Author: fiorinija

A SARASOTA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOP THERE.  A DEPUTY PULLED OVER 31 YEAR OLD JERMAINE WARD AT AROUND 8:30 WEDNESDAY EVENING ON 34TH STREET AND NOTICED HE WAS ACTING NERVOUSLY. ... Read More.

A NORTH PORT MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER TWO UNDERCOVER DRUG DEALS IN PORT CHARLOTTE OVER THE LAST 10 DAYS.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY BACK ON MAY 25TH THEY PURCHASED EIGHT OXYCODONE PILLS FROM 58... Read More.

THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED, TWO SERIOUSLY, IN A SIX VEHICLE PILE-UP IN SARASOTA LAST NIGHT.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 27 YEAR OLD ANDREW DILKS OF SARASOTA WAS SOUTHBOUND ON NORTH LOCKWOOD RIDGE ROAD... Read More.

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT SIGNED THE 2011 BUDGET INTO LAW THURSDAY IN THE VILLAGES, BUT HIS LINE ITEM VETOS HIT VERY CLOSE TO HOME.  A HALF MILLION DOLLARS THAT WAS TARGETED FOR THE LOVELAND CENTER... Read More.

A PANEL OF RESIDENTS HAS BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE VENICE CITY COUNCIL TO LOOK INTO HOW MUCH COUNCIL MEMBERS SHOULD BE PAID AND THEIR BENEFIT PACKAGE.  THE COUNCIL VOTED EARLIER THIS WEEK TO FORM... Read More.

IN LIGHT OF THE SUSPENSION OF NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL GEORGE KENNEY, THE ORGANIZERS OF PROJECT GRADUATION HAVE CANCELLED A HYPNOTIST THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY BOOKED AS ENTERTAINMENT FOR GRADUATING SENIORS.  THE DECISION... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY VOTED 3-2 TO NEGOTIATE A CONTRACT WITH SARASOTA SHERIFF’S MAJOR KURT HOFFMAN TO BE THE INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.  EARLIER WEDNESDAY, COMMISSIONERS VOTED 4-1 TO ACCEPT JIM LEY’S... Read More.

A FIRE BROKE OUT ON A PROPERTY IN ENGLEWOOD TUESDAY NIGHT, DOING DAMAGE TO A TRUCK AND DESTROYING A SHED.  THE ENGLEWOOD FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT SAID THE FIRE BROKE OUT JUST AFTER 6PM AT... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE ACCEPTED THE RESIGNATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR JIM LEY IN A 4-1 VOTE THIS MORNING.  COMMISSIONER JOE BARBETTA WAS THE LONE DISSENTER.  BARBETTA SAID THE FIRST THING THAT NEEDS TO... Read More.

A NORTH PORT MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER ALLEGEDLY ROBBING A MAN WHO GAVE HIM A RIDE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  NORTH PORT POLICE SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO SOUTH BISCAYNE DRIVE AND BESSEMER STREET JUST BEFORE... Read More.