bayfront Medical Center after a two-seater experimental aircraft crashed today in an open area near Paul Morris Industrial Park, officials said. ...more

April 4, 2009

A 61-year-old Sarasota man is accused of having 70 images of child pornography on a home computer, officials said. ...more

March 25, 2009

A reported abduction in North Port on Monday night touched off a multi-agency search that briefly shut down Interstate 75 as authorities scrambled to find a 44-year-old woman, who was eventually located in a local restaurant with her alleged abductor, a 17-year-old boy. ...more

March 17, 2009