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A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER TRYING TO BURGLARIZE A HOME WITH SOMEONE INSIDE.  DEPUTIES RECEIVED A CALL ABOUT A BURGLARY IN PROGRESS AT 946 KENWOOD TERRACE FROM THE OWNER OF THE... Read More.

A HOMELESS MAN WAS ARRESTED IN LAKE COUNTY TUESDAY AND CHARGED WITH ATTACKING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND LAST MONTH.  NORTH PORT POLICE SAY THE WOMAN WHO LIVES IN NORTH PORT BELIEVED THE ATTACKER WAS 42 YEAR... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF MOLESTING AN ELDERLY WOMAN.  VENICE POLICE SAY THE 85 YEAR OLD DISABLED WOMAN’S SON WAS THE FIRST TO NOTIFY THEM THAT THE INCIDENT... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE ASKING FOR HELP IN FINDING A MAN THAT HAS BEEN MISSING FOR A MONTH.  DEPUTIES SAY 42 YEAR OLD NEHEMIAH PITTMAN OF PORT CHARLOTTE HAS NOT BEEN SEEN SINCE DECEMBER... Read More.

VENICE CITY MANAGER ISSAC TURNER IS IN A FIGHT FOR HIS JOB.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY THAT TURNER CONFIRMED AT LEAST ONE CURRENT AND TWO FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED FOR HIS RESIGNATION.  TURNER... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A DEEP CREEK MAN SUNDAY AFTER A CANINE TRACKED RIGHT TO HIS APARTMENT DOOR.  DEPUTIES SAY THE OWNER OF A RED JEEP PATRIOT CALLED AROUND 7:30PM SUNDAY AFTER HE SAW... Read More.

THE SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS REPORTEDLY AGREED TO PAY MORE THAN $52,000 TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT A FORMER TEACHER MISTREATED A DISABLED GIRL.  ACCORDING TO THE HERALD TRIBUNE, THE TERMS... Read More.

A STRUCTURE FIRE AT AN ENGLEWOOD HOME WEDNESDAY EVENING WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL QUICKLY.  ENGLEWOOD FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE HOME AT 1435 DEER CREEK DRIVE JUST AFTER 6:20PM AND DECLARED THE BLAZE... Read More.

FOUR PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER BEING WARNED THE DAY BEFORE ABOUT TRYING TO SELL PRODUCTS DOOR-TO-DOOR WITHOUT A PERMIT.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY SIX PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT IN THE GARDENS OF GULF COVE... Read More.

JENNIFER KELLY, WHO HAS LED THE LEMON BAY DRAMA DEPARTMENT SINCE 2000, HAS RESIGNED HER POSITION.  SCHOOL SPOKESMAN MIKE REILLY TOLD WENG NEWS THAT SHE TENDERED HER RESIGNATION AT HER DISCIPLINARY MEETING WITH SUPERINTENDENT... Read More.