SCHOOL BOARD CANCELS THREE PAID HOLIDAYS

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD ON WEDNESDAY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO CANCEL THREE PAID HOLIDAYS FROM EMPLOYEES FOR THE UPCOMING SCHOOL YEAR.  AN IMPASSE MEETING WAS HELD AT THE BOARD OFFICE WEDNESDAY TO DISCUSS THE... Read More.

WOMAN AND KIDS FOUND UNCONSCIOUS IN SUV

A MOTHER AND HER TWO CHILDREN WERE FOUND UNCONSCIOUS INSIDE A NISSAN PATHFINDER IN A PARKING LOT OUTSIDE OF THE PUBLIX NEAR KINGS HIGHWAY AND THE INTERSTATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  DEPUTIES NOW SAY IT WAS... Read More.

FRONTLINE THIEVES HIT WAL-MART

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DETECTIVES ARE LOOKING FOR THE PULBIC’S HELP IN FINDING TWO PEOPLE WHO TOOK FORTY-SEVEN PACKAGES OF FRONTLINE PLUS FROM THE PUNTA GORDA WAL-MART STORE EARLIER IN THE MONTH.  OFFICIALS FROM THE... Read More.

KENNEY REPORTEDLY LIED ABOUT HYPNOSIS

NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL GEORGE KENNEY LIED TO SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT OFFICIALS ABOUT PERFORMING HYPNOSIS ON STUDENTS AT THE SCHOOL.  THAT WAS THE FINDING OF A 134 PAGE REPORT COMPLETED BY... Read More.

ENGLEWOOD LOTTERY WINNER COMES FORWARD

AN ENGLEWOOD MAN HAS COME FORWARD TO CLAIM HIS PORTION OF THE PRIZE HANDED OUT BY THE FLORIDA STATE LOTTERY FOR SUNDAY NIGHT’S FANTASY FIVE DRAWING.  61 YEAR OLD EDWARD ZUBAL BOUGHT HIS TICKET... Read More.

MAN MISTAKES BIKE FOR WIFE’S STOLEN ONE

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AFTER SEEING A BICYCLE HE THOUGHT WAS STOLEN FROM HIS WIFE.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 43 YEAR OLD KENNETH CROYLE WAS SITTING OUTSIDE A MEDICAL... Read More.

AUTOPSY INCONCLUSIVE ON WOMAN’S BODY

A REPORT FROM THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS THE AUTOPSY ON 29 YEAR OLD JENNIFER SIMPSON HAS BEEN COMPLETED.  NO CAUSE OF DEATH HAS BEEN DETERMINED AND THE MEDICAL EXAMINER IS NOW AWAITING... Read More.

CROWELL NOW CITY MANAGER IN ST. MARY’S GA

FORMER NORTH PORT CITY MANAGER STEVE CROWELL HAS SURFACED IN ST. MARY’S GEORGIA.  HE BEGAN AS THEIR CITY MANAGER ON MONDAY, NINE MONTHS AFTER LEAVING NORTH PORT, WHERE HE SPENT FIVE YEARS DURING THE... Read More.

VENICE COUNCIL VOTES TO APPROVE AIRPORT PLAN

THE VENICE CITY COUNCIL VOTED 6-1 TODAY TO APPROVE THE AIRPORT MASTER PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION EARLIER IN THE MONTH.  COUNCILMAN JIM BENNETT WAS THE LONE DISSENTER.  THE AIRPORT... Read More.

WOMAN FOUND AT WALMART IDENTIFIED

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS REPORTING THE WOMAN FOUND IN THE BACK SEAT OF A CAR IN THE PARKING LOT AT WALMART ON KINGS HIGHWAY IN PORT CHARLOTTE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS TWENTY... Read More.