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SARASOTA COUNTY — Installation of a signal truss over the roadway will force the intersection of River Road and U.S. 41 just north of North Port to close overnight from 10 p.m. to 4:30 a.m. Sept. 15-16.
In an email to Sarasota County Commissioners, County...

SARASOTA COUNTY — Leron Hagins Jr., who shot at two North Port police officers responding to a party in the Jockey Club in October 2011, was found guilty by a jury on two counts of premeditated attempted murder last week.
Hagins, who was 17 at the time an...

It’s prime time for the Culex mosquito, the blood-sucking culprit responsible for spreading West Nile virus.
With continuous rains creating large amounts of standing water, local health officials are urging residents to take precautions against mosquito-b...

For Donna Barrett, sales and marketing manager at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County, the decision to take a position as the executive officer at the Charlotte DeSoto Building Industry Association was an emotional one.
“I’ll always support the missio...

It’s prime time for the Culex mosquito, the blood-sucking culprit responsible for spreading West Nile virus.
With continuous rains creating large amounts of standing water, local health officials are urging residents to take precautions against mosquito-b...

PORT CHARLOTTE — Parents alleging poor judgment by school and law enforcement officials protested Tuesday morning outside Port Charlotte Middle School — where their 12-year-old son had an M-16 assault rifle pointed at him by a Charlotte County Sheriff’s d...

Local band Zombie University played before a huge crowd at the Tiki Bar in Punta Gorda on Friday night....

The importance of education and how to pay for it was the theme of the third annual Benjamin J. Baker Community Development Corp. Scholarship Fundraiser Banquet, which held Saturday evening at the Cultural Center of Charlotte County.
Those who had worked ...

Mariryan Heschmeyer hasn’t been a competitive triathlete too long.
But the North Port resident already has qualified for the 2014 Sprint Triathlon World Championship.
Heschmeyer, 35, has been competing in triathlons two years.
She qualified for the world...

With a roster that featured a number of early round draft picks from recent years, including Jake Hager, Richie Shaffer and Drew Vettleson, the Charlotte Stone Crabs were a preseason favorite to win the Florida State League crown.
After all, the core of t...