TURNER OUT AS CITY MANAGER IN VENICE

AFTER A LONG DAY OF SNIBBLING AND ACCUSATIONS, VENICE CITY MANAGER ISSAC TURNER DECIDED TO STEP DOWN TUESDAY.  AFTER NEARLY FOUR HOURS OF DEBATE THE COUNCIL CAME TO A VOTE, WHICH WAS 4-3 IN... Read More.

CHARLOTTE CLOSES IN ON LAND SWAP DEAL

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS VOTED 4-1 TO SWAP MORE THAN A HUNDRED ACRES AT MURDOCK VILLAGE FOR INDUSTRIAL LAND NEAR THE PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT.  THE VOTE TRIGGERED A THIRTY DAY PERIOD WHERE THE COUNTY WILL... Read More.

ACTING POLICE CHIEF GETS PERMANENT ROLE

NORTH PORT’S ACTING POLICE CHIEF, KEVIN VESPIA, WILL BECOME THE PERMANENT CHIEF.  IN A MONDAY ANNOUNCEMENT, INTERIM CITY MANAGER AND FORMER POLICE CHIEF TERRY LEWIS ANNOUNCED THAT VESPIA WILL TAKE OVER THE POSITION THIS... Read More.

MAN MAKES BOMB THREAT AT IRS BUILDING

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES TOOK A MAN INTO CUSTODY YESTERDAY AFTER HE REPORTEDLY TOLD WORKERS AT A FEDERAL BUILDING THAT HE HAD A BOMB.  DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE IRS BUILDING AT 5971 CATTLERIDGE BOULEVARD... Read More.

ROTONDA MAN DIES IN ACCIDENT

A ROTONDA WEST MAN WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT IN PUNTA GORDA SUNDAY AFTERNOON.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 83 YEAR OLD PAUL ABLER WAS IN THE LEFT TURN LANE OF ACLINE ROAD AT... Read More.

VICTIM IDENTIFIED IN SUNDAY SHOOTING

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES HAS IDENTIFIED THE MAN THAT SHOWED UP AT ENGLEWOOD COMMUNITY HOSPITAL MORE THAN FIVE HOURS AFTER A SUNDAY INCIDENT IN OLDE ENGLEWOOD.  22 YEAR OLD DILLON DONOHOE OF ENGLEWOOD IS REPORTEDLY... Read More.

RASH OF BURGLARIES IN ENGLEWOOD

AUTHORITIES SAY THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST NINE BREAK-INS IN ENGLEWOOD OVER THE PAST TWO WEEKS, BUT THEY ARE NOT SAYING IF THEY ARE ALL RELATED.  EIGHT OF THEM OCCURRED IN SARASOTA COUNTY OVER... Read More.

MAN JUMPS OFF RINGLING BRIDGE, SURVIVES

SARASOTA POLICE SAY A MAN JUMPED OFF THE RINGLING CAUSEWAY BRIDGE IN A SUICIDE ATTEMPT YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  POLICE SAY THE UNIDENTIFIED MAN APPROACHED A WOMAN ON THE BRIDGE JUST AFTER 4PM, GAVE HER HIS... Read More.

IMPARED MAN HITS MAILBOX AND TREE

TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED, ONE SERIOUSLY, AFTER AN IMPAIRED DRIVER LOST CONTROL IN SARASOTA LAST NIGHT.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 42 YEAR OLD FREDRICK MCLEAN WAS WESTBOUND ON COLONIAL OAKS BOULEVARD APPROACHING WOOD... Read More.