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AN ELDERLY SARASOTA WOMAN WAS SIGHTED FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER CRASHING INTO A FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL CRUISER WHICH BANGED INTO ANOTHER.  TROOPERS SAY THE TWO CRUISERS WERE PROTECTING A VEHICLE THAT WAS BLOCKING THE OUTSIDE... Read More.

A MAN TRYING TO CROSS A SARASOTA STREET WAS REPORTEDLY MUGGED FRIDAY NIGHT.  SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 52 YEAR OLD WILLIAM THOMPSON WAS CROSSING STICKNEY POINT ROAD FROM RICHARD PLACE JUST AFTER... Read More.

NORTH PORT CITY COMMISSIONERS VOTED 4-1 FRIDAY TO CONTINUE TO PURSUE THE PURCHASE OF WARM MINERAL SPRINGS WITH SARASOTA COUNTY.  AN EMERGENCY MEETING WAS CALLED BY NEWLY ELECTED COMMISSIONER LINDA YATES, WHO FEELS THE... Read More.

A PORT CHARLOTTE TEEN ARRESTED EARLIER THIS WEEK IS BACK BEHIND BARS AFTER HE WAS OBSERVED IN THE PARKING LOT OF THE PUNTA GORDA WAL-MART THURSDAY MORNING.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY 19 YEAR OLD... Read More.

NORTH PORT TAXPAYERS ARE HAVING TO MUNCH ON A $225,000 LOSS ON THE HOME OF FORMER CITY MANAGER STEVE CROWELL, AND THEY’RE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.  CROWELL WAS FORCED OUT OF HIS POSITION IN... Read More.

LEAH McCALLISTER, THE NEW CO-OWNER OF ENGLEWOOD RESTAURANT FOOD IS LOVE TOOK A CALCULATED GAMBLE IN MOVING THE TA-TA-TUESDAY PROMOTION TO FRIDAY THIS YEAR, BUT THE CALCULATOR SHOWS THE MOVE WAS A GOOD ONE. ... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY RECEIVED WORD FROM LEE COUNTY OFFICIALS JUST AFTER 4 THIS MORNING THAT A MISSING ELDERLY WOMAN WAS FOUND.  A LEE COUNTY DEPUTY SPOTTED 91 YEAR OLD JOSEPHINE WILLIAMS DRIVING... Read More.

TWO PORT CHARLOTTE TEENS WERE ARRESTED AFTER CHARLOTTE COUNTY DETECTIVES DETERMINED THEY BROKE INTO A GARDENS OF GULF COVE HOME MONDAY AFTERNOON.  DEPUTIES SAY THE OWNER OF THE HOME ON KEVITT BOULEVARD CALLED THE... Read More.

THE VENICE CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO ACCEPT THE TERMS OF THE SEPARATION BETWEEN POLICE CHIEF JULIE WILLIAMS AND THE CITY.  THE TERMS INCLUDE WILLIAMS PICKING UP A ONE-TIME LUMP SUM CHECK... Read More.

THE SECOND PUBLIC MEETING FOR THE PLACIDA ROAD WIDENING PROJECT WAS HELD MONDAY NIGHT AT THE LEMON BAY GOLF CLUB AND THINGS TURNED HEATED AGAIN.  ACCORDING TO THE ENGLEWOOD EDGE, CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONER... Read More.