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THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION RELEASED FIGURES ON GRADUATION RATES IN THE STATE LAST WEEK, AND THE RATE IN SARASOTA COUNTY APPEARS TO BE ON THE RISE EVEN FASTER THAN THE STATE’S IS.  THE... Read More.

A VENICE MOTORCYCLIST WAS KILLED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE EARLY THIS MORNING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 51 YEAR OLD CURTIS HALEY WAS SOUTHBOUND ON I-75 ABOUT A MILE SOUTH OF THE... Read More.

AN ENGLEWOOD WOMAN WAS ARRESTED SHORTLY AFTER SHE HELD UP A MURDOCK WALGREEN’S FOR A BOTTLE OF HYDROCODONE.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAID THEY WERE CALLED TO THE PHARMACY AT 1800 TAMIAMI TRAIL JUST AFTER... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS FOUND TO BE WALKING AWKWARDLY AS HE WAS BEING BOOKED INTO THE COUNTY JAIL, AND THERE WAS A REASON.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 22 YEAR OLD SALVATORE ZAMBUTO WAS... Read More.

AUTHORITIES ARE INVESTIGATING THE VANDALISM OF A VENICE DAYCARE CENTER LAST WEEKEND.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THE HAPPY HEARTS LEARNING CENTER ON SHAMROCK BOULEVARD HAD PARTS OF THE WOODEN PLAYGROUND DISASSEMBLED AND... Read More.

A NORTH PORT COUPLE WAS ARRESTED TUESDAY NIGHT AFTER A CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTY FOUND THEM PASSED OUT IN A CAR WITH A 2 YEAR OLD BOY WHO WAS PLAYING WITH A METH BOTTLE.  DEPUTIES... Read More.

THERE ARE NEARLY 11,000 FLORIDIANS WHO HAVE YET TO CLAIM THEIR REFUNDS CHECKS FROM THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE FOR THIS YEAR, AND THE STATE HAS RELEASED A LIST OF WHO THEY ARE.  IN SARASOTA... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAJOR CRIMES UNIT DETECTIVES RELEASED THE IDENTITY OF THE HOMELESS MAN THAT WAS FOUND FLOATING FACE DOWN IN A CANAL BEHIND A ROOFING BUSINESS IN THE MARKET CIRCLE INDUSTRIAL ... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES ARRESTED SIX PEOPLE TUESDAY FOR A VARIETY OF INDECENT EXPOSURE RELATED CRIMES AT CASPERSEN BEACH IN VENICE.  DEPUTIES SAY THEY HAD RECEIVED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SEXUAL ACTIVITY AT THE BEACH, SO... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY BURGLARIZING THREE BUSINESSES THERE.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 30 YEAR OLD WILLIAM CROW JR. SMASHED IN THE FRONT DOOR OF PAWS ‘R’ US ON TAMIAMI... Read More.