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CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES CONTINUED THEIR CRACKDOWN ON AREA DRUG DEALERS MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH THE ARREST OF A DEEP CREEK MAN AFTER AN UNDERCOVER PURCHASE OF OXYCODONE PILLS.  DETECTIVES SAY 21 YEAR OLD ADAM... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR ROGER BALTZ BEGAN THE COMMISSION MEETING ON TUESDAY WITH A SURPRISE DISCUSSION ABOUT HIS STATUS AS ADMINISTRATOR THAT ENDED UP WITH HIM TENDERING HIS RESIGNATION.  WE BROKE THE STORY ON THE... Read More.

AN ELDERLY NORTH PORT WOMAN WAS ROBBED AT GUNPOINT AFTER DRIVING HOME FROM A BINGO GAME SUNDAY NIGHT.  NORTH PORT POLICE SAID THE WOMAN WAS BACKING HER CAR INTO THE GARAGE AT HER BARLOW... Read More.

AN ENGLEWOOD MAN WITH A REPUTATION AS THE COPPER COWBOY IS BEING SOUGHT IN CONNECTION WITH A SUNDAY MORNING INCIDENT.  DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO SUNRISE PARK ON EDGEWATER DRIVE JUST AFTER 8AM... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN DIED SATURDAY NIGHT AFTER SHE WAS HIT BY A VAN WHILE TRYING TO CROSS EL JOBEAN ROAD.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 67 YEAR OLD GEORGE FERL OF... Read More.

TWO TOURISTS FROM ENGLAND ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER BEING HIT BY A VEHICLE ON SIESTA KEY EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 43 YEAR OLD JAMES INCE AND 64... Read More.

ONE PERSON WAS KILLED AND THREE OTHERS INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT ON AN INTERSTATE ON-RAMP IN VENICE.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 78 YEAR OLD CHARLES COOK OF NOKOMIS WAS NORTHBOUND ON THE JACARANDA... Read More.

SIX PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED EARLY FRIDAY MORNING AFTER CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES RAIDED A TEE & GREEN ESTATES HOME IN PUNTA GORDA.  AUTHORITIES CAME A CALLING AROUND 6:30AM FRIDAY, AND A SEARCH TURNED UP... Read More.

EARLY VOTING FOR THE AUGUST 24TH PRIMARY BEGAN TODAY IN THE SOUTHWEST PLEX.  IN SARASOTA COUNTY, BALLOTS CAN BE CAST AT ONE OF SIX LOCATIONS ON WEEKDAYS FROM 8:30AM-4:30PM, SATURDAYS FROM 9AM-1PM, AND... Read More.

TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.  THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS ONE OF A HANDFUL STATEWIDE THAT CAN START THIS EARLY BECAUSE OF IT BEING CLASSIFIED AS AN “A”... Read More.