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CHARLOTTE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR ANDREA MESSINA ANNOUNCED TUESDAY HER INTENT TO RUN FOR THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSION SEAT CURRENT HELD BY EMBATTLED COMMISSIONER ROBERT SKIDMORE.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY MESSINA, A REPUBLICAN, HAS SERVED... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES ARRESTED TWO PORT CHARLOTTE TEENS AFTER THEY WERE CAUGHT CARHOPPING THREE VEHICLES EARLY TUESDAY MORNING.  A ROAD DEPUTY WAS FLAGGED DOWN BY A WOMAN OUTSIDE OF THE PORT CHARLOTTE ... Read More.

A VENICE MAN WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION ABOUT A CRUELTY TO ANIMALS COMPLAINT.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE ALL IN THE CLIP PET GROOMING SALON ON SOUTH TAMIAMI TRAIL ON... Read More.

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE HAS ISSUED A MISSING/ENDANGERED ADULT BOLO FOR 92 YEAR OLD GEORGE SUTHERLAND OF SPORTSMAN ROAD IN ROTONDA WEST. A REPORT FROM THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS SUTHERLAND’S FAMILY CALLED THE... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S NARCOTICS UNIT DETECTIVES WORKING WITH STREET CRIMES UNITS HAVE MADE ANOTHER UNDERCOVER DRUG ARREST. THIRTY NINE YEAR OLD ERNEST GIBBS OF PORT CHARLOTTE MET WITH UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES IN A BUSINESS PARKING... Read More.

A DRIVER WITH ONLY A LEARNER’S PERMIT SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES IN A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON I-75 NEAR MILE MARKER 210 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. A REPORT FROM THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS NINETEEN YEAR OLD JULIANNA... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES HAVE MADE AN ARREST IN A HOMICIDE THAT OCCURRED LAST NIGHT IN THE 100 BLOCK OF WINSON AVENUE IN ENGLEWOOD.  THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS CALLED TO ENGLEWOOD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL AT... Read More.

A SARASOTA WOMAN WHO WAS HAVING A VERBAL ARGUMENT WITH SOMEONE IN HER HOME HIT A PEDESTRIAN AS SHE TRIED TO BACK OUT OF A DRIVEWAY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL... Read More.

THE MOTHER ACCUSED OF POURING BLEACH AND CHLORINE ON HER TODDLER SON AND FORCING OTHER SIBLINGS TO SWIM IN A POOL WHILE STRONG CHEMICALS WERE PRESENT MADE HER FIRST APPEARANCE IN COURT TUESDAY.  THE... Read More.

THE SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WATER MANAGEMENT DISTRICT’S GOVERNING BOARD ON TUESDAY EXTENDED THE WATERING RESTRICTIONS PUT IN PLACE LAST DECEMBER.  DESPITE THE RECENT RAINS, SWIFTMUD SAYS A DRIER THAN NORMAL JUNE HAS RAINFALL TOTALS STILL... Read More.