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A NORTH PORT MAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT THERE EARLY FRIDAY MORNING.  NORTH PORT POLICE SAY 30 YEAR OLD JEREMY CHRISMAN WAS SOUTHBOUND ON US 41 AT NORTH PORT BOULEVARD JUST AFTER... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES ON THURSDAY ARRESTED SIX PEOPLE FROM SWEETWATER, TENNESSEE ON DRUG CHARGES AFTER THEY STOPPED THE TWO VEHICLES THEY WERE DRIVING FOR TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.  DEPUTIES SAY THEY STOPPED A HYUNDAI DRIVEN... Read More.

THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS ARRESTED A SARASOTA MAN IN CONNECTION WITH A FATAL ACCIDENT IN ENGLEWOOD MARCH 13TH.  TROOPERS SAY 69 YEAR OLD GEOFFREY OLDER HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH VEHICULAR HOMICIDE... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER HE PURCHASED TWO VEHICLES WITH CHECKS FROM A CLOSED ACCOUNT.  DEPUTIES SAY 27 YEAR OLD RYAN HEMBREE VISITED A PUNTA GORDA DEALERSHIP AND PURCHASED A 2006... Read More.

BOTH THE SARASOTA AND CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICES WILL BE TAKING PART IN THE DRUG ENFORCEMENT ADMINISTRATION’S NATIONAL DRUG TAKE-BACK DAY TOMORROW FROM 10AM-2PM.  IN SARASOTA COUNTY, THEY WILL ACCEPT THE DRUGS AT THE... Read More.

A BRUSH FIRE IN EASTERN CHARLOTTE COUNTY HAS CONSUMED NEARLY 130 ACRES.  STRUCTURES WERE THREATENED IN THE AREA OF BERMONT ROAD AND STATE ROAD 31, BUT FIREFIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO KEEP THE BLAZE AWAY... Read More.

AN ENGLEWOOD WOMAN WAS SLIGHTLY INJURED AFTER SHE WAS HIT BY A VEHICLE WEDNESDAY MORNING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 46 YEAR OLD MICHAEL ROWLEY OF ENGLEWOOD WAS WESTBOUND ON DEARBORN STREET IN THE... Read More.

THE VENICE CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY SUSPENDED PLANNED RATE INCREASES OF WATER AND SEWER CUSTOMERS PENDING A STUDY.  THE INCREASES WERE TO GO INTO EFFECT IN THE FALL.  A CONSULTANT WILL BE HIRED TO... Read More.

WELL IT’S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN.  IT ACTUALLY HAPPENS TWICE A YEAR.  THEY DON’T STING OR BITE, BUT THEY ARE A NUISANCE.  I’M TALKING ABOUT LOVEBUGS, AND THEY ARE BACK.  THE LITTLE BLACK... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES ARE LOOKING FOR TWO PEOPLE WHO ROBBED A MAN AFTER HE RAN OUT OF GAS IN NEWTOWN EARLY THIS MORNING.  DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO CHILK AVENUE AND MARTIN LUTHER KING JUNIOR... Read More.