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CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY APPROVED THE COUNTYWIDE PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 6.0892 MILLS AT A MEETING THAT LASTED LESS THAN 20 MINUTES.  COMMISSIONERS WERE NOT IN TOTAL AGREEMENT HOWEVER, AS THE VOTE WAS... Read More.

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL OFFER DRIVE-THRU FLU SHOTS FOR ADULTS TOMORROW FROM 9AM-NOON AT THE PORT CHARLOTTE CLINIC AT 1100 LOVELAND BOULEVARD.  THE FLU VACCINE IS $25 DOLLARS, AND THEY ACCEPT CASH,... Read More.

AS INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO WHAT CAUSED A FIRE AT A DEEP CREEK STORAGE FACILITY, RENTERS ARE BEING MADE TO WAIT TO COLLECT THEIR BELONGINGS…AND SOME ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT.  THE MONDAY... Read More.

VENICE CITY MANAGER ISSAC TURNER IS REVIEWING THE PERFORMANCE OF POLICE CHIEF JULIE WILLIAMS AFTER AUDIO RECORDINGS THAT WERE RELEASED TO THE MEDIA APPEAR TO SHOW A POSSIBLE ABUSE OF POWER.  A TURSLY WORDED... Read More.

A NOKOMIS FAMILY IS HITTING THE STREETS LOOKING FOR AN URN THAT WAS STOLEN FROM A HOME ALONG WITH JEWELRY AND SILVERWARE NEARLY TWO WEEKS AGO.  SCOTT GROVER’S HOME WAS BURGLARIZED ON SEPTEMBER 17TH,... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE REMOVED THE INTERIM TAG FROM ADMINISTRATOR RAY SANDROCK AND HAVE GIVEN HIM THE JOB ON A PERMANENT BASIS.  COMMISSIONERS ACTUALLY VOTED 4-1 TO GIVE HIM THE JOB AT A RECENT... Read More.

FIREFIGHTERS ARE BATTLED A HUGE FIRE AT A STORAGE FACILITY FIRE IN THE DEEP CREEK SECTION OF CHARLOTTE COUNTY LAST NIGHT.  THE INITIAL FIRE CALL CAME IN ABOUT 8:30 TO STORAGE AMERICA AT 1145... Read More.

NORTH PORT CITY MANAGER STEVE CROWELL IS A FINALIST FOR THE SAME JOB IN IOWA CITY, IOWA, AND THAT IS APPARENTLY NOT SITTING WELL WITH NORTH PORT CITY COMMISSIONERS.  AT THEIR MEETING LAST NIGHT,... Read More.

A HEARTY CONGRATULATION GOES OUT TO…US HERE AT WENG RADIO AS WE WERE THE PROUD RECIPIENTS OF THE ENGLEWOOD/CAPE HAZE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S BUSINESS OF THE YEAR FOR THE MEDIUM BUSINESS, 6-25 EMPLOYEE CATEGORY. ... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO WAS FOUND IN THE WATERS ON SIESTA KEY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.  81 YEAR OLD ROBIN POGREBINSKY OF NEW YORK WAS PART OF A TRAVELING... Read More.