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The sheriff's office arrested the mother and father of a baby girl who died in their care at their home in Charlotte County last week. Charlotte County Sheriff's ...

UPDATE (5/15) -- The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reports that Sage Cambron has been found and is safe. Brenda Cambron is in custody. *Sage Cambron ...

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the missing teenager girl with autism has been found in good health in Mississippi.

According to an official affidavit, the parents of a child who died in their care and three other neglected children were visited by Florida Department of Health over ...

It's been five years since the last sales tax referendum, and Charlotte County officials are gearing up for the next big ask in 2020.

A search warrant led to a drug bust of heroin, fentanyl and prescription pills at the residence of two Port Charlotte people Tuesday. The suspects, Brian O'Neil, ...

Charlotte County Public Safety Director Bill Van Helden announced on Monday that Patrick Fuller has been selected to succeed Jerry Mallet as emergency ...

Florida Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash involving one car on northbound I-75 mile marker 150 north of Slater Road in Charlotte County Friday night.

A deadly drug is appearing more often in Southwest Florida — fentanyl. Deputies in Charlotte County arrested five people in a drug bust where the powerful ...

She also admitted to having dozens of turtles in her car too.

A suspect is in custody Saturday morning after a tip came into Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers. Shamar Dameon Blair, 22, of Port Charlotte was arrested ...

Two armed robberies were reported within 30 minutes and five miles of each other in Charlotte County on Tuesday morning.

Deputies say the home on Glendale Avenue was identified as the source of the overdose calls that happened Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.

TAMPA (WFLA) - Do you recognize this man? Detectives are seeking to identify this retail theft suspect so he can join his accomplice in jail. The male suspect ...

There are some drawbacks to being the Sunshine State.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. - A man accused of stabbing another man to death during a fight in Charlotte County was arrested on Sunday night. undefined.

Unless you are a meteorologist or emergency manager you probably don't spend a lot of time agonizing about storm surge, what causes it, where you can safely ...

All 22-year-old Danyelle Rodriguez needed was one final semester to get her degree. The problem was the funds. Although she didn't go into detail, she ...

Editor: The added 1 percent sales tax on taxable items brings in $25 million a year. There could be an annual increase to $30 million for each of the next six ...

Florida has one of the biggest economies in the United States.Two of its most famous industries include tourism and agriculture, which contribute to t...

Charlotte County Commissioner Bill Truex was in the middle of a commission meeting when he received his invite to join President Donald Trump on Thursday ...

AS GOV. RON DESANTIS HOISTS HIS veto pen this week during his 15-day statutory window to reduce the new $91.1 billion budget in line-item vetoes or halt ...

Bring your horses and enjoy quiet county living and privacy. Fish for bass from your own two beautiful ponds on just over 5 acres, which are fenced on the rear.

More than 20 scholarships were awarded Florida SouthWestern Collegiate High School students at their senior awards ceremony. Local scholarships were ...

King Fisher Fleet celebrates military, moms King Fisher Fleet is celebrating May as Military Appreciation Month, as well as remembering moms on Mother's Day.

Kings Highway exit is a road many of us have to take if we want to head to Port Charlotte. But that could change. Leaders in Charlotte County want to make it ...

Wow. David Hare's "Skylight," playing at Gulfshore Playhouse, pokes its finger in the eyes of the wealthy. Or at least at those who make their wealth by.

"Moral Inventory" by Tara Johnson. Austin Macauley. 154 pages. Trade paperback, $10.95. An intervention program named Helping Hands has, with her ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, FLa. — The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office has arrested four people in connection to two recent overdoes. Deputies started an ...

Students in Charlotte County will begin their school day 15 minutes earlier starting in the fall.

A Charlotte County Sheriff's Office deputy suffered minor injuries in a hit-and-run crash Saturday night.

Authorities are looking for the other suspect in a robbery that happened at a Charlotte County grocery store on April 3.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. -- Deputies are asking the public to be on the lookout for a developmentally challenged teen who went missing Sunday in Port ...

A court ruled Thursday that Charlotte County will keep the 72 animals that were seized from an animal hoarder's home in Port Charlotte.

Hunters can take part in the annual statewide recreational alligator harvest, which runs Aug. 15-Nov. 1. Alligators, a conservation success story in Florida,

The Punta Gorda/Port Charlotte Branch of the American Association of University Women (AAUW) held a meeting at the Charlotte Harbor Yacht Club, in Port ...

SARASOTA (WWSB) - Deputies say a Charlotte County woman spread fake money throughout the Suncoast, including Charlotte, Sarasota and Polk counties.

A bear takes top honor in a new Florida license plate design contest. The Fish & Wildlife Foundation of Florida and The Collaboratory at Ringling College of Art.

Region's 1.5% rate of job growth fails to match 2.4% percent statewide increase.

Diverse marine animals from dugongs to sea snakes became rarer in the UNESCO World Heritage Site Shark Bay, Western Australia, after a heat wave ...

LARGO, Fla. - Several sheriff's offices across the state are partnering with Immigration and Customs Enforcement to launch the Warrant *Service* Officer Program.

It's a budding industry. Port Charlotte's first medical marijuana dispensary, VidaCann, opened its doors Tuesday at 1100 El Jobean Road, Unit 112. The location ...

Charlotte County has taken a roundabout step to protect the endangered Florida scrub jay.

IN LESS THAN FIVE YEARS, PUNTA Gorda businessman and restaurateur Chris Evans and his partner, New York developer William Socha, have transformed ...

THEY CAME FROM NORWAY BARELY OUT OF their teens, where they'd become friends and fellow aficionados of fast cars and fast boats. They become the ...

DRIVING IN TO MEXICO BEACH on Highway 98 along the Emerald Coast, its white-sand beaches are as beautiful as ever. But seven months after taking a ...

While performing at the Hoodoo Comedy Club, guest comedian Ron Beau gives his barbeque sandwich from Porky's Roadhouse a good review. LAURA ...

The Carr family built a successful air ambulance business, and branched out into providing luxury travel charter flights. PUNTA GORDA — For over 40 years, ...

A Charlotte County woman is accused of printing more than $1300 worth of fake money.

Red tide, we're told, is not new. It's been around for hundreds of years. Yet there is a recognition that recent red tide events were out of the norm and.

Two people are being rescued in Charlotte Harbor after their kayak flipped over.

The office of Florida's governor says President Donald Trump told him he wouldn't authorize to fly hundreds of immigrants from the Mexican border to South ...

Fort Myers mega-truck racer Chris Libak and his customized Jeep, Animalistic, c0-star in the new Discovery Channel show "Dirty Mudder Truckers." Fort Myers ...

It started with an idea: What do you think about Florida Studio Theatre commemorating, in some yet-to-be-determined way, the 100th anniversary of the 19th.

Red tide isn't likely to ruin anyone's weekend, but state measurements taken in the last week have found small concentrations of the algae that cause it off ...

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CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — The Charlotte County Sheriffs Office made an interesting discovery after a traffic stop on Oil Well Road. Sheriffs deputies say they ...

Deputies in Charlotte County were looking for a man earlier this week who broke into the business office of Custom Pools by Precision on Tamiami Trail in Port ...

ON A SCALE OF AMERICAN APPETITES and habits good and bad, there may be two extremes: On the one hand, the destructive opioid epidemic. On the other ...

Kindergarten readiness scores decreased again this year, prompting Governor Ron Desantis to criticize the “failure rate” and call for more funding. Last year ...

The blue Chevy pickup truck drove west on Oil Well Road, police say, blew through a stop sign and hung a left onto Tamiami Trail in the dark of night, around ...

Food, beer and live music enthusiasts are invited to the first-ever River District Food and Brew Festival May 25 from noon- 8 p.m. at Burroughs Home & Gardens,

The aviation unit is stepping up patrols near marinas and boat yards to prevent boat theft.

A major hurricane shelter could be coming to a much-needed area for people in Charlotte County. While there is no Red Cross approved shelters to take cover ...

The WGCU news team has won 11 awards in the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters Awards competition for its work in 2018, topping last year's total of 10.

The Southwest Florida Cooperative Invasive Species Management Area will host its annual Invasive Fish Roundup the weekend of April 26-28. The free ...

Oscar Scherer State Park (and all Florida State Parks) invites everyone to an Earth Day celebration, Saturday, April 27 — and admission is free. Events will.

It's a festival of 10s. The Laboratory Theater of Florida is presenting 10-minute plays, a form that has taken the theater world by storm. "Short" in this case.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (STORYFUL) -- The US Navy Blue Angels entertained spectators at the Fort Lauderdale Air Show in Florida on May 5.

Fans of Southern comfort food in Charlotte County will soon have a new dining option. Tampa-based Metro Diner, a top casual restaurant chain for serious diner ...

Secretary of the Army Mark Esper is set to visit Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC, this week. Columbia has been.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — One man is dead after being hit by a car while riding down Piper Road on his bicycle on Friday. The 63-year-old bicyclist was ...

The discount airline is hoping to tap into an old Florida playbook.

Dave Woods has lived in Florida for four months. Originally from Arkansas, this is Woods' first hurricane season, which begins in just a couple of weeks. The Sun ...

A North Carolina family found an alligator living under their home May 15 in Bolton. The hissing 10-foot-alligator was so large that it caused the trailer to move ...

With the number of people vying to be the Democratic nominee for president approaching the population of South Dakota, many candidates are supporting ...

Vero Beach-based citrus company IMG Citrus Inc. bought nearly 4,000 acres of citrus grove land last month from the Packers of Indian River for $31.25 million.

The Uncommon Friends Foundation recently elected two community business leaders to its board of directors — Ward 4 councilman for the city of Fort Myers ...

Very low levels of Karenia brevis, the algae that causes red tide, were found at the South Coquina Beach boat ramp in Bradenton Beach on Anna Maria Island, ...

The tourists and snowbirds have pretty much all gone home, which means less traffic and more time for us locals to have fun. Sure, it's warm — OK, hot! outside ...

Charlotte County, FL, April 29, 2019 --(PR.com)-- Charlotte County Soccer Federation Inc. (CCSF) is pleased to announce the recipients of the appreciation ...

Authorities say a Florida passenger train struck and killed a woman who was trying to cross the tracks.

Here's a breakdown of patient safety grades for hospitals in Lee, Collier and Charlotte, according to the national organization, The Leapfrog group.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla., May 17, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Attorney Brian O. Sutter of All Injuries Law Firm has been recognized for his ...

While fertilizer helps your grass grow, it can seep into our ground water and canals when it rains. And scientists say fertilizer can cause toxic algae to grow.

Authorities are reminding citizens seeking to harvest saw palmetto berries that the State of Florida requires that a crew leader needs to apply for a permit first.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla., May 17, 2019 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Attorney Brian O. Sutter of All Injuries Law Firm has been recognized for his ...

TALLAHASSEE — In his first veto, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday rejected a bill that would have blocked local governments from banning plastic straws.DeSantis ...

A married couple in Charlotte County were rushed to the hospital after a house fire. A neighbor jumped into action to try to put out the fire and ran into the ...

The $420 million project will create the tallest buildings in the county. The company promises 500 full-time jobs. CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- The only thing missing ...

A body has been found in a creek in Charlotte County Saturday morning. The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office says the body was discovered by a boater in ...

A body discovered by a boater in Charlotte County Saturday has been identified to be that of a missing teen. Gage Jackson was reported missing and last being ...

Charlotte County awarded $1.7 million grant from the state's Department of Economic Opportunity to create training opportunities for the aviation industry.

Jesse Dalton seemed like a picture-perfect dog trainer. He had search and rescue experience, an interactive social media and good references. But clients say ...

That is the message drivers have for people on Charlotte County roads. Now, speed limit changes could be on the way to fight the problem. Some said the pace ...

Now that Amy Vogel looks back, there were warning signs. But when her 85-year-old grandfather killed himself with a family gun in March 2013, she and her ...

Living next to paradise is affordable in Southwest Florida similar to the sunset views one would find in Key West. Travis Webster moved to Charlotte County to ...

"Good parties create a temporary youthfulness," said the late aphorist Mason Cooley. If that's true, Charlotte County stands to be the Fountain of Youth on New.

Charlotte County leaders said the area is experiencing rapid growth. To compensate, the county wants to increase utility bills for residents. Max Jaroszewski said ...

A family is pleading for help from the public tonight. They just want their teenage son home. Gage Jackson, 19, disappeared more than a week ago. And his ...