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TWO FROM P C CHARGED WITH STEALING COPPER

Monday, March 7

TWO PORT CHARLOTTE RESIDENTS WERE ARRESTED FRIDAY IN CONNECTION WITH THE THEFT OF NEARLY 3300 FEET OF COPPER WIRING FROM NEW STREET LIGHT POLES LAST WEDNESDAY. DEPUTIES SAY WARRANT SQUAD DETECTIVES CAUGHT UP WITH 28 YEAR OLD THOMAS RADELL LEAVING A RESIDENCE ON BERSELL... Read More.

OGILVIE NEW LEMON BAY FOOTBALL COACH

Friday, March 4

LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DAN JEFFERS ANNOUNCED THURSDAY THE HIRING OF DAVID (D J) OGILVIE AS THE NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT THE SCHOOL. OGILVIE HAS BEEN THE COACH AT YOUNGSTOWN BOARDMAN HIGH SCHOOL, HIS ALMA MATER, SINCE 2006, COMPILING A 29-24 RECORD... Read More.

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CATHOLIC PRIEST HAS BAIL REDUCED

Friday, March 4

A CATHOLIC PRIEST ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY BATTERY ON A NOKOMIS TEENAGE BOY HAD HIS BAIL REDUCED AT A HEARING YESTERDAY. PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY 54 YEAR OLD WILLIAM WERT HAS BEEN IN JAIL WITHOUT BAIL SINCE FEBRUARY 4TH, AND HIS ATTORNEY AND THE PROSECUTOR WENT... Read More.

SEWER EXPANSION OPPOSED BY MOST

Friday, March 4

ABOUT 70 PEOPLE SHOWED UP AT THE WEST COAST CHURCH ASSEMBLY OF GOD TO VOICE THEIR OPINIONS ON THE PROPOSED SEWER EXPANSION IN THE MANASOTA BEACH ROAD AREA. ACCORDING TO THE SUN, THE ADMINISTRATOR FOR THE ENGLEWOOD WATER DISTRICT MIKE RAY PROPOSED TO SUPERVISORS... Read More.

PICK-UP PULLS OUT IN FRONT OF SUV ON S MCCALL

Thursday, March 3

A PICK-UP TRUCK CARRYING CHLORINE AND MURATIC ACID CRASHED INTO AN SUV IN ENGLEWOOD THIS MORNING, SNARLING TRAFFIC FOR HOURS. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 32 YEAR OLD ROBERT DRAKE OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS STOPPED AT THE STOP SIGN ON DAVID BOULEVARD... Read More.

TWO ROB A PIZZA DELIVERY MAN

Thursday, March 3

TWO PUNTA GORDA MEN WERE ARRESTED AFTER SENDING A PIZZA DELIVERY MAN TO A PHONY HOUSE TUESDAY NIGHT. PUNTA GORDA POLICE SAY THE DRIVER WAS TRYING TO DELIVER AN ORDER TO A HOME ON WHITE PINE COURT AT AROUND 10PM WHEN 19 YEAR OLD... Read More.

BURGLAR CAUGHT SLEEPING ON COUCH

Thursday, March 3

A PORT CHARLOTTE MAN WAS ARRESTED MONDAY AFTER BEING FOUND SLEEPING ON THE COUCH OF THE HOME HE ALLEGEDLY BROKE INTO. CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES WERE CALLED TO THE HOME ON ELLICOTT CIRCLE AT AROUND 7:30AM AFTER A FRIEND OF THE HOMEOWNER FOUND... Read More.

MAYOR PROPOSES CUTTING CITY COUNCIL BY 2

Wednesday, March 2

VENICE MAYOR JOHN HOLIC HAS BEEN BUSY THIS WEEK SENDING OUT MEMOS TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, ONE OF WHICH IS SURE TO STIR SOME CONTROVERSY. HOLIC SAYS HE WILL ASK THEM TO CHANGE THEIR COMPOSITION FROM SEVEN TO FIVE MEMBERS, BRINGING IT IN LINE... Read More.

VENICE POLICE CHIEF SEARCH DOWN TO 10

Wednesday, March 2

THE SEARCH FOR A NEW POLICE CHIEF IN VENICE HAS BEEN NARROWED DOWN TO TEN FINALISTS. PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY VENICE POLICE CAPTAIN TOM MCNULTY AND INTERIM NORTH PORT CITY MANAGER TERRY LEWIS ARE AMONG THE FINALISTS, WHO WILL BE INTERVIEWED IN A PUBLIC MEETING... Read More.

9 OF 10 OCCUPANTS HURT IN ACCIDENT

Wednesday, March 2

A VAN WITH 10 PEOPLE ON BOARD OVERTURNED ON THE INTERSTATE MONDAY NIGHT. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 44 YEAR OLD BARBARA HOOD OF JACKSON, OHIO WAS NORTHBOUND ON I-75 APPROACHING THE TUCKERS GRADE EXIT RAMP JUST AFTER 8PM MONDAY WHEN SHE LOST CONTROL. ... Read More.