Weren't able to keep up with news on the Suncoast throughout the week? Don't worry, we've got you covered with a recap of our most popular stories from the week of 6/14 - 6/20.
- A Sarasota pastor is keeping his congregation safe by any means necessary, which for him means carrying a concealed weapon.
- A building owner in Newtown helped Sarasota police stop the sale of designer drugs known as spice and in return got... a bill.
- The fight to keep Walmart out of a location in downtown Sarasota went to the streets this week. Someone spray painted "Save SRQ" and "No Walmart" across the empty storefronts of Ringling plaza.
- A man was sentenced to life in prison on charges of sexual battery and child pornography. Dannie Ray Horner had been trading pornography with people in other states and countries.
- Luckily, an Englewood teenager was found safe after going missing.
- Woof! A Bradenton woman threw her dog more than a bone and was charged for having sex with her dog.
- Police arrested a Sarasota man for shooting two men on a porch. Ronald Howard was found at the crime scene with blood still on his hands.
- Warm summer weather means perfect conditions for a flesh-eating bacteria on Florida beaches. Health officials warned us about Vibrio vulnificus.