SARASOTA - For the past century it has been illegal to spit on the streets, sidewalks, floors or stairways of any public space in the city limits, but no more. ...more

December 16, 2008

Manatee deputies arrested a Bradenton man they say killed a man whose body was found in a Palmetto palm tree farm in October. ...more

November 16, 2008

Sarasota police officers are investigating a shooting this afternoon that sent one man to the hospital. ...more

October 24, 2008

Sarasota police are investigating a fatal shooting that occurred Thursday night in the 1800 block of 20th Street. ...more

October 16, 2008

A 46-year-old woman has been charged with driving-under-the-influence manslaughter after the man she struck Wednesday night while leaving a bar died today at a local hospital, Sarasota police say. ...more

October 16, 2008

The Highlands County Commissioners took a big step Tuesday toward building the new law enforcement building for the sheriff's office, estimated at $11.1 million. ...more

September 24, 2008

SARASOTA - Police charged a Bradenton man with a 2007 rape after a national DNA database linked him to evidence recovered from the victim's shirt. ...more

September 17, 2008

A toddler wandered out of his home early Thursday, crawled two blocks to U.S. 41 and was about to cross the busy road when a driver stopped to help him, police say. The discovery of the child on Sarasota's busiest thoroughfare triggered a criminal investigation. Detectives went door-to-door to find the boy's parents -- and eventually discovered them at home asleep. ...more

September 12, 2008

A 17-year-old was arrested today, accused by detectives of fatally shooting a man on Monday, Sarasota police said. ...more

September 11, 2008

SARASOTA - Police found a 2-year-old boy wandering alone this morning along U.S. 41 and are investigating how the child escaped from his home. ...more

September 11, 2008