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A VENICE MAN WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE A BURNED OUT STORAGE UNIT.  THE VENICE FIRE DEPARTMENT RESPONDED TO A STRUCTURE FIRE AT THE VENICE WAREHOUSE COMPLEX ON SEABOARD AVENUE AT AROUND 9:30 TUESDAY MORNING. ... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY BEGAN WORK ON AN ORDINANCE THAT WOULD PROHIBIT SOLICITATION ON ALL PUBLIC ROADS.  THE MEASURE WAS BORN OF COMPLAINTS BY RESIDENTS OF OUT-OF-TOWN PANHANDLERS WHO TRICK MOTORISTS INTO BELIEVING... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY APPOINTED TAYLOR MEALS OF ENGLEWOOD TO FILL THE VACANCY ON THE SARASOTA PLANNING COMMISSION CREATED BY THE RESIGNATION OF CHRISTINE ROBINSON, WHO WAS APPOINTED BY GOVERNOR CHARLIE CRIST TO... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES HAVE FOUND THE MAN REPORTED MISSING BY DEPUTIES LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON.  DEPUTIES SAY 26 YEAR OLD ANDREW DYKEMAN SHOWED UP AT HIS PARENT’S HOME JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT MONDAY IN THE SATURN... Read More.

A PUNTA GORDA TEEN WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AFTER DETECTIVES FOUND HE CALLED IN TWO BOMB THREATS AT CHARLOTTE HIGH SCHOOL.  POLICE SAY THE FIRST BOMB THREAT WAS CALLED IN TO THE SCHOOL SHORTLY... Read More.

NORTH PORT CITY FINANCE DIRECTOR TERRI GOULD IS REPORTEDLY LEAVING HER JOB.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY GOULD AND NORTH PORT WERE IN NEGOTIATIONS MONDAY FOR TERMS OF THEIR SEPARATION TO DETERMINE IF SHE... Read More.

AUTHORITIES WORKED QUICKLY TO PUT OUT A BRUSH FIRE MONDAY AFTERNOON IN PORT CHARLOTTE.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY FIRE & EMS  RESPONDED TO THE NORTHSHORE TERRACE AREA AT 1:15PM AND FOUND ABOUT ONE ACRE BURNING IN... Read More.

A SECOND MAN FROM A VENICE HEARING AID COMPANY WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ROBBED THEM.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY 51 YEAR OLD PETER CLEPPE TOLD VENICE POLICE THAT HE HAD TAKEN OVER... Read More.

A PUNTA GORDA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ROBBED A WOMAN AT GUNPOINT.  DEPUTIES SAY THE PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN CALLED THEM AROUND 7:30 FRIDAY NIGHT AND SAID SHE WAS STOPPED IN HER VEHICLE... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY WILL VOTE ON A PROPOSAL TO RENAME ENGLEWOOD’S OYSTER CREEK REGIONAL PARK AFTER A FORMER WENG HOST.  THE ENGLEWOOD EDGE REPORTS THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD... Read More.