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Deputies responded to a possible stabbing that left three people injured Thursday morning in Englewood.

THINGS ARE NEVER QUITE WHAT THEY SEEM at first glance: the sight and sound of a balconied grand hall, for example — of nearly 2000 seats stuffed high ...

THE 2019 OSCARS WILL SHOWCASE AN INdustry in transition and turmoil. As the Academy's desire for inclusivity broadens to include more minorities and.

Blood drive held at bank OneBlood Inc. is holding a blood drive from 3-5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at the North Port office of Charlotte State Bank & Trust, 4300.

In an effort to discourage panhandling, Charlotte County plans to charge a fee and designate certain roads where it is legal. Donald Grupe said he has been ...

At least two people have did in a crash at Bermont Road and State Road 31 in Charlotte County.

OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE LIVE MUSIC IN CHARLOTTE COUNTY seem to be getting better and better all the time. Thanks to ample advertising budgets, some ...

In this edition, Florida Weekly's donut guide tells you everything you need to know about donuts and more, from the disputed origins of their famous hole to a list ...

Western Michigan University announced Tuesday it's set to close its Punta Gorda location. According to the university in a statement: “Upon thoughtful ...

The Charlotte County Forensics Unit is investigating a possible stabbing in Englewood, near the Merchants Crossing shopping plaza.

NOT LONG AFTER RICK SCOTT took office as Florida's 45th governor in January 2011, he traveled to Spain, where he was entertained lavishly by Spanish ...

A five-vehicle pileup in Port Charlotte Saturday afternoon has left one man with critical injuries. Charles Caputo, 45, is in critical condition following the crash on ...

Burnt Store church holds blood drive The Florida Blood Centers will be collecting blood from 7 a.m.-1 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 3, at Burnt Store Presbyterian Church,

A new lawsuit is filed surrounding Roundup, the weed killer and pesticide. A woman is suing the company that makes it and the stores that sell it, claiming it ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. - A Charlotte County man is following local government workers around with his camera, posting the videos to YouTube.

Even with red tide menacing the coastline and Hurricane Michael striking the Panhandle, 2018 was another record-breaking year for tourism in the state of ...

SARASOTA COUNTY, FL (WWSB) - Hurricane Irma forced some residents to cross county lines to seek shelter. That required some local governments to front ...

Florida's orange crop forecast has held steady since the end of 2018, while projections for other types of citrus have been reduced. The U.S. Department of.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY -- Two people from Texas were killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer Thursday morning in eastern Charlotte County, the Florida ...

There are myriad and growing options for both DIY home security products and professionally installed systems, or a combination of both, that let people monitor ...

Crews continue to look for remains of a Charlotte County woman whose 24-year-old case was reopened after a tip was passed on to local authorities. Weather ...

PUNTA GORDA — The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds were the last jet team to perform in Punta Gorda and will be the first to return in November for the 38th ...

TWO SMALL, OLD-FLORIDA-STYLE buildings snuggled away side-by-side just off U.S. 41 (5950 Sam Shapos Way) are home North Port Art Center. "We such a ...

Mote Marine is well on its way to building a state-of-the-art science education aquarium. The Sarasota County Commission last week approved an agreement ...

This year was the final winter showcase for the North American International Auto Show in Detroit. It will move to a summer show in 2020. That will make for a.

Snook Haven Boat Tourand Lunch10:15 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 15Fee: $65Moderator: Dr. Christine Zimmer Its 1987 designation as one of two "Wild and ...

ARMED TEACHERS: The Hillsborough County School Board unanimously rejects any proposal to allow teachers to carry guns in schools, if Florida lawmakers ...

Ahead of the Baby Cakes' 2020 move, three Senior VPs have been appointed by Wichita Baseball, including Jared Forma, Annie Life, and Augusto "Cookie" ...

Grammy-nominated pianist Terrence Wilson joins the Charlotte Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven's monumental third piano concerto on Sunday, Feb. 10.

"Claire's Last Secret" by Marty Ambrose. Severn House. 192 pages. Hardcover, $28.99. Set primarily in Florence and Geneva, this highly atmospheric historical.

Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a bicycle crash that happened on US 41 North & Retta Esplanade in Punta Gorda.

A voter-approved ban on electronic smoking devices in workplaces is moving forward in the Senate without a proposal by anti-smoking advocates to redefine ...

Now's the time to reserve your 2019 Fakahatchee adventure If you want to experience Florida's largest state park in Everglades City this season, now's the time.

Natalia Ropke has always been a survivor. In the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union, the small Russian town in which she was born fell on hard times.

The Minnesota Attorney General's office will review the case of a woman accused of killing her husband in southern Minnesota, then fleeing to Florida and killing ...

There was nobody else on Joel Boulevard. None of the mammoth Buicks and Chryslers that shared the roads with farm trucks serving the community around ...

Z Interior Decorations Inc. of Punta Gorda — a full-*service* interior design firm specializing in residential interior design, model home decoration and builder.

Over the past few months, I've been seeing an unusual phenomenon at antiques and collector shows — young people. And by young people, I mean people ...

It was eight years in the making. When the new Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach reopens Feb. 9 after a $110 million expansion, it will have ...

Mel Thomas has been selected to lead North Port's economic development efforts. The new economic development manager has more than 25 years of ...

Robinson Preserve in Manatee County has been chosen as a location for a group of organizations to release thousands of redfish into local waters.

Home sales slumped in Southwest Florida to start the year, a cool-down after a solid 2018.Buyers closed on 795 existing single-family homes in the ...

What relation could Frederick Douglass — the former slave-turned-abolitionist, writer and American statesman who died more than 100 years ago — possibly ...

A county official in Michigan dressed as Mickey Mouse to help draw attention to what he describes as wasteful spending on a Florida trip for employee training.

Authorities say a Florida mayor fired two shots at sheriff's deputies who raided his home to arrest him on allegations of practicing medicine without a license.

Charlotte County is taking a stand in Southwest Florida's water crisis.

A hobby turns into an opportunity like no other as a Southwest Florida club will help the National Basketball Association build a plane replica for one of its ...

Old discarded bird cages. A grill from a tractor. A child's toy xylophone. Wooden foundry molds. Most people see them as they were originally intended to be.

"Vive La Mer" will be performed by the Southwest Florida Symphony, in its 58th season of Masterworks, on Feb. 2 at Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall at ...

It just won't go away. A red tide that's been plaguing the Southwest Florida coast for more than a year still has a grip on the Gulf of Mexico. "The bloom is not as ...

Can you guess the best performing stock in the Standard & Poor's 500 index in 2018? No, it wasn't Apple or Netflix or even Google. It was the semiconductor.

Not one, not two, not three, but four sunken and derelict boats are in the water along Bayshore Live Oak Park in Charlotte Harbor, and people are worried they ...

The U.S. Department of Justice quietly changed the definition for domestic violence on its website this week. It eliminates mental, verbal and financial abuse as ...

"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.

Sunday offers an opportunity to keep our beaches clean and beautiful. Volunteers are meeting at Fort Myers Beach Sunday morning as they said this is a project ...

Charlotte County Sheriff's is searching for 2 suspects who are wanted for burglary and theft.

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 ...

Charlotte County commissioners and civic leaders were out in force on Dec. 4 to participate in official groundbreaking ceremonies for a Miami-based company ...

Schools normally serve as a safe haven during severe hurricanes. For Charlotte County, it's a different story. Some neighbors believe there are facilities better ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. -- Voters across the country will be hitting the polls on November 6 for general election known as mid-terms.

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

Storms that had been building up all week finally struck on Thursday.

Betty Gissendanner, 67, died on February 20, 2019 following a short battle with cancer. Betty loved life, she loved people, and she never met a stranger.

It happened around 2:30 p.m. Sunday at a home in the 700 block of Bowman Terrace.

The 11th annual WINK Feeds Families Hunger Walk Jan. 12 featured hundreds of walkers who strolled under sunny skies on a perfect Southwest Florida day for ...

A 72-year-old Arcadia man was shot and killed at a Charlotte County McDonald's on Monday morning after he pointed a rifle at deputies who were trying to get ...

Veterans Day BBQ Celebration 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 11, in Laishley Park, 100 Nesbit St., Punta Gorda Veterans Day Celebration 11 a.m.-noon Sunday, ...

About 300 people waited under the pavilion on Tuesday, June 26, in Punta Gorda's Laishley Park for one of the rarer political events in Charlotte County. Chats.

Fake cash is making rounds in Southwest Florida. Charlotte County deputies found some said during a traffic stop along the 900 hundred block of Kings ...

The district adds 30 minutes to the school day of Charlotte County students. Fifteen minutes will most likely be added before schools started and ended.

THEY WERE ARTISTS, COMMUNITY builders, heroes, mothers, fathers, sons and daughters. The people we lost this year filled public and private spaces.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -- Charlotte County deputies want to remind you that starting January 1st, 2019, they will begin enforcing an ordinance to protect you at the ...

Janet Wilmoth shares information from Robert Tutterow's FDSOA session “Apparatus Exposure Control: Beyond the Cab."

A Charlotte County firefighter planted a hidden camera in his bathroom to record the woman who was house-sitting for his family, the Sarasota County Sheriff's ...

Charlotte County announced Wednesday morning that they have extended a local state of emergency for one week to address red tide. MORE: Charlotte County ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. - The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office has a new warning for homeowners, urging people to be on the lookout for distraction ...

Federal reserve note, or cash, replicas imprinted with Chinese characters identifying them as “training money” are becoming more prevalent in Charlotte County, ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. -- Two people are in the hospital after a crash involving a UPS truck and a fuel truck in Punta Gorda.

Capping a career spanning more than four decades — including more than two of those in Southwest Florida — local broadcasting personality Jeff Collins (aka ...

The *Fresh* Jersey Tomatoes, a group of women originally from New Jersey who now reside in Charlotte County, is holding a food drive to benefit the Homeless ...

*Fresh* Jersey Tomatoes holds its third annual toy drive until Friday, December 7th, for children receiving services from Charlotte Behavioral Health Care.

A former Charlotte County deputy shipped a dangerous illegal drug to his in-laws' house. A new investigation reveals he shipped the chemical called GBL, and ...

Charlotte County Fire and EMS responded to a plane that made a crash landing in a neighborhood north of Punta Gorda Thursday afternoon. Authorities say ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. -- A Fort Myers man was arrested in a rural Charlotte County park Wednesday after reportedly grabbing the privates of an ...

A semi truck carrying thousands of bees overturned Tuesday morning while trying to avoid an oncoming dump truck.

A pilot is alive to tell the tale after his small plane crashed in the middle of a Charlotte County neighborhood Thursday afternoon. MORE: Small plane makes ...

ABOUT 200 PEOPLE packed into the Cultural Center of Charlotte County recently for a long overdue event: a recognition dinner in honor of infectious disease.

Deputies are investigating the death of a man who was electrocuted in Charlotte County.

The Florida Department of Health has issued a mosquito-borne illness advisory as a precaution to residents and visitors.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. -- We have new video of a possible tornado touching down in Port Charlotte during Thursday's stormy weather.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. -- Discount grocery chain Aldi is preparing to continue its rapid nationwide expansion by opening its newest store in Punta Gorda this ...

Feb 21, 2019. Mrs. Nellie Eckard. Mrs. Nellie Orella Chalmers Eckard, 83, loving wife of Jimmie Ronald Eckard and a resident of Parksley, VA, formerly of ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. -- A Port Charlotte woman is facing several charges of child neglect after authorities found three children living in disturbing ...

Charlotte County is leading the way in Florida with its recycling program. The county achieved 75.2 percent in traditional recycling — exceeding the state ...

Charlotte County residents say two licensed home-builders took their money, but never finished their homes.

You've probably seen the green "Vote YES for Success" logo all over Charlotte County. But why? The truth is: Charlotte County Public Schools is in dire straits.

People with pets will soon be able to take their dogs to dinner in Charlotte County. Starting Tuesday, restaurants can apply for a permit and pay a fee that would ...

Charlotte County parents are worried about student safety. Parents said a series of social media threats has put them on edge. They want to see changes at ...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY - Deputies in Charlotte County found much more than what they were looking for during a drive-by shooting investigation on Monday.

A Charlotte County man is in custody for allegedly possessing illegal drugs inside his home found during an investigation into a drive-by shooting on his ...