TWO FROM P C CHARGED WITH STEALING COPPER

TWO PORT CHARLOTTE RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED FRIDAY IN CONNECTION WITH THE THEFT OF NEARLY 3300 FEET OF COPPER WIRING FROM NEW STREET LIGHT POLES LAST WEDNESDAY.  DEPUTIES SAY WARRANT SQUAD DETECTIVES CAUGHT UP WITH... Read More.

OGILVIE NEW LEMON BAY FOOTBALL COACH

LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DAN JEFFERS ANNOUNCED THURSDAY THE HIRING OF DAVID (D J) OGILVIE AS THE NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT THE SCHOOL.  OGILVIE HAS BEEN THE COACH AT YOUNGSTOWN BOARDMAN HIGH... Read More.

CATHOLIC PRIEST HAS BAIL REDUCED

A CATHOLIC PRIEST ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY BATTERY ON A NOKOMIS TEENAGE BOY HAD HIS BAIL REDUCED AT A HEARING YESTERDAY.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY 54 YEAR OLD WILLIAM WERT HAS BEEN IN JAIL WITHOUT BAIL... Read More.

SEWER EXPANSION OPPOSED BY MOST

ABOUT 70 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THE WEST COAST CHURCH ASSEMBLY OF GOD TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS ON THE PROPOSED SEWER EXPANSION IN THE MANASOTA BEACH ROAD AREA.  ACCORDING TO THE SUN, THE ADMINISTRATOR... Read More.

PICK-UP PULLS OUT IN FRONT OF SUV ON S MCCALL

A PICK-UP TRUCK CARRYING CHLORINE AND MURATIC ACID CRASHED INTO AN SUV IN ENGLEWOOD THIS MORNING, SNARLING TRAFFIC FOR HOURS.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 32 YEAR OLD ROBERT DRAKE OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS... Read More.

TWO ROB A PIZZA DELIVERY MAN

TWO PUNTA GORDA MEN WERE ARRESTED AFTER SENDING A PIZZA DELIVERY MAN TO A PHONY HOUSE TUESDAY NIGHT.  PUNTA GORDA POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS TRYING TO DELIVER AN ORDER TO A HOME ON... Read More.

BURGLAR CAUGHT SLEEPING ON COUCH

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AFTER BEING FOUND SLEEPING ON THE COUCH OF THE HOME HE ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE HOME ON ELLICOTT CIRCLE... Read More.

MAYOR PROPOSES CUTTING CITY COUNCIL BY 2

VENICE MAYOR JOHN HOLIC HAS BEEN BUSY THIS WEEK SENDING OUT MEMOS TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ONE OF WHICH IS SURE TO STIR SOME CONTROVERSY.  HOLIC SAYS HE WILL ASK THEM TO CHANGE THEIR... Read More.

VENICE POLICE CHIEF SEARCH DOWN TO 10

THE SEARCH FOR A NEW POLICE CHIEF IN VENICE HAS BEEN NARROWED DOWN TO TEN FINALISTS.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY VENICE POLICE CAPTAIN TOM MCNULTY AND INTERIM NORTH PORT CITY MANAGER TERRY LEWIS ARE AMONG... Read More.