A 40-year-old woman was seriously injured Sunday morning after she refused to pull over for Florida Highway Patrol troopers, lost control of her car and crashed into a hotel, authorities say. ...more

December 15, 2008

A former military instructor at Sarasota High School was sentenced to 12 years in prison for luring a student into sex acts. ...more

October 16, 2008

SARASOTA COUNTY — A former military instructor at Sarasota High School was sentenced to 12 years in prison for luring a student into sex acts. ...more

October 15, 2008

A motorcycle driver was killed when he ran through a red light and collided with an SUV on University Parkway, the Florida Highway Patrol said. ...more

October 4, 2008

A man wearing a Hawaiian shirt, a fisherman's hat and sunglasses robbed a RBC Bank in south Manatee County this afternoon, Manatee County deputies say. ...more

September 12, 2008

Sarasota police say they found another victim of a Sarasota High School ROTC instructor arrested in May on charges he molested a student. ...more

June 16, 2008

SARASOTA — A military instructor at Sarasota High School molested a teenage student more than 10 times in his office near the school gymnasium, according to police. ...more

May 31, 2008

A Hess gas station clerk who sold a case of Budweiser beer to a teenager who crashed a car within hours, killing himself and a passenger, is responsible for the death of the passenger, according to a lawsuit against the global energy company. ...more

January 9, 2008

Deputies were justified in fatally shooting a 39-year-old Sarasota man because he pointed a handgun at a deputy, a State Attorney's Office of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit review found. ...more

January 7, 2008

EAST MANATEE - After she arrived at her friend's 10th birthday party recently, Kaci Johnson slipped on a terry cloth robe and got ready for the festivities. ...more

October 29, 2007