VENICE OPENS DOOR FOR 36% TAX INCREASE
THE VENICE CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY VOTED TO SET THE MAXIMUM TAX RATE OF 3.77 MILLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2012. THAT WOULD BE AN INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT RATE OF 2.77 MILLS, WHICH HAS... Read More.
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CITY VEHICLE HITS GRANDMOTHER, GRANDSON
NORTH PORT POLICE SAY A GRANDMOTHER AND HER TODDLER GRANDSON WERE INJURED WHEN THEY WERE STRUCK BY A CITY VEHICLE YESTERDAY. POLICE SAY 39 YEAR OLD MICHAEL JUGENHEIMER OF NORTH PORT WAS NORTHBOUND ON... Read More.
THREE MIAMI MEN TRY TO PASS FAKE BILLS
THREE MIAMI MEN WERE ARRESTED WEDNESDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO PASS FAKE HUNDRED DOLLAR BILLS IN PORT CHARLOTTE. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY RECEIVED A CALL FROM THE CVS ON TAMIAMI TRAIL AT 3:15PM... Read More.
TIRE BLOW-OUT CAUSES ACCIDENT
A TIRE BLOW-OUT CAUSED AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE AT THE END OF THE EVENING RUSH LAST NIGHT. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 47 YEAR OLD ALFRED MARTIN OF DADE CITY WAS NORTHBOUND ON... Read More.
SIESTA KEY RESIDENTS BOILING THEIR WATER
A PRECAUTIONARY BOIL WATER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR SOME SIESTA KEY RESIDENTS AFTER REPAIRS WERE MADE TO A WATER VALVE AT THE INTERSECTION OF MIDNIGHT PASS ROAD AND SARASEA CIRCLE. ACCORDING TO SARASOTA... Read More.
PEDESTRIAN FATALLY INJURED
THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS REPORTED A PEDESTRIAN WAS FATALLY INJURED IN SARASOTA COUNTY SHORTLY AFTER 2 AM SATURDAY. TWENTY TWO YEAR OLD KELLIAN BASCONE WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON ... Read More.
SIX YEAR OLD SHOT
NORTH PORT POLICE WERE CALLED TO A NORTH PORT EMERGENCY ROOM SATURDAY REGARDING A SIX YEAR OLD BEING SHOT. THE INCIDENT HAD OCCURRED INSIDE A HOUSE IN THE 2600 BLOCK OF YAMADA LANE AT... Read More.
GROUP SETTLES WITH FAMILY OF ABUSED TEEN
THE ORDER OF THE CARMELITES HAS AGREED TO PAY THE FAMILY OF A NOKOMIS BOY ALLEGEDLY ABUSED BY ONE OF THEIR PRIESTS $1.75 MILLION DOLLARS. PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY THE 14 YEAR OLD BOY REMAINS... Read More.
FATHER AND SON HEAD TO JAIL AFTER RAID
A PUNTA GORDA HOME WAS RAIDED FRIDAY MORNING AND THE FATHER AND SON WHO LIVE THERE HAD A NEW ADDRESS FOR A TIME…THE COUNTY LOCK UP. DEPUTIES SAY THEY HAD TO FORCE THEIR WAY... Read More.
SEAT BELT VIOLATION LEADS TO DRUG ARRESTS
A CHARLOTTE COUNTY STREET CRIMES DEPUTY MADE A TRAFFIC STOP FRIDAY MORNING FOR A SEAT BELT VIOLATION WHICH TURNED INTO A COCAINE BUST. DEPUTIES SAY THE STOP WAS MADE AT KINGS HIGHWAY AND WESTCHESTER... Read More.