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SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE CONSIDERING A FARE INCREASE FOR SCAT BUSES AND THE CLOSING OF SOME LIBRARIES ON SUNDAYS AS WAYS TO CUT A BUDGET THAT NEEDS ABOUT $140 MILLION DOLLARS TRIMMED FROM IT. ... Read More.

A CAB DRIVER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT IN NORTH PORT TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  NORTH PORT POLICE SAY 50 YEAR OLD MARK ALEXANDER OF SARASOTA WAS DRIVING A SCAT BUS AND WAS STOPPED AT... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING A MAN SEEN ON VIDEO AT THE CIRCLE K IN PORT CHARLOTTE WHO GRABBED AN ELDERLY WOMAN’S WALLET AS SHE WAS STANDING... Read More.

THE VENICE CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY VOTED 4-3 TO HIRE A HEAD HUNTING SERVICE TO HIRE A NEW PERMANENT CITY MANAGER.  THAT MOVE WAS A SURPRISE TO MOST IN ATTENDANCE, MOST NOTABLY MAYOR JOHN... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A CONTRACT FOR FORMER NORTH PORT POLICE CHIEF TERRY LEWIS TO BE THEIR INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR.  LEWIS WILL MAKE OVER $550.00 A DAY FOR THE FOUR-TO-SIX MONTHS... Read More.

SARASOTA POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL OF AN INDIVIDUAL LYING IN THE ROADWAY IN THE 1900 BLOCK OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY AT ABOUT 2:00 AM MONDAY. WHEN THEY GOT... Read More.

A WITNESS CLAIMED HE SAW THE BODY OF PILAR RODRIGUEZ IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO.  THAT BOMBSHELL WAS DROPPED DURING THE TRIAL OF MELISSA HARDING-JONES,... Read More.

THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HAS APPROVED THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN FOR THE VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AFTER MORE THAN FIVE YEARS OF WRANGLING AND HAND RINGING WITH THE CITY.  THE PLAN CALLS FOR MOVING... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO A HOME IN THE KENSINGTON PARK SUBDIVISION AT 12:30 AM SATURDAY. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A PARTY ATTENDED BY AN ESTIMATED ONE HUNDRED TO TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE.... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO WAIT FOR A SPECIAL EVENT TO DROP OFF THEIR UNUSED OR EXPIRED MEDICATIONS. SHERIFF BILL CAMERON HAS CALLED A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 10 AM TOMORROW AT... Read More.