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MAN ARRESTED FOR SNATCHING PURSE

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

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.
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CAB RUNS INTO SCAT BUS IN NORTH PORT

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

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.

VENICE OPTS TO SEARCH FOR NEW CITY MANAGER

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.
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COMMISSIONERS OFFICIALLY HIRE LEWIS AS INTERIM

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

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

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

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.