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.

GRANDSON OF PROPERTY MANAGER A THIEF

A NORTH PORT MAN WAS ARRESTED FRIDAY AFTER AN INVESTIGATION REVEALED HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR A STRING OF BURGLARIES IN A PORT CHARLOTTE APARTMENT COMPLEX RUN BY HIS GRANDFATHER.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE... Read More.

BURGLARY AT VENICE PIER

A VENICE MAN IS FACING BURGLARY CHARGES AFTER POLICE SAY HE SMASHED THE WINDOW OF A CAR IN THE PUBLIC BEACH PARKING LOT AT THE VENICE PIER ON WEDNESDAY. ACCORDING TO THE VENICE POLICE... Read More.

ARREST MADE IN WARM MINERAL SPRINGS MURDER

A NORTH PORT TEEN WAS ARRESTED IN CONNECTION WITH THE SHOOTING IN WARM MINERAL SPRINGS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD DEIFALLA JOHNSON WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ALONG WITH... Read More.

MAN INJURED CROSSING BUSY ROAD IN SARASOTA

A SARASOTA MAN WAS INJURED AS HE TRIED TO WALK ACROSS A BUSY SARASOTA INTERSECTION LAST NIGHT.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAY 51 YEAR OLD RICHARD MAREK WAS WALKING NORTH ATTEMPTING TO CROSS BAHIA... Read More.

TEEN ARRESTED FOR MULTIPLE BURGLARIES

A SARASOTA TEEN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AND THEY ARE LOOKING FOR ANOTHER IN CONNECTION WITH A STRING OF RESIDENTIAL BURGLARIES.  DEPUTIES SAY 19 YEAR OLD COREY STRAUGHN WAS ARRESTED AFTER A SEARCH WARRANT OF... Read More.

BROTHER OF NFL PLAYER KILLED IN NORTH PORT

NORTH PORT POLICE HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS KILLED EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.  POLICE SAY IT WAS 29 YEAR OLD TERRANCE HARGROVE OF NORTH PORT.  HE IS THE BROTHER OF ANTHONY... Read More.

MISTRIAL DECLARED IN LOVE TRIANGLE CASE

THE FIRST DEGREE MURDER TRIAL OF 36 YEAR OLD MORGAN SMITH ENDED IN A MISTRIAL WEDNESDAY AFTER A JUDGE RULED THE JURY HAD BEEN COMPROMISED.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY THE TESTIMONY OF SMITH’S EX-BOYFRIEND DARYL... Read More.

NORTH PORT SHOOTING LEAVES ONE DEAD

AUTHORITIES ARE STILL LOOKING FOR WHO SHOT TWO WARM MINERAL SPRINGS RESIDENTS LATE TUESDAY NIGHT, KILLING ONE.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 28 YEAR OLD KATRINA STONER WAS RELEASED FROM VENICE REGIONAL MEDICAL ... Read More.