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BODY FOUND IN EAST ENGLEWOOD FIRE

Friday, March 18

A BODY WAS FOUND INSIDE A BURNING HOME AT 11127 PENDLETON AVENUE, APARTMENT A IN EAST ENGLEWOOD LAST NIGHT. FIRE OFFICIALS WERE CALLED TO THE DUPLEX JUST BEFORE 8PM AND WERE ABLE TO CONTAIN THE FIRE WITHIN 3 MINUETS. A SEARCH OF THE HOME... Read More.

TWO MOTORCYCLISTS INJURED IN ACCIDENT

Friday, March 18

TWO MEN ON MOTORCYCLES WERE INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE NORTHBOUND ENTRANCE RAMP TO THE INTERSTATE. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 81 YEAR OLD ALBERTA SHERWOOD OF ARCADIA WAS EASTBOUND ON HARBORVIEW ROAD IN THE LEFT TURN LANE APPROACHING THE NORTHBOUND I-75 ENTRANCE... Read More.

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EWD APPROVES SEWER EXPANSION

Friday, March 18

THE ENGELWOOD WATER DISTRICT BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ON THURSDAY VOTED 4-1 TO BEGIN THE EXPANSION OF SEWERS IN THE AREA KNOWN AS V-9A. THAT IS THE AREA SOUTH OF MANASOTA BEACH ROAD FROM FOSSIL DRIVE TO LEMON BAY. SUPERVISOR SIDNEY CRAMPTON WAS THE LONE... Read More.

BUCHANAN TO HOLD TOWN HALL MEETING SATURDAY

Friday, March 18

US 13TH DISTRICT CONGRESSMAN VERN BUCHANAN WILL HOLD A TOWN HALL MEETING IN ENGLEWOOD SATURDAY MORNING AT 11AM AT THE TRINGALI CENTER, LOCATED AT 3460 NORTH ACCESS ROAD IN EAST ENGLEWOOD. DOORS WILL OPEN AT 10:15AM. YOU ARE ASKED TO CALL 951-6643 IF YOU... Read More.

INFORMATION RELEASED ON MONDAY ACCIDENT

Thursday, March 17

THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL HAS RELEASED THE INFORMATION ON A MONDAY ACCIDENT THAT SENT THREE PEOPLE TO THE HOSPITAL AND CUT POWER TO THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 49 YEAR OLD CRAIG WOLLAM OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS NORTH ON EL JOBEAN... Read More.

WOMAN SLAPS TEEN IN THE HEAD IN FRONT OF POLICE

Thursday, March 17

A PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN WAS ARRESTED EARLY YESTERDAY AFTER AUTHORITIES WERE CALLED TO HER HOME TO BREAK UP A PARTY. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO A HOME IN THE 21300 BLOCK OF COULTON AVENUE IN REFERENCE TO A DISTURBANCE. A MAN... Read More.

TEEN ACCUSED OF GROWING POT IN WOODS

Thursday, March 17

A NORTH PORT TEEN WAS ARRESTED AFTER SOMEONE SPOTTED HIM WATERING MARIJUANA PLANTS IN THE WOODS IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY. DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CONTACTED JUST BEFORE NOON TUESDAY REGARDING A SUSPICIOUS PERSON IN A WOODED AREA NEAR CREST STREET AND TARIKO AVENUE. DEPUTIES FOUND... Read More.

27 YEAR OLD PORT CHARLOTTE MAN MISSING

Wednesday, March 16

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS NOTIFIED TUESDAY AFTERNOON THAT A MAN HAS GONE MISSING. THE PARENTS OF 27 YEAR OLD ROBERT FOLKINS SAID HE DROVE IN FROM PENNSYLVANIA UNANNOUNCED MONDAY NIGHT. HIS PICK-UP TRUCK WAS FOUND PARKED ACROSS FROM HIS PARENTS HOME WITH... Read More.

TEEN KILLED IN NORTH PORT INTERSTATE ACCIDENT

Wednesday, March 16

A NORTH PORT TEEN WAS KILLED AND A PASSENGER WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 16 YEAR OLD MARCUS FREEMAN WAS SOUTHBOUND IN THE LEFT LANE OF I-75 ABOUT A MILE... Read More.

COUNTY TO PAY FOR SKIDMORE’S DEFENSE

Wednesday, March 16

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY VOTED 4-1 FOR THE COUNTY TO PAY A TALLAHASSEE ATTORNEY FOR COMMISSIONER ROBERT SKIDMORE’S DEFENSE IN AN ETHICS COMPLAINT CASE. COMMISSION CHAIRMAN BOB STARR WAS THE LONE DISSENTING VOTE. THE COMPLAINT WAS FILED IN DECEMBER BY BOCA GRANDE... Read More.