North Port News

If approved Tuesday, the Sarasota County School Board will begin construction of a bus depot in North Port in July.

The Sarasota County Commission will have its chance Tuesday to approve the revised interlocal agreement that would outline the future operations of the 81-acre Warm Mineral Springs Day Spa.

Airman Brian Xenes graduated from basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio.

A North Port man was badly injured Saturday night after being struck by a car as he ran across Gulf Boulevard in St. Pete Beach, the Tampa Bay Times reported.

After nearly eight hours of discussions Thursday to save Warm Mineral Springs Day Spa from closing, North Port city commissioners learned Cypress Lending isn't interested in managing the Springs after its contract expires in 16 days.

When practice began last summer for the North Port Huskys youth football organization, it was uncertain where the 400 players would go to prepare for their season.

It took a six-member jury about 90 minutes Friday afternoon to find Anthony Hanifan guilty on 10 separate counts associated with his homemade child pornography case - charges that included the transmission of child porn, child cruelty and sexual battery, the latter of which is a capital offense that could land Hanifan in jail for the rest of his ... (more)

Fresh from her hiring as the new executive director of Drug Free Charlotte County, which is effective Monday, Diane Ramseyer already is familiar with the organization.

The North Port Area Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 27th annual Business and Community Expo on Saturday, June 15 with a "Viva Florida" theme.

Bryan T Kovzelove, 70, of Englewood, Florida passed peacefully on May 15, 2013, entering into the protective arms of our Lord after fighting a brave battle with cancer.

Warm Mineral Springs Day Spa employees pleaded with the North Port City Commission Thursday to keep the Springs from closing at the end of the month and save their jobs.

Attorneys for Anthony Hanifan, the North Port man charged with making and transmitting his own child pornography, attempted to get all 11 counts dismissed Thursday at the Sarasota County Courthouse after the state decided to drop a single charge because prosecutors were certain Hanifan wasn't in the county during the alleged transfer of a photo.

The relationship between North Port resident Anthony Hanifan and Massachusetts resident Jason Clark, both accused of creating their own child pornography and sharing it with each other, evolved quickly in October 2011, according to a federal investigator.

Bill Porter had just left a bridge game that summer afternoon in 2010. A year earlier, he wouldn't have been walking -- there had been an operation on his leg, but he had fought through it like he always did.

Remember back in April when the governor closed down those internet cafes and arcades? Well, one is still open and the owner of another one which had to shut down found out that it's still open and wants to know why.

SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS Charlotte County YMCA camp counselor John Giamanco and his group take a break from the heat to just sit and talk under the big white tent at the Dotzler YMCA Outdoor Center in Charlotte Harbor, where kids from all over the county and from the North Port YMCA are bused in daily for camp this summer.

Suspected serial killer Daniel O. Conahan Jr. has filed new court documents this week in his latest attempt to have his conviction and death sentence overturned.

Longboat Key Medical Director Steven Newman says "working together with guys he's helped train to resuscitate a life" is the best part of his job.

The state's key witness against Anthony David Hanifan, a North Port man accused of sexually assaulting a 2 A1 2-year-old girl in his care and photographing the abuse, detailed a bizarre relationship between the two men in which they created their own homemade child pornography and shared it using cellphones and email.

Monday's decision by the North Port City Commission to push back discussion on an interlocal agreement that would have put an end to the conflict over future operations of the Warm Mineral Springs Day Spa left Sarasota County commissioners looking for answers Tuesday.