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CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONER ROBERT SKIDMORE IS FACING AN ETHICS COMPLAINT.  ACCORDING TO THE SUN, THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED IN DECEMBER BY HAROLD WELLS JR. OF BOCA GRANDE AND GALE McGUANE OF WINDWIND, WHICH ACCUSES... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY SELLING DRUGS TO UNDERCOVER OPERATIVES AND BEATING UP A MAN.  DEPUTIES SAY 23 YEAR OLD DEVONTINO BROWN WAS PICKED UP THURSDAY MORNING FOR SELLING CRACK... Read More.

LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOL ANNOUNCED WEDNESDAY THE HIRING OF MICHAEL MASSARI TO LEAD THE THEATER DEPARTMENT THERE.  MASSARI HAS AN EXTENSIVE BACKGROUND, INCLUDING PARTS IN THE MOVIES DREAMS AWAKE AND OPEN SECRET, AND... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN DIED AFTER HE WAS HIT BY A VAN LAST NIGHT.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 70 YEAR OLD KILMER GREEAR OF PUNTA GORDA WAS SOUTHBOUND IN THE CENTER LANE OF... Read More.

A GRAND JURY IN SARASOTA COUNTY HAS BROUGHT BACK A FIRST DEGREE MURDER INDICTMENT AGAINST 47 YEAR OLD JOHN LEE, WHO IS ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS GIRLFRIEND AND HER FRIEND INSIDE HIS SOUTH... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY ECONOMIC CRIMES DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING A NEW SCAM THAT INVOLVES WINNING A LOTTERY AND A NEW CAR.  SO FAR TWO CASES ARE BEING INVESTIGATED WHERE THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS HAVE BEEN SENT TO... Read More.

TWO SARASOTA MEN ARE BEHIND BARS AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON THE INTERSTATE MONDAY NIGHT.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY PULLED OVER 29 YEAR OLD LASHAUN SMITH JUST SOUTH OF THE UNIVERSITY PARKWAY EXIT... Read More.

TEST RESULTS RELEASED ON TUESDAY CONTINUE TO SHOW ELEVATED LEVELS OF BACTERIA ON VENICE BEACH KEEPING THE BEACH WATERS CLOSED TO SWIMMING AND RECREATIONAL ACTIVITIES.  IT’S BEEN TWO WEEKS SINCE HIGH LEVELS OF... Read More.

AN ENGLEWOOD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING AFTER SHE TOOK EXCEPTION TO BEING BUMPED BY A CAR IN A DRIVE-THRU.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 54 YEAR OLD SUSAN VIEAUX WAS IN THE DRIVE-THRU... Read More.

A WOMAN WAS ARRESTED BUT TWO MEN ARE STILL ON THE LOOSE AFTER A ROBBERY IN SARASOTA YESTERDAY.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO NEW ENGLAND STREET AND ROCKEFELLER AVENUE... Read More.