Investigators worked the eastern Sarasota County scene, and officials said the public faces no ongoing threat.

A 2-year-old girl was found alone, and officers later located her caregiver.

The pedestrian entered the northbound lanes at 60th Avenue West; the Palmetto driver was not hurt, troopers say.

Gino Battisti has returned home safely after deputies searched for him; a license plate camera had captured his SUV hours after he vanished.

Kyre Wright allegedly watched his former partner through her own apartment camera and threatened her new partner too, police say.

Jill Leverich, 61, was arrested at Seminole Heights Elementary days after a fentanyl raid at her Fairlawn Street home.

Health officials in Manatee County are stepping up mosquito surveillance after the positive tests. Statewide dengue cases have already topped 250.

A St. Petersburg man admitted to leaving his dog locked in a sweltering trunk; deputies broke a window to free the panting animal.

A man and his dog were each shot more than once behind a Spring Hill Publix, but both are expected to pull through.

A federal jury convicted Kelvin Cokley II after agents found over 200 grams of fentanyl mixed with xylazine and a loaded machine gun in a Sarasota stash apartment.

A badge press triggers four nearby cameras to stream live to responders within a 75-foot radius. The tech rolled out to more than 60 Manatee schools this year.

A Dallas inmate's tip about hidden gold sent two Texas men into a Venice home, where gunfire erupted before K-9 units caught them.

Diamond Phillips, 29, posted bond the day after her arrest; the gun was in a purse on the kitchen island.