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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 ...

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, ...

She left her home in the night, according to the sheriff's office.

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.

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 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.

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

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 ...

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

Saving lives It's the goal of the click it or ticket campaign which is kicking off today across the country. Law enforcement agencies are joining forces to provide ...

There are some drawbacks to being the Sunshine State.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

During the next several weeks, thousands of high school students will be marching to "Pomp and Circumstance" and parents will be cheering from the stands.

WHEN TIGER WOODS thrilled the sports world by winning The Masters golf tournament, many golf experts and fans viewed his triumph as inspirational. After all,

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

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 ...

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

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

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

A new two-session boating course meant to accommodate today's busy schedules has been developed by the Fort Myers Power Squadron. The two classes ...

There are some drawbacks to being the Sunshine State.

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

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

Having been away for a couple of weeks while showing some local residents my native Scotland, it was interesting to follow the local news and developments ...

Florida Power & Light Company has tested the response of more than 3000 employees to a hypothetical hurricane with similar characteristics to that of a more.

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

Punta Gorda Police Department identified 68-year-old Robert Allan Sloan as the body found in Peace River just east of Barron Collier Bridge in Charlotte County ...

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.

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

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 ...

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

Lakeland Linder International Airport Manager Gene Conrad has spoken to American officials about two to three flights a day to Charlotte, N.C..

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

Thursdays ¦ Babcock Ranch Farmers Market, 3-7 p.m., 42850 Crescent Loop, Babcock Ranch. Local growers selling *fresh* vegetables and fruit. Visit facebook.

A hydrochloric acid spill at the Port Charlotte Adventist School caused a HAZMAT response Wednesday afternoon. Charlotte County Fire and EMS said there ...

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

PUNTA GORDA — The pickleball courts at Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda will be closed this week while the city installs a sound-abatement fence to reduce noise ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

SARASOTA (WWSB) - The parents of a recently deceased 14-month-old infant are now in custody after an investigation into the child's death and the health of ...

A new peer reviewed study led by Mote Marine Laboratory scientists was the first to highlight the benefit of adding two probiotic strains of Bacillus bacteria.

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 ...

On Tuesday, Sarasota County installed warning signs for boaters and visitors at Indian Mound Park.

To 75-year-old Karen Farino, evacuating out of her Charlotte Harbor nursing home was like a sleepover.

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

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

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

PUNTA GORDA - The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a baby girl.

There's a lot going on at Punta Gorda Airport right now.

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.

The is Florida Weekly's take on some of the best, of course, but also some of the wackiest, most wondrous, obscure, ridiculous and even scandalous people and.

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

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 ...

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 ...

"I hope you are amazed, puzzled and amused by what you are about to see," opens the brochure available to visitors of the Dime Museum exhibit, currently ...

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 ...

There's a lot going on at Punta Gorda Airport right now.

This story was updated on April 23, 2019, to correct funeral *service* information.

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 ...

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.

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.

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 ...

WINK News is the Weather Authority, and hurricane season is just days always. That's why we held a hurricane conference in Charlotte County. Our team ...

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.

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

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 ...

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

A Charlotte County man is taking the Florida Department of Law Enforcement to court in a class action lawsuit regarding background checks for firearm ...

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 ...

Two Florida sheriff's deputies watched a woman pull a foot-long alligator out of her yoga pants Monday morning. She also had dozens of turtles hidden in a ...

The following dispatch was received from Sherrie O'Moody, a descendant of the infamous Irish pirate Grace O'Malley, whose 20-ship fleet stood up to the might ...

Congratulations to the Leadership Englewood Class of 2019. More than 250 people gathered Saturday evening to experience their Hawaiian Leadership LUAU.

Charlotte County Police are reminding people that you need a permit to harvest palmetto berries and there has been changes added to permitting.

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

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

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

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.

ORLANDO, Fla. (JUKIN) -- This kid was having trouble breaking a board in half with a kick during his karate class and the other students wanted to help him out.

When you or someone you love is dealing with a mental health concern, sometimes it's a lot to handle. It's important to remember that mental health is essential.