NORTH PORT CITY MANAGER FACES THE MUSIC

Monday, October 4

NORTH PORT CITY COMMISSIONERS ARE EXPECTED TO DECIDE THE FATE OF CITY MANAGER STEVE CROWELL AT A SPECIAL MEETING TONIGHT. THE 6PM MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE AT CITY HALL AND WAS CALLED FOR BY COMMISSIONER JIM BLUCHER LAST WEEK AFTER CROWELL BECAME A FINALIST... Read More.

ONE INJURED IN FIVE VEHICLE PILE-UP

Monday, October 4

A NORTH PORT WOMAN WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN A FIVE VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON THE INTERSTATE JUST NORTH OF THE VENICE CONNECTOR ON FRIDAY. THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 21 YEAR OLD JEANNINE BLEWITT OF SARASOTA WAS NORTHBOUND IN THE RIGHT LANE AT... Read More.

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MAN HITS ANOTHER OVER HEAD WITH BB GUN

Monday, October 4

SARASOTA COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY TWO MEN WHO TRIED TO ROB ANOTHER WITH A BB GUN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING ENDED UP HITTING HIM OVER THE HEAD WITH IT. DEPUTIES SAY THEY WERE CALLED TO THE AIRPORT SHELL STATION ON NORTH TAMIAMI TRAIL AT AROUND 2:40AM... Read More.

MAN BEHIND BARS AFTER SALE, CRASH

Friday, October 1

CHARLOTTE COUNTY SHERIFF’S NARCOTICS DETECTIVES ARRESTED AN ARCADIA MAN AFTER HE BOUGHT DRUGS FROM THEM AND TRIED TO ESCAPE ON FOOT AFTER CRASHING HIS VEHICLE. DEPUTIES SAY 31 YEAR OLD LESLIES WYNTER SOLD THEM 28 GRAMS OF POT FOR $130 BUCKS AT THE HOLIDAY... Read More.

ROTONDA GAS LEAK FOUND, CAPPED

Friday, October 1

A PROPANE LEAK UNDER A ROTONDA HOME WAS QUICKLY CAPPED ON WEDNESDAY. THE ENGLEWOOD FIRE CONTROL DISTRICT WAS ON SCENE WITHIN TWO MINUTES OF THE FIRST CALL JUST AFTER 2PM WEDNESDAY, AND THEY QUICKLY ASCERTAINED THAT THE LEAK WAS COMING FROM AN UNDERGROUND STORAGE... Read More.

HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERS SEMINAR SATURDAY

Friday, October 1

THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES WILL HOST THE LATEST HOPE FOR HOMEOWNERS SEMINAR TOMORROW FROM 10AM-4PM AT THE IMAGINE SCHOOL OF PALMER RANCH AT 6220 McINTOSH ROAD IN SARASOTA. HOMEOWNERS WILL BE ABLE TO MEET ONE-ON-ONE WITH MORTGAGE LENDERS, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND... Read More.

TAX RATES SET IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY

Friday, October 1

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON WEDNESDAY APPROVED THE COUNTYWIDE PROPERTY TAX RATE OF 6.0892 MILLS AT A MEETING THAT LASTED LESS THAN 20 MINUTES. COMMISSIONERS WERE NOT IN TOTAL AGREEMENT HOWEVER, AS THE VOTE WAS 3-2 WITH COMMISSIONERS DICK LOFTUS AND ROBERT SKIDMORE DISSENTING. THE... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY OFFERS DRIVE-THRU FLU SHOTS

Friday, October 1

THE CHARLOTTE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT WILL OFFER DRIVE-THRU FLU SHOTS FOR ADULTS TOMORROW FROM 9AM-NOON AT THE PORT CHARLOTTE CLINIC AT 1100 LOVELAND BOULEVARD. THE FLU VACCINE IS $25 DOLLARS, AND THEY ACCEPT CASH, CHECKS AND MEDICARE AS PAYMENT. MEDICARE HMO’S AND CREDIT CARDS... Read More.

STORAGE AMERICA RENTERS WANT THEIR STUFF

Thursday, September 30

AS INVESTIGATORS CONTINUE TO LOOK INTO WHAT CAUSED A FIRE AT A DEEP CREEK STORAGE FACILITY, RENTERS ARE BEING MADE TO WAIT TO COLLECT THEIR BELONGINGS…AND SOME ARE NOT HAPPY ABOUT IT. THE MONDAY NIGHT FIRE REPORTEDLY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED ABOUT EIGHTY UNITS AT... Read More.

CITY MANAGER REVIEWING CHIEF WILLIAMS

Thursday, September 30

VENICE CITY MANAGER ISSAC TURNER IS REVIEWING THE PERFORMANCE OF POLICE CHIEF JULIE WILLIAMS AFTER AUDIO RECORDINGS THAT WERE RELEASED TO THE MEDIA APPEAR TO SHOW A POSSIBLE ABUSE OF POWER. A TURSLY WORDED MEMO WAS SENT TO WILLIAMS BACK ON SEPTEMBER 17TH BY... Read More.