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AUTHORITIES WORKED QUICKLY TO PUT OUT A BRUSH FIRE MONDAY AFTERNOON IN PORT CHARLOTTE.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY FIRE & EMS  RESPONDED TO THE NORTHSHORE TERRACE AREA AT 1:15PM AND FOUND ABOUT ONE ACRE BURNING IN... Read More.

A SECOND MAN FROM A VENICE HEARING AID COMPANY WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ROBBED THEM.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY 51 YEAR OLD PETER CLEPPE TOLD VENICE POLICE THAT HE HAD TAKEN OVER... Read More.

A PUNTA GORDA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ROBBED A WOMAN AT GUNPOINT.  DEPUTIES SAY THE PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN CALLED THEM AROUND 7:30 FRIDAY NIGHT AND SAID SHE WAS STOPPED IN HER VEHICLE... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY WILL VOTE ON A PROPOSAL TO RENAME ENGLEWOOD’S OYSTER CREEK REGIONAL PARK AFTER A FORMER WENG HOST.  THE ENGLEWOOD EDGE REPORTS THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD... Read More.

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DIRECTOR OF THE LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOL THEATER IS COMPLETE AND IN HER HANDS.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY SCHOOLS SPOKESMAN MIKE REILLY TOLD WENG NEWS THURSDAY THAT JENNIFER KELLY RECEIVED THE RESULTS... Read More.

ONE FIREFIGHTER WAS INJURED EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN THE ROOF OF A HOME COLLAPSED ON HIM AS HE BATTLED A FIRE.  CHARLOTTE FIRE & EMS CREWS WERE CALLED TO 246 EAST TARPON... Read More.

LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DAN JEFFERS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MIKE MESSINA HAS BEEN RELIEVED OF HIS DUTIES AS THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT THE SCHOOL.  JEFFERS THANKED MESSINA FOR HIS HARD WORK OVER... Read More.

A WIND SHIFT CAUSED AUTHORITIES TO CLOSE GASPARILLA ROAD NEAR LINWOOD DRIVE AGAIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AS A MULCH FIRE CONTINUES TO SMOLDER THERE.  FIRE OFFICIALS NOW SAY THAT FIRE, WHICH WAS APPARENTLY CAUSED BY... Read More.

AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED THE DETAILS OF WHAT WENT DOWN IN THE MURDER OF JEFFREY MAZUR.  PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY 33 YEAR OLD DRIFTER JAMES BESAW WAS UPSET WITH MAZUR AFTER HE WENT TO HIM TO... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY TOURISM OFFICIALS KNEW IT WOULD BE A TOUGH JOB TO REPLACE BECKY BOVELL AS DIRECTOR, AND THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE THEIR WOMAN.  LORAH STEINER, A LODGING MARKETING SPECIALIST FROM COLUMBIA, MISSOURI... Read More.