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Sarasota County officials are taking another stab at creating a bicycle and pedestrian safety plan.In six years, Sarasota County saw more than one…

Marion County was riddled with storefront gambling dens — until it passed a local ordinance in 2021 that gave deputies more power to shut them down. Within months, the slot-machine parlors vanished.Sumter County saw similar results after adopting its own rules that same year. The 13 gambling businesses once scattered across the rural county are now gone, local officials said.Now Manatee County is preparing to follow their lead. Commissioners voted this week to move forward with a proposal modeled on those counties’ ordinances, hoping to replicate their success in wiping out illegal “arcades” that have long operated with little consequence.

Harvard’s Fair Punishment Project is highlighting a number of counties that are outliers in terms of capital sentencing. Four of those counties are in...

The American Civil Liberties Union has notched a win in a prison gerrymandering case out of Jefferson County. The organization says counting prisoners...

Relief is coming to Pasco County’s agricultural community with a Disaster Assistance Session, Thursday, Oct. 12.

Sarasota County could be on the hook for $300 million in medical bills for care that private hospitals gave to poor patients after a state Supreme Court...

The Lee County School District and the Lee County Sheriff's Office announced Wednesday that schools in the county will have bolstered security by the time…

Fish kills and Red Tide blooms are being observed in more Florida counties, most recently in Northwest Florida.

Tropical Storm Erika has local emergency operation centers getting ready.Rob Farmer stood in front of a multi-paneled screen at the Lee County Emergency…

Utilities increases for property owners on Fort Myers Beach will be discussed at a public hearing by Lee County Utilities on Tuesday, Aug. 15, at 9:30 a.m.