Author: WENG Newsroom

The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Administrative Office and the four District Offices around the county will be closed Monday in observance of the New Year Holiday. The offices will reopen on Tuesday at 8 a.m.... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is seeking your assistance in identifying a suspect in recent credit card fraud investigation. You can find a photo on the Sheriff's Office Facebook page. The photo shows... Read More.

As a result of the current red tide situation in coastal areas and surrounding counties, the WIldlife Center of Venice is taking in a much larger number of birds than usual. The Center says... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is seeking your assistance in identifying several suspects in a string of recent vehicle burglaries. The crimes occurred in the 800 block of Kings Highway. Stolen were... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office arrested two men after a traffic stop led deputies to the discovery of a loaded gun, meth, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia. Deputies were conducting surveillance on a known drug... Read More.

A boat ran out of gas in Charlotte Harbor but the four people on board were rescued Monday night. Two adults and two children visiting from Texas had left Alligator Bay in a... Read More.

Baseball fans will have to deal with traffic congestion when attending Tampa Bay Rays spring training games. An expansion of Edgewater Drive was expected to be completed by the Rays' first home game... Read More.

A Charlotte County man was seriously injured when he lost control of his motorcycle. The Florida Highway Patrol says it happened Friday morning on U.S. 17, about a half mile from Jeffrey Mills'... Read More.

New Year's weekend is not only the biggest party holiday of the year, it's also the holiday with the most drunken driving arrests. That's why the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office is taking part... Read More.

Charlotte County Community Services has announced that the Ann Dever Park Pool will reopen tomorrow. That's two weeks ahead of schedule with the completion of resurfacing the pool's marcite shell. The pool... Read More.