12-year-old Lee County student arrested for making bomb threats at his school
A 12-year-old student from Veterans Park Academy for the Arts was arrested on Thursday for making threats involving planting bombs around the school.
More than 10,000 pounds of dead fish picked up from Charlotte County shores
Charlotte County is facing a water crisis as numerous dead fish are washing up on the shores of Charlotte Harbor.
Notices warning of red tide have been placed at Bayshore Live Oak Park and Port Charlotte Beach Park.
Crews have been picking up the carcasses, but the smell lingers.
According to Brian Gleason, communications manager with Charlotte County, on Tuesday, 3,720 pounds of dead fish were scooped up.
On Wednesday, it almost doubled to 6,320 pounds of dead fish.
The crews are focusing on Bayshore Live Oak Park and Port Charlotte Beach Park.
“It smells like, it just smells like fish,” said Steve Arnold, of Sarasota. “There’s no other good way of putting it. It’s not pleasant.”
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