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MSO deputy totals patrol car colliding with 2 cars at red light

A Mantee County Sheriff's Office deputy totaled a police car and sent two other drivers to the hospital with minor injuries about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday in failing to stop for a red light at the 2400 block of U.S. 301 westbound.

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Students escape Sarasota school bus hit-and-run unharmed

All 24 students and a 48-year-old school bus driver escaped injury after a hit-and-run accident at 4:10 p.m. Monday at 27th Street and Leonard Reid Avenue in Sarasota, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report. The westbound school bus was stopped on 27th Street at the railroad tracks when the...
CRIME

Bomb alert turns out to be empty threat

The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office checked out a suspicious package found near a fire hydrant in the area of Clark and Beneva roads in Sarasota at 5:45 p.m. Thursday. The Hazardous Devices Unit found the package to be empty.
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New assisted living facility on Proctor Road planned

A $65 million assisted living facility is being planned on Proctor Road in Sarasota, creating 200 to 250 jobs.
LOCAL NEWS

Nora Ephron, writer-filmmaker, dies at 71

Nora Ephron, the essayist, author and filmmaker who challenged and thrived in the male-dominated worlds of movies and journalism, and was loved, respected and feared for her wit, died on Tuesday of leukemia. She was 71.
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BREAKING NEWS: Sandusky found guilty of 45 of 48 count of sex abuse

News organizations are reporting that former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky has been found guilty of 48 of 48 counts of abusing 10 boys over 15 years.
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Boy, 11, arrested and charged for two arsons at mall

An 11-year-old Coconut Creek boy was arrested and charged with arson on Thursday, according to Coral Springs Police.
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Missing man, 83, with dementia found in hospital

BOYNTON BEACH -- A missing 83-year-old man who suffers from dementia was found safe at Bethesda Memorial Hospital on Thursday, according to Boynton Beach Police.
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Man drives truck into Ellenton home (with photo)

A 24-year-old man had to be hospitalized after he ran a pickup truck into a house in Ellenton.
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Child molester faces new charges in Fla.

SANTA ANA, Calif. — A convicted California child molester who was set to be released from prison was charged Friday in Florida with using a girl he bought in Vietnam as a sex slave.
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URGENT: Gunman reported on USF campus in Tampa

URGENT: TAMPA — The University of South Florida in Tampa says a gunman has been reported on campus.