FIRE CLOSES A DAYCARE IN NORTH PORT
NORTH PORT FIRE OFFICIALS RESPONDED TO A FIRE IN A STORAGE ROOM OF THE FELLOWSHIP HALL AT THE PEACE RIVER PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH EARLY THIS MORNING. THE DAMAGE WAS NOT EXTENSIVE AND THERE WERE NO... Read More.
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THREE ARRESTED IN DEEP CREEK DRUG HOUSE
THREE PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED AFTER AUTHORITIES RAIDED THE HOME OF A KNOWN DEEP CREEK DRUG DEALER. CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES HAD THE HOME AT 26110-B EXPLORER ROAD UNDER SURVEILLANCE BECAUSE OF THREE PREVIOUS DRUG... Read More.
DESOTO PLAYER FACES CHARGES
THE DESOTO HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL PLAYER THAT SHOVED AND THREW A REFEREE TO THE GROUND DURING A GAME MONDAY NIGHT IS NOW FACING CHARGES. 18 YEAR OLD MASON HOLLAND HAS CHARGES OF BATTERY... Read More.
SALVATION ARMY KETTLE THEFT
THE SALVATION ARMY REPORTS THAT FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SARASOTA’S HISTORY SOMEONE HAS STOLEN A KETTLE FROM A BELL RINGER. ESTIMATES ARE THAT THERE WAS BETWEEN $200 AND $300 IN IT. THE THEFT... Read More.
WARM MINERAL SPRINGS SALE CLOSER
THE SALE OF WARM MINERAL SPRINGS TO THE PUBLIC IS ONE STEP CLOSER TO REALITY. THE SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED AN AGREEMENT WITH THE CITY OF NORTH PORT TO JOINTLY BUY THE 81... Read More.
MAN ARRESTED FOR STALKING ELDERLY WOMAN
SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED A BRADENTON MAN MONDAY FOR ALLEGEDLY EXPOSING HIMSELF SEVERAL TIMES TO AN ELDERLY WOMAN. DEPUTIES SAY THE 89-YEAR OLD WOMAN REPORTED THE FIRST OF SEVERAL INCIDENTS THIS PAST MARCH. AFTER... Read More.
AREA HIGH SCHOOLS GRADE OUT WELL
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SCHOOL GRADES FOR THE 2009-10 SCHOOL YEAR WERE RELEASED BY THE STATE ON TUESDAY, FIVE MONTHS AFTER THEIR USUAL RELEASE DATE. A NEW GRADING SYSTEM CAUSED THE DELAY. AMONG SCHOOLS... Read More.
STREET SWEEPER CATCHES ON FIRE
A CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTY ON PATROL EARLY FRIDAY MORNING FOUND A STREET SWEEPER FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES IN FRONT OF SHECKLER’S PRODUCE ON SOUTH MCCALL ROAD IN ENGLEWOOD. DEPUTIES SAY THE DRIVER GOT OUT... Read More.
VAGRANT CAMP CLEANUP IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY
CHARLOTTE COUNTY VAGRANT CAMPS LOCATED NEAR A MAJOR SHOPPING AREA WILL BE CLEANED OUT AND HOMELESS PEOPLE WILL BE MOVED. COUNTY DETECTIVE BILLIE HATMAKER, WHO IS SHUTTING DOWN THE CAMPS SAYS, “IT’S NOT... Read More.
MOM BRINGS SON TO CRACK SALE
A PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER SHE SOLD CRACK COCAINE TO AN UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE AND BROUGHT ALONG HER NINE YEAR OLD SON. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 38 YEAR OLD ROBIN BRODERICK MET WITH... Read More.