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SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE GOING TO CONSIDER ENDING BLUE LAWS THAT PROHIBIT SALES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON SUNDAYS BEFORE NOON.  JUST LAST MONTH, CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ENDED BLUE LAWS THERE, ALLOWING ALCOHOL SALES ON... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL HOLD THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON MONDAY TO DISCUSS INSTALLING CAMERAS AT INTERSECTIONS TO CATCH RED LIGHT RUNNERS.  THE STATE PASSED A LAW BACK IN MAY ALLOWING RED... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY APPROVED MORE THAN $700,000 DOLLARS IN INCENTIVES FOR TWO COUNTY BUSINESSES.  THEY APPROVED $350,000 DOLLARS FOR TERVIS TUMBLER, WHICH EXPECTS TO ADD OVER 200 JOBS OVER THE NEXT... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S NARCOTICS DETECTIVES SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT AT A HOME NEAR KINGSWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  AUTHORITIES BURST INTO THE HOUSE AT 23276 ALTMAN AVENUE AT AROUND 6:45AM... Read More.

NORTH PORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE ON TUESDAY.  OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE 5300 BLOCK OF ALLEN ROAD WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE STOMACH AREA.  POLICE... Read More.

AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO TRIED TO ROB A WOMAN AS SHE USED AN ATM MACHINE IN SARASOTA LATE LAST NIGHT.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD DESTINY BARNES WAS BANKING... Read More.

THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED MONDAY AFTERNOON AFTER MULTIPLE DRUG DEALS WITH UNDERCOVER DETECTIVES IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY.  DEPUTIES SAY 22 YEAR OLD MICHAEL COCHARA OF NORTH PORT AND 32 YEAR OLD JOHN LEMBACHNER OF ELLENTON... Read More.

MEMBERS OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RAISE FUNDS EVERY YEAR FOR 80-100 SECOND TO FIFTH GRADE STUDENTS TO GO SHOPPING WITH A DEPUTY DURING THE HOLIDAY SEASON, BUT THIS YEAR FUNDS ARE RUNNING... Read More.

THE ATTORNEY FOR THE WOMAN CHARGED IN THE 1999 DISAPPEARANCE AND DEATH OF A 4 YEAR OLD GIRL HAS ASKED FOR A HEARING TO HAVE THE CHARGES DISMISSED.  ATTORNEY ROBERT BARRAR SAYS THAT 33... Read More.

NARCOTICS DETECTIVES OF THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RAIDED A TROPICAL GULF ACRES HOME EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AND GOT WHAT THEY SUSPECTED WAS THERE.  TWO PEOPLE WERE IN THE HOME AT THE TIME, AS... Read More.