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Drivers on State Road 776 in Englewood say new concrete bike lane separators keep damaging tires, and some vehicles have needed tows after hitting them. An online petition asking for changes has thousands of signatures, its organizer says. FDOT has said the barriers meet its standards and that new medians and turn lanes are meant to cut crashes, but it had not answered follow-up questions.
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Charlotte County deputies were called to a home on El Campo Avenue in Englewood around 9:28 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 25, where a 47-year-old man had been shot in the garage; he was pronounced dead at 10:03 p.m. Frank John Voight, 68, is charged with second-degree murder and is being held without bond. He told deputies he fired once in self-defense after the other man, an acquaintance, became aggressive; investigators say his account did not match the evidence.
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