Sarasota County News

A former Suncoast theater actor is behind bars facing more charges for having sexual relations with minors.

Deputy Harry Brayley spent four hours today on the radio. Brayley was at the intersection of Shamrock Road and Tamiami Trail radioing other deputies waiting down the street to pull over those drivers making mistakes.

Sheriff's Office detectives believe Maureen "Suzie" Modlin and Michael Bistranin were shot multiple times inside their south Sarasota County home Saturday night, a source close to the investigation said Tuesday.

VENICE - A $7.5 million grant from the state Office of Tourism, Trade, and Economic Development is not available for Sarasota County's spring training deal with the Baltimore Orioles, county commissioners learned today during their regular meeting in South Venice.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office has made an arrest in a double murder case in Venice.

Published: Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 5:30 p.m. The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is investigating a double homicide in a Venice home.

A witness told police she saw Billy Jack Courtright snort cocaine and his 15-year-old stepson, Nicholas Block, grab a bag of his oxycodone pills Thursday night in a North Port motel room.

NORTH PORT: The rape and murder of six-year-old Coralrose Fullwood was videotaped and the recording was kept in a Sarasota County storage facility, according to a man who says he witnessed the grotesque event.

This is a tale of two governments. One closely accountable to the people and operating under strict financial guidelines and some degree of transparency.

A three-alarm fire sent three people to the hospital overnight, but smoke alarms in their home may have saved their lives.

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It's an ending of a long and distinguished career. Sarasota County Fire Chief Brian Gorski will officially retire next week.

The parents of a Sarasota County teenager have been charged with child neglect in the boy's death.

County workers with the Clerk of Circuit Courts across the state are losing their jobs.

Published: Saturday, June 20, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, June 19, 2009 at 7:18 p.m. Federal regulators have ordered Community National Bank of Sarasota County to find fresh capital, merge into a healthy partner or sell the bank.

A heat advisory until 7 p.m. Saturday has been issued by the National Weather Service for the Bradenton-Sarasota area.

The sailor kiss could be coming back -- for good this time. Click to enlarge Mary Foushi and Phil Werdell of Sarasota mimick the famous pose during a visit to "Unconditional Surrender" in Sarasota in 2005.

Published: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 1:02 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, June 17, 2009 at 1:02 p.m. Sarasota County has hired Kenneth Ellerbe, a fire administrator from Washington, D.C., as its new fire chief.

County officials carefully considered in March whether it was worth their while to apply for millions of dollars in federal housing grants.

The noise police are coming, but they won't be wearing the green uniform of a Sarasota County deputy.