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A CAUSE FOUND AT VENICE BEACH??

Wednesday, June 22

VENICE CITY OFFICIALS ARE A LITTLE CLEARER ON WHAT CAUSED VENICE BEACH TO BE CLOSED SEVERAL TIMES BETWEEN FEBRUARY AND APRIL. THE BEACH TESTED FOR ELEVATED LEVELS OF FECAL BACTERIA NINE TIMES IN THAT TWO MONTH SPAN, WHICH CAUSED NO SWIMMING SIGNS TO... Read More.

MAN KILLED WHEN MOTOR HOME CRASHES

Wednesday, June 22

A SARASOTA MAN DIED WHEN THE MOTOR HOME HE WAS DRIVING CRASHED IN MANATEE COUNTY. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 52 YEAR OLD ROY KIPP WAS NORTHBOUND IN THE INSIDE LANE OF THE INTERSTATE NEAR MILE MARKER 220 JUST AFTER 11:15AM... Read More.

VENICE MAN CHARGED WITH CHILD ABUSE

Friday, June 17

A VENICE MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER A TWO MONTH INVESTIGATION INTO A CHILD ABUSE COMPLAINT. PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY A COMPLAINT WAS MADE TO THE CHILD ABUSE HOTLINE IN APRIL ABOUT A NINE YEAR OLD GIRL WHO HAD CHEMICAL BURNS ON HER WRISTS AND... Read More.

ROTONDA FIRE CUTS POWER AND THREATENS HOMES

Friday, June 17

ABOUT 2100 ROTONDA RESIDENTS LOST POWER AFTER A POWER LINE SNAPPED, CAUSING A BRUSH FIRE THAT THREATENED HOMES LAST NIGHT. A HALF DOZEN FIRE AGENCIES RACED TO THE CHARLOTTE HARBOUR PRESERVE NEAR GASPARILLA ROAD AND ROTONDA TERRACE TO BATTLE THE BLAZE JUST AFTER 7PM. ... Read More.

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MAN THREATENED WITH SHARD OF GLASS

Friday, June 17

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED WEDNESDAY AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY THREATENED A MAN WITH A SHARD OF GLASS. DEPUTIES SAY THEY RECEIVED A CALL FROM A MECHANIC WORKING ON A JET ENGINE AT THE PUNTA GORDA AIRPORT EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING WHO SAID HE... Read More.

ELDERLY MAN CHARGED IN ACCIDENT

Friday, June 17

AN ELDERLY SARASOTA MAN WAS CHARGED IN AN ACCIDENT IN SARASOTA YESTERDAY. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 86 YEAR OLD HARRY BRUNKEN WAS WESTBOUND IN THE OUTSIDE LEFT TURN LANE OF BEE RIDGE ROAD AT THE INTERSECTION WITH CATTLEMAN ROAD WITH A STEADY GREEN... Read More.

GEORGE KENNEY INVESTIGATED BY POLICE

Thursday, June 16

NORTH PORT POLICE DETECTIVES HAVE SEIZED COMPUTERS AND VIDEO EQUIPMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF NORTH PORT HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL GEORGE KENNY AS THEY INVESTIGATE KENNY’S USE OF HYPNOSIS ON STUDENTS. ACCORDING TO A REPORT IN THE HERALD TRIBUNE, KENNEY’S USE OF HYPNOSIS WAS MORE... Read More.

MAN ARRESTED FOR SNATCHING PURSE

Thursday, June 16

A TRAFFIC STOP FOR A SEAT BELT VIOLATION HELPED AUTHORITIES CAPTURE A MAN WANTED FOR TAKING A PURSE FROM AN ELDERLY WOMAN LAST WEEK. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES STOPPED A CAR TUESDAY EVENING AFTER NOTICING THE FRONT PASSENGER WAS NOT WEARING HIS SAFETY RESTRAINT. DEPUTIES... Read More.

BUS FARES RISING AND LIBRARIES CLOSING

Thursday, June 16

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE CONSIDERING A FARE INCREASE FOR SCAT BUSES AND THE CLOSING OF SOME LIBRARIES ON SUNDAYS AS WAYS TO CUT A BUDGET THAT NEEDS ABOUT $140 MILLION DOLLARS TRIMMED FROM IT. THE SECOND OF THREE BUDGET WORKSHOPS WAS HELD WEDNESDAY, AND... Read More.