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A RAPIDLY MOVING FIRE DESTROYED A HOME ON GARRISON AVENUE IN NORTH PORT ESTATES ON MONDAY, LEAVING A SINGLE MOTHER AND HER THREE CHILDREN HOMELESS.  AUTHORITIES SAY THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND 11:20AM AND... Read More.

THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS FOR THE SEAT BEING VACATED BY SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONER SHANNON STAUB HAS INCREASED TO 17, THAT ACCORDING TO THE GOVERNOR’S OFFICE.  STAUB ANNOUNCED LAST MONTH THAT SHE WAS RETIRING AFTER... Read More.

VENICE CITY MANAGER ISSAC TURNER PUT POLICE CHIEF JULIE WILLIAMS ON PAID ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE ON FRIDAY FOR INSUBORDINATION.  CITY OFFICIALS SAID THAT CAPTAIN DAVID DUNAWAY IS THE ACTING CHIEF IN HER ABSENCE.  WILLIAMS, WHO... Read More.

TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED, ONE SERIOUSLY, IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 27 YEAR OLD ANDRIANE ONTOG OF NORTH PORT WAS SOUTHBOUND IN THE OUTSIDE LANE... Read More.

NORTH PORT CITY COMMISSIONERS ARE EXPECTED TO DECIDE THE FATE OF CITY MANAGER STEVE CROWELL AT A SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT.  THE 6PM MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT CITY HALL AND WAS CALLED FOR BY... Read More.

A NORTH PORT WOMAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A FIVE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE JUST NORTH OF THE VENICE CONNECTOR ON FRIDAY.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 21 YEAR OLD JEANNINE... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY TWO MEN WHO TRIED TO ROB ANOTHER WITH A BB GUN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ENDED UP HITTING HIM OVER THE HEAD WITH IT.  DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO THE... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S NARCOTICS DETECTIVES ARRESTED AN ARCADIA MAN AFTER HE BOUGHT DRUGS FROM THEM AND TRIED TO ESCAPE ON FOOT AFTER CRASHING HIS VEHICLE.  DEPUTIES SAY 31 YEAR OLD LESLIES WYNTER SOLD THEM... Read More.

A PROPANE LEAK UNDER A ROTONDA HOME WAS QUICKLY CAPPED ON WEDNESDAY.  THE ENGLEWOOD FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT WAS ON SCENE WITHIN TWO MINUTES OF THE FIRST CALL JUST AFTER 2PM WEDNESDAY, AND THEY QUICKLY... Read More.

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES WILL HOST THE LATEST HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERS SEMINAR TOMORROW FROM 10AM-4PM AT THE IMAGINE SCHOOL OF PALMER RANCH AT 6220 McINTOSH ROAD IN SARASOTA.  HOMEOWNERS WILL BE ABLE... Read More.