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Local reporting for Sarasota County, FL
Sarasota County Florida Desk covers weather alerts, local government, schools, roads and business news for Sarasota County, Florida.
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News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
The Sarasota Police Department is carrying out an educational traffic-enforcement effort at locations FDOT has identified as crash hot spots.
News · Sarasota County · Venice · Florida
A 67-year-old Venice man was arrested in Punta Gorda on sex crime charges.
News · Sarasota County · Florida
Authorities in Florida have taken control of a website accused of offering horses that did not exist.
News · Sarasota County · Florida
A teacher connected to D-11 faces an online child-exploitation charge in Florida, the Colorado Springs Gazette reported.
News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
Sarasota County has slowed its hiring pace as voters approach a decision on Amendment 3.
News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
The City of Sarasota’s School Speed Safety Zone Program recorded more than 34,000 violations during the year ending June 30.
News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
The Sarasota County School District has responded to Florida’s attorney general as part of an investigation involving a teacher.
News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
A Sarasota Pine View teacher had four misconduct cases before the attorney general became involved, the Bradenton Herald reported.
News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
A Sarasota Pine View teacher faced four misconduct cases before the Florida attorney general became involved.
News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
At a Sarasota campaign stop, the attorney general said he is not closely involved in a local case involving a teacher.
News · Sarasota County · Florida
A former Cary police officer received probation after being accused of attacking a woman outside a Florida bar.
News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
The Florida attorney general is calling for a Sarasota teacher to be fired after an allegation involving a student and the word “misogynist.”
News · Sarasota County · Florida
A Florida teacher is accused of targeting an eighth-grade student because of the student’s conservative views.
News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
The Florida attorney general has called for a Sarasota teacher to be fired over an allegation described as bullying.
News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
The Florida attorney general accused a Sarasota teacher of targeting a student over political views and calling him a “misogynist.”
News · Sarasota County · Florida
The Florida attorney general has accused a teacher of using the term “misogynist” when referring to a student.
News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
A Sarasota County plan could result in a new fee for homeowners, but the plan’s cost and timing are not stated.
News · Sarasota County · Florida
Two people were arrested in Florida in a case involving shark-tooth hunting, prompting questions about when collecting fossils is allowed.
News · Sarasota County · Florida
Two shark-tooth hunters were arrested in Florida, prompting questions about when collecting fossils is permitted.
News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
Five people described as shark-tooth hunters were arrested at a work site in Sarasota County.
News · Sarasota County · North Port · Florida
North Port police arrested five people accused of trespassing while hunting for shark teeth at a construction site.
News · Sarasota County · Sarasota · Florida
A Sarasota school board member described a report leak as a crime, but experts disputed that legal characterization.