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CAPE CORAL, Fla. — The week 2 Friday night high school football game between Lemon Bay Manta Rays and Cape Coral Seahawks has been postponed. The cancellation comes due to a "medical outbreak" within Cape Coral's team. The news was confirmed by Cape Coral's head coach, Tyler Murphy, and...

PUNTA GORDA — The North Port High football team had to wait 10 years to play Charlotte again.

PORT CHARLOTTE — This year’s Port Charlotte football team is one of the most talented in program history, but one of its most valuable players isn’t listed on any recruitment rankings and doesn’t have many eye-popping stats.

North Port Community Correspondent Victoria Scott spoke to police and parents about the new traffic light that was installed between North Port High School and Heron Creek Middle School.

The North Port and Charlotte High football teams haven’t played each other in 10 years, but that drought comes to an end at 7:30 tonight at Smuggler’s Stadium in Punta Gorda.

VENICE — Two high-powered offenses went toe-to-toe at Powell-Davis Stadium on Friday night, and the result was an instant classic.

“We’re producing employees and career professionals that invest their time and effort right back into the community they come from,” said STC’s Port Charlotte Campus Director Enrico Pucci.

PORT CHARLOTTE — Dozens of Southern Technical College students studying surgical technology will receive partial scholarships after the higher education facility received a $285,000 grant.

Teddy Bridgewater’s Bulls look to make a statement when they face the Indians Friday night

Educators in Sarasota County Schools have until Sept. 30 to submit a proposal for the Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation’s 2025 TIME Fellowship program. The Barancik Foundation will select up to 25 applicants to receive up to $12,000 each for a personal project designed to renew their passion for teaching and their commitment...

Omnilert, a leader in active shooter solutions, today announced that Sarasota County Schools in Florida is deploying its Omnilert Gun Detect system to monitor over 4,800 security cameras throughout the entire school district, representing the largest deployment of its kind in Florida aimed at thwarting the presence of weapons on school campuses. Omnilert Gun Detect is the most effective and complete AI visual gun detection system available today – providing 24/7 monitoring with a near-instant response at the first sight of a gun with rich automation capabilities that can lock doors, notify police and trigger alarms to ensure the best possible outcomes in the event of an active shooter incident. Sarasota County Schools already completed a successful deployment in one of its high schools the past year, which received overwhelmingly positive results and response from parents and staff. It is now in the process of deploying the system with the entire district’s camera network. Sarasota County Schools educates and protects over 45,000 students across 56 schools and employs more than 5,200 teachers and staff including its own police department and school resource officers. Omnilert Gun Detect is protecting several hundred schools and other organizations across the country, with many deployments being the largest ever recorded. Sarasota sets the record in Florida and is the second largest in the nation next to Baltimore County Public Schools, the largest deployment of AI visual gun detection in the United States with their 7,500 cameras. These large installations highlight the ease of use and flexibility that customers experience when integrating Omnilert technology with their existing cameras and security infrastructure. Security cameras can be transformed into 24/7 monitors of weapons that never get tired and distracted and can automatically initiate a pre-planned response to save lives in the event a weapon ever came on campus.

SARASOTA - Thanks to the Florida High School Athletic Association, Booker head football coach Scottie Littles will be back on the sideline Friday night. Appealing his six-game suspension for violation of the FHSAA’s improper contact and impermissible benefits policy, Littles had the suspension lifted. He will be credited for time served with the...

SARASOTA — The Charles & Margery Barancik Foundation announced more than $250,000 in full-ride scholarships to teachers pursuing a higher education.

SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - College students can ace their commute this year with fare-free rides with Breeze. New College, Ringling College, Suncoast Technical College, and University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee have continued long-standing partnerships with Sarasota County’s Breeze Transit Department to provide students with fare-free bus rides. New...

It’s no secret that the State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota (SCF) is an integral part of the Sarasota-Manatee community. Originally established in 1957, SCF proudly serves as the region’s premier public college. Annually, SCF caters to over 10,000 college credit students across its Bradenton, Lakewood Ranch, and Venice campuses, as well as through a wide range of online courses.