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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 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.