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VENICE CITY MANAGER ISSAC TURNER IS IN A FIGHT FOR HIS JOB.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY THAT TURNER CONFIRMED AT LEAST ONE CURRENT AND TWO FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE ASKED FOR HIS RESIGNATION.  TURNER... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A DEEP CREEK MAN SUNDAY AFTER A CANINE TRACKED RIGHT TO HIS APARTMENT DOOR.  DEPUTIES SAY THE OWNER OF A RED JEEP PATRIOT CALLED AROUND 7:30PM SUNDAY AFTER HE SAW... Read More.

THE SARASOTA COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS REPORTEDLY AGREED TO PAY MORE THAN $52,000 TO SETTLE A LAWSUIT A FORMER TEACHER MISTREATED A DISABLED GIRL.  ACCORDING TO THE HERALD TRIBUNE, THE TERMS... Read More.

A STRUCTURE FIRE AT AN ENGLEWOOD HOME WEDNESDAY EVENING WAS BROUGHT UNDER CONTROL QUICKLY.  ENGLEWOOD FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE HOME AT 1435 DEER CREEK DRIVE JUST AFTER 6:20PM AND DECLARED THE BLAZE... Read More.

FOUR PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER BEING WARNED THE DAY BEFORE ABOUT TRYING TO SELL PRODUCTS DOOR-TO-DOOR WITHOUT A PERMIT.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY SIX PEOPLE WERE CAUGHT IN THE GARDENS OF GULF COVE... Read More.

JENNIFER KELLY, WHO HAS LED THE LEMON BAY DRAMA DEPARTMENT SINCE 2000, HAS RESIGNED HER POSITION.  SCHOOL SPOKESMAN MIKE REILLY TOLD WENG NEWS THAT SHE TENDERED HER RESIGNATION AT HER DISCIPLINARY MEETING WITH SUPERINTENDENT... Read More.

AN ENGLEWOOD MAN WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTACKING A WOMAN AND HER SICK DOG.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE VICTIM TOLD THEM THAT 27 YEAR OLD JASON RITENOUR BECAME ANGRY WITH THE DOG... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAJOR CRIMES DETECTIVES ARRESTED TWO JUVENILES IN CONNECTION WITH A STABBING IN A DEEP CREEK APARTMENT WEDNESDAY MORNING.  DEPUTIES SAY 20 YEAR OLD ISRAEL ORTIZ WAS ATTACKED IN HIS SANDHILL VILLAS APARTMENT... Read More.

STATE PROSECUTORS HAVE FORMALLY CHARGED A DRIFTER WHO KILLED AN ENGLEWOOD ANTIQUES SHOPPE OWNER TWO WEEKS AGO.  33 YEAR OLD JAMES BESAW WAS CHARGED LAST THURSDAY WITH SECOND DEGREE MURDER AND ROBBERY WITH A... Read More.

THREE PEOPLE WERE KILLED, INCLUDING A CHILD, IN AN ACCIDENT IN ARCADIA TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 33 YEAR OLD KAREN BARRETT OF ARCADIA WAS NORTHBOUND ON US 17 NEAR FUGATE STREET... Read More.