Author: fiorinija

A CARDIOLOGIST AT FAWCETT MEMORIAL HOSPITAL IN PORT CHARLOTTE WAS ARRESTED ON BATTERY CHARGES AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY TOUCHED THREE NURSES WHO WORK THERE INAPPROPRIATELY.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 43 YEAR OLD CARLOS YEPES WAS... Read More.

HE’S BAAAACK.  FORMER NORTH PORT CHIEF TERRY LEWIS WAS SELECTED UNANIMOUSLY BY SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY TO BE THEIR INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.  THE MOVE CAME JUST HOURS AFTER SARASOTA SHERIFF’S MAJOR... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO KEEP THEIR PROPOSED DISTRICT BOUNDARIES, WHICH IN ESSENCE KEEPS THINGS THEY WAY THEY HAVE BEEN.  DESPITE A TUESDAY WHERE EVERYONE WHO STEPPED TO THE DAIS IN... Read More.

THE BRUSH FIRE IN SOUTHERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY THAT HAS CONSUMED ALMOST 250 ACRES IS NOW 95% CONTAINED.  FIRE CREWS SAY THEY HAVE A GOOD HANDLE ON THE FIRE, BUT THEY ARE ON ALERT AS... Read More.

AN ELDERLY SARASOTA MAN WAS INJURED AFTER HE WAS HIT BY AN SUV WHILE RIDING HIS BICYCLE IN SARASOTA YESTERDAY.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 22 YEAR OLD JESSE LIPPERT OF SARASOTA... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO DETERMINE HOW A SIX YEAR OLD WAS ALLEGEDLY MOLESTED AT A SUMMER CAMP LAST WEEK.  WBBH TV SAYS THE BOY’S MOTHER FILED AN INCIDENT REPORT WITH THE CHARLOTTE... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY SHERIFF’S MAJOR KURT HOFFMAN WILL NOT TAKE THE TEMPORARY POSITION AS COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AFTER IT WAS LEARNED THAT HE WOULD LOSE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF HIS RETIREMENT BENEFITS AND HAVE TO... Read More.

FIRE CREWS ARE STILL WORKING TO GET A BRUSH FIRE UNDER CONTROL IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.  THE FIRE, WHICH IS LOCATED OFF OF OIL WELL ROAD EAST OF US 41, SHUT DOWN THAT ROAD... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS GOT AN EARFUL FROM ANGRY RESIDENTS AND CITY LEADERS ON THE FIRST DAY OF A TWO DAY PUBLIC HEARING OVER POTENTIAL REDISTRICTING FOR COMMISSION SEAT DISTRICTS.  EVERYONE THAT SPOKE AT THE... Read More.

SIX PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT IN PORT CHARLOTTE YESTERDAY EVENING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 48 YEAR OLD ARACELI CASEY OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS STOPPED AT A STOP SIGN FACING NORTH ON... Read More.