Tamiami, FL

A road rage incident near Tribune Boulevard and Tamiami Trail ended with gunfire and one arrest on October 26, 2026. Deputies say Stephan M. Clark became enraged when a red pickup intentionally blew thick black smoke in front of his white SUV. Instead of letting it go, detectives say Clark re-engaged the other driver and…

Sarasota Military Academy cadets got a rare chance Thursday: a live conversation with astronaut Luke Delaney aboard the International Space Station. Using amateur radio equipment set up with help from Tamiami Amateur Radio Club operators, students connected as the station passed over the Sarasota area. The window was brief, as all ISS passes are, but…

Charlotte County deputies are investigating a death at Bada Bing on South Tamiami Trail Thursday afternoon.

Gold Rush BBQ at 661 S. Tamiami Trail on the Island of Venice is celebrating 25 years in business. Founded by Robert Overholser, Patrick Caudill and Susan Caudill, the family-owned restaurant has built its reputation on dry-rubbed, hickory-smoked barbecue served in hearty portions, all inside a dining room decked out with Old West décor and…

New video shows Broward Sheriff’s rescue crews airlifting a survivor while responding to a fatal airboat crash in the Florida Everglades earlier this month. The aerial footage released by BSO on Wednesday shows the response to the Oct. 2 incident when two airboats collided in a remote area of the Everglades in the Frances S. Taylor Wildlife Management Area, between Interstate 75 and Tamiami Trail near the Miccosukee Indian Reservation. The crash killed one of the airboat op

A random stabbing at the Publix on Tamiami Trail in Punta Gorda has put a spotlight on a suspect’s earlier run-in with the law just a few miles away. Deputies say Ramsey Thomas Lyons, 47, cut a 70-year-old man with a box cutter at the Publix, leaving a wound that ran from the man’s left…

A routine shopping trip on Tamiami Trail turned violent on Oct. 10 when a 70-year-old man was stabbed in the face at a Punta Gorda Publix. According to the Punta Gorda Police Department, the victim felt what seemed like a punch to the left side of his face, then turned to find Ramsey Thomas Lyons…

A 70-year-old man was shopping at the Publix on Tamiami Trail in Punta Gorda on October 10th when he felt what he thought was a punch to his face. He turned and saw a man holding a box cutter. He was bleeding. The laceration ran four to six inches from his left cheek through his…

A routine grocery run turned violent at the Publix on Tamiami Trail in Punta Gorda on October 10, when a 70-year-old man was slashed across the face with a box cutter in what police describe as a random attack. The victim, David Terry, told officers he initially thought he’d been punched in the left cheek,…