Venice News

Venice City Hall will be closed Nov. 26, and Nov. 27, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday.

Organizers of the 34th annual Venice Holiday Parade say they are giving people an alternative to turkey leftovers and a break from holiday shopping on Saturday with the largest night parade in the state.

One of the men arrested in the botched robbery of T.J. Maxx last week reportedly held the door open for the two armed men who entered the store and tied up several employees.

North Port retirees Carolyn and Alan Provencal lived modestly on Social Security, government disability checks and Carolyn's part-time house cleaning work.

A man used flashing lights on the front of his car to illegally pull over the car of a 56-year-old Venice woman, the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office said.

FL COURTHOUSE SHOOTING, 1ST LD VENICE, Fla. - A woman was fatally shot in the parking lot of a Sarasota County courthouse annex, and the man who shot her was reportedly shot by police later at a North Port home.

Police shot and killed a gunman who reportedly killed a woman in the rear parking lot of the Robert L. Anderson Administration Center in South Venice Monday afternoon.

This took place at a Home goods store in the city of Venice, which is south of Sarasota.

One moment, the 17-year-old Venice High School senior's biggest worry was seeing the last two customers out the door as she finished the late shift at T.J. Maxx Tuesday night.

Federal investigators are in the city for a second day, checking financial documents and computer files and reviewing airport agreements going back decades.

Venice police continue to review store surveillance video for clues about the two gunmen who attempted to rob a T.J. Maxx store late Tuesday night.

The city of Venice plans to light its Christmas tree at 6 p.m. Nov. 28 hsortly before the Holiday Parade.

Since 1987, Venice Christian School has offered both spiritual and academic guidance to children in the community.

Less than a week after Don and Sue Clendenen arrived in Venice Isle Estates for the winter, they awoke to the most frightening disaster of their lives.

Authorities are searching for two men accused of taking hostages at a Venice, Florida, T.J. Maxx store.

A 17-year-old Venice High School senior, working the late shift at TJ Maxx on Tuesday night, was standing near the store's front doors waiting for the last two customers to leave when two men wearing Darth Vader masks barged in with guns.

The robbery happened around 9:30 Wednesday night as employees were closing the store for the night.

Authorities are searching for two men accused of taking hostages at a Venice, Florida, T.J. Maxx store.

VENICE - Authorities are still searching for the suspects accused of holding several people hostage at gunpoint inside a Florida retail store for more than three hours.

Two men armed with guns and wearing ski masks entered the T.J. Maxx store in Venice Tuesday night and held eight employees hostage for more than three hours.