Fort Ogden News

ARCADIAN PHOTO BY HAYLEY MERCER The group that made the Fort Ogden May Day picnic a success include, front row, from left: Debbie Goss, coordinator Irma Hay, Brenda Dustin and Chelsea Harris.

Work begins today on the next stretch of U.S. Highway 17 to be four-laned. The 5.6 mile project will run from Fort Ogden, where the most recent widening job ended around S.W. Collins Street, and will go north as far as County Road 760-A just below Nocatee .

UPDATE: The Tornado Warning has been canceled for Hardee County. It remains in effect for DeSoto County until 2:30 p.m. and a Tornado Watch continues for the Bay area until 8 p.m. The National Weather Service in Ruskin has issued a Tornado Warning for southern Hardee and DeSoto counties until 2:30 p.m. At 1:49 p.m. National Weather Service ... (more)

ARCADIAN PHOTO BY ADRIAN A. FEBLES afebles@sun-herald.com Supporters of the Fort Ogden post office gather around the building prior to a meeting to discuss the fate of the branch, which was listed in the United States Postal Service's list of possible closings.

Did you know that although three men - George Battersby, Dick Windham and Isaiah Cooper - were arrested for the murder of Marshal John Bowman and one convicted, the killer's identity remains a mystery? When the marshal was shot, a group of boys was playing around a stable near the Bowman house and one - on the stable's roof - had seen the gunshot's ... (more)