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CAB RUNS INTO SCAT BUS IN NORTH PORT

Wednesday, June 15

A CAB DRIVER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT IN NORTH PORT TUESDAY AFTERNOON. NORTH PORT POLICE SAY 50 YEAR OLD MARK ALEXANDER OF SARASOTA WAS DRIVING A SCAT BUS AND WAS STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT ON TAMIAMI TRAIL IN FRONT OF THE... Read More.

CCSO NEEDS HELP IDENTIFYING SUSPECT

Wednesday, June 15

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTIES ARE ASKING FOR THE PUBLIC’S HELP IN IDENTIFYING A MAN SEEN ON VIDEO AT THE CIRCLE K IN PORT CHARLOTTE WHO GRABBED AN ELDERLY WOMAN’S WALLET AS SHE WAS STANDING IN LINE TO PAY FOR GAS. THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AT... Read More.

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VENICE OPTS TO SEARCH FOR NEW CITY MANAGER

Wednesday, June 15

THE VENICE CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY VOTED 4-3 TO HIRE A HEAD HUNTING SERVICE TO HIRE A NEW PERMANENT CITY MANAGER. THAT MOVE WAS A SURPRISE TO MOST IN ATTENDANCE, MOST NOTABLY MAYOR JOHN HOLIC, WHO HAD COME TO THE MEETING INTENDING TO OFFER... Read More.

COMMISSIONERS OFFICIALLY HIRE LEWIS AS INTERIM

Wednesday, June 15

SARASOTA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY UNANIMOUSLY APPROVED A CONTRACT FOR FORMER NORTH PORT POLICE CHIEF TERRY LEWIS TO BE THEIR INTERIM COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR. LEWIS WILL MAKE OVER $550.00 A DAY FOR THE FOUR-TO-SIX MONTHS HE WILL SERVE WHILE THE COUNTY UNDERTAKES A NATIONAL SEARCH... Read More.

MAN SHOT & KILLED IN SARASOTA

Tuesday, June 14

SARASOTA POLICE RESPONDED TO A CALL OF AN INDIVIDUAL LYING IN THE ROADWAY IN THE 1900 BLOCK OF DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. WAY AT ABOUT 2:00 AM MONDAY. WHEN THEY GOT THERE THEY FOUND TWENTY ONE YEAR OLD WILLIE JAMES HADLEY OF SARASOTA... Read More.

WITNESS DROPS BOMBSHELL AT PILAR TRIAL

Tuesday, June 14

A WITNESS CLAIMED HE SAW THE BODY OF PILAR RODRIGUEZ IN THE TRUNK OF A CAR WHEN SHE DISAPPEARED MORE THAN TEN YEARS AGO. THAT BOMBSHELL WAS DROPPED DURING THE TRIAL OF MELISSA HARDING-JONES, THE BABYSITTER THAT IS CHARGED IN RODRIGUEZ’S DEATH BACK IN... Read More.

FAA APPROVES VENICE AIRPORT PLAN

Tuesday, June 14

THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION HAS APPROVED THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN FOR THE VENICE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AFTER MORE THAN FIVE YEARS OF WRANGLING AND HAND RINGING WITH THE CITY. THE PLAN CALLS FOR MOVING THE DRIVING RANGE BUT KEEPING THE GOLF COURSE WHERE IT... Read More.

GRADUATION PARTY LEADS TO PARENT’S ARREST

Tuesday, June 14

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO A HOME IN THE KENSINGTON PARK SUBDIVISION AT 12:30 AM SATURDAY. WHEN THEY ARRIVED, THEY FOUND A PARTY ATTENDED BY AN ESTIMATED ONE HUNDRED TO TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE. THEY ALSO FOUND SEVERAL ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTAINERS SCATTERED IN THE... Read More.

OPERATION MEDICINE CABINET

Tuesday, June 14

CHARLOTTE COUNTY RESIDENTS WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO WAIT FOR A SPECIAL EVENT TO DROP OFF THEIR UNUSED OR EXPIRED MEDICATIONS. SHERIFF BILL CAMERON HAS CALLED A PRESS CONFERENCE AT 10 AM TOMORROW AT THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT MID-COUNTY OFFICE IN PROMENADES MALL IN PORT... Read More.

ELDERLY MAN LOCATED BY NIGHT VISION EQUIPMENT

Monday, June 13

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE RECEIVED A CALL AT 9:50 PM THURSDAY NIGHT SAYING THAT 90 YEAR OLD CLINTON D. GREENBANK OF WHITE WATER COURT IN PUNTA GORDA WAS LAST SEEN AT 6PM. THE RELATIVES WHO CALLED SAID THAT GREENBANK HAD LEFT IN A... Read More.