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Florida gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist says DeSantis appealing to 'hard right, toothless crowd'

Authorities released the autopsy results and 911 call audio of a standoff with police, which showed that a Sarasota man who killed a woman in front of an officer died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Two women were arrested after they pulled over a car while impersonating law enforcement officers and streamed the event on social media early Sunday, the Sarasota Police Department reports. Read the story.

The victim of a Dec. 15, 2020, shark bite has been identified as a 39-year-old man who had his arm and hand bitten while he was swimming off of Siesta Key. A caller said he was "bleeding to death." Read the complete story.

A phony 911 caller told dispatchers he had killed his daughter and tied up his wife at the couple’s address. That phony 911 call set in motion a chain of events that culminated with a SWAT raid in Eastern Sarasota, and a terrified young couple being ordered out of their home, searched and taken to the ground at gunpoint. (Be aware: there is adult language in the recording.)

In this podcast, Herald-Tribune senior reporter Billy Cox talks with topics editor Lee Williams about his "Python Man" story, which focuses on Dusty Crum, a Sarasota native who hunts invasive pythons in the Everglades with his bare hands (and bare feet) and stars in "Guardians of the Glades" on the Discovery Channel.

Herald-Tribune reporter Billy Cox asks retired U.S. Marines general and former White House Chief of Staff John Kelly about UFOs. Recorded Jan. 27, 2020, in Sarasota, Florida.

Reporter Billy Cox talks about "Bad Paper" discharge story

We talk about plastic pollution with a Sarasota mother who joined the fight against microplastics and became a member of the group Rethinking Plastic.

A discussion of coral health and disease with Mote Marine Laboratory Dr. Erinn Muller, the science director of Elizabeth Moore International Center for Coral Reef Research and Restoration. Join the Weather Permitting group on Facebook. 

Kimberly Miller gives a weather forecast for Jacksonville, FL for Sat. Nov 2nd, leading up to the Florida Georgia Rivalry Football Game

Jimmy Geurts sits down with Wade Tatangelo to discuss some of the films shot in our area.