Charlotte County
Coverage of Charlotte County in the Nexus archive.
- Virginia localities raise $119M for school construction through targeted sales tax
Virginia localities have raised $119 million over five years through a targeted sales tax for school construction and maintenance, with nine localities authorized to levy the tax. Legislation to expand the tax statewide to all counties and cities was proposed, allowing voters to decide via referendum.
- Repeat drunken-driving offender accused of killing honors college student heading home from wedding
Dennis Lee Olson, a repeat drunken-driving offender, is accused of killing 21-year-old honors college student Lauryn Akey in a wrong-way crash on Florida's I-75. Olson, with a blood alcohol level three times the legal limit, caused the collision that also injured three others. Akey, who had texted her family minutes before the crash, was en route home from a wedding and set to begin her senior year at the University of South Florida.