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CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE GETTING READ TO EXPLORE OPTIONS TO DEAL WITH FAILING SEPTIC SYSTEMS THAT ARE SENDING POLLUTION INTO WATERWAYS.  COMMISSIONERS SCRAPPED PLANS FOR A $400 MILLION DOLLAR SEWER EXPANSION FOR 18,000 LOTS... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WHO TURNED HIMSELF IN LAST WEEK IN CONNECTION WITH MOLESTING A YOUNG BOY WAS FOUND DEAD SATURDAY MORNING.  MAJOR CRIMES DETECTIVES SAY 46 YEAR OLD GREGORY PACHECO’S BODY WAS DISCOVERED... Read More.

AFTER RECEIVING NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT DRUGS AND PROSTITUTION AT A PORT CHARLOTTE BUSINESS, CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN ON MONDAY AFTER SHE OFFERED SEX FOR MONEY.  A NARCOTICS DETECTIVE CALLED A... Read More.

THREE PEOPLE WERE INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT IN SARASOTA SUNDAY MORNING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 49 YEAR OLD RALPH MCCALLISTER OF SARASOTA AND 55 YEAR OLD ROIN RYDER OF SARASOTA WERE BOTH NORTHBOUND... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE GOING TO CONSIDER ENDING BLUE LAWS THAT PROHIBIT SALES OF ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ON SUNDAYS BEFORE NOON.  JUST LAST MONTH, CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ENDED BLUE LAWS THERE, ALLOWING ALCOHOL SALES ON... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WILL HOLD THE FIRST OF TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS ON MONDAY TO DISCUSS INSTALLING CAMERAS AT INTERSECTIONS TO CATCH RED LIGHT RUNNERS.  THE STATE PASSED A LAW BACK IN MAY ALLOWING RED... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY APPROVED MORE THAN $700,000 DOLLARS IN INCENTIVES FOR TWO COUNTY BUSINESSES.  THEY APPROVED $350,000 DOLLARS FOR TERVIS TUMBLER, WHICH EXPECTS TO ADD OVER 200 JOBS OVER THE NEXT... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S NARCOTICS DETECTIVES SERVED A SEARCH WARRANT AT A HOME NEAR KINGSWAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  AUTHORITIES BURST INTO THE HOUSE AT 23276 ALTMAN AVENUE AT AROUND 6:45AM... Read More.

NORTH PORT POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING THAT TOOK PLACE ON TUESDAY.  OFFICERS RESPONDED TO THE 5300 BLOCK OF ALLEN ROAD WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN HAD BEEN SHOT IN THE STOMACH AREA.  POLICE... Read More.

AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR A MAN WHO TRIED TO ROB A WOMAN AS SHE USED AN ATM MACHINE IN SARASOTA LATE LAST NIGHT.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 18 YEAR OLD DESTINY BARNES WAS BANKING... Read More.