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GROVE CITY — The Charlotte County Code Enforcement Board approved Thursday the county’s first fine of $110 on three half-constructed commercial buildings on Placida Road, between Kentucky and Florida avenues.
The one-day, $110 fine may seem a pittance aft...

North Port and Venice Postmaster Kevin J. Sullivan was charged in late July with a DUI in Manatee County, according to court records that also showed Sullivan thought he was actually in Venice during the time of his arrest.
Around 9 p.m. July 30, Sulliva...

NORTH PORT — With a black mourning band across their badges, North Port police officers smiled and greeted residents Tuesday night, but their hearts still hurt from the news that one of their own — Charlotte County sheriff’s Sergeant Michael Wilson — had ...

MURDOCK— Charlotte County school officials gave a presentation on the district’s employee health clinic at a joint meeting Wednesday with the Sarasota and Manatee county school boards. The school district founded the clinic in 2010 primarily to combat the...

Though the community is still grieving the loss of Charlotte County Sheriff’s Sgt. Michael Wilson, residents are continuing to show their support for the sergeant and officials are diligently planning for Saturday morning’s massive funeral service at the ...

Gale Tidwell is a lifelong educator in a variety of settings. For more than three decades, she instructed middle and high school students in Charlotte County public schools, but has also taught community college and virtual school.
And now she hopes to tr...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Officials in Kenya tell The Associated Press that first responders to the massive Nairobi airport fire looted electronics and banks during and after the blaze.
The officials said first responders stole electronics and money from an A...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal forecasters are slightly reducing their prediction for a busy Atlantic hurricane season.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration updated its hurricane season forecast Thursday, trimming back the number of hurricanes t...

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Family members of a teenager who died after being shocked by Miami Beach police say he was an artist who wanted to change the world through art.
Israel Hernandez-Llach had turned 18 shortly before police found him spray-painting a...

FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — A military judge has resumed the Fort Hood shooting trial despite demands from the suspect’s standby attorneys that they be removed from the case.
The lawyers have been helping Maj. Nidal Hasan represent himself during the trial at...