Author: WENG Newsroom

Punta Gorda airport traffic is booming, up nearly 70 percent from this time last year. The airport says that more than 62,000 passengers passed through its terminal last month, marking the 25th-straight month of... Read More.

Two Port Charlotte pastors were rushed to the hospital this afternoon after being shocked by power lines as they trimmed trees outside a church. The two men, whose names have not been released, were... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office enforces the speed limit most carefully in two stretches of road this week. Deputies particularly concentrate on Midway Boulevard between Kings Highway and Route 41 in Port Charlotte. They do the... Read More.

Detectives want help identifying a man involved in a robbery in Port Charlotte. The sheriff's office says it happened Saturday morning. A man reported someone dragging him out of the Metro PCS store on Tamiami Trail. He... Read More.

Florida's courts will now redrawn the congressional district map after the state Senate rejected the House version yesterday by a 23-16 vote. Leon County Circuit Judge George Reynolds will consider previous proposed maps before... Read More.

Florida DOT will install about nine miles of fencing along Alligator Alley between FakaUnion Canal Bridge and the Naples toll booth in order to complete fencing along the entire highway and improve safety for... Read More.

A gyrocopter crashed at the Red Neck Yacht Club in Punta Gorda this afternoon. Charlotte County Fire & EMS responded to the incident that touched off a fire. The aircraft's pilot sustained serious injuries... Read More.

A new vocational school in North Port took another step forward this week. The Sarasota County School Board approved a pre-construction agreement with contractor Willis Smith to begin detailing material needs, scheduling, and cost... Read More.

A wreck earlier this morning shut down all southbound lanes of Interstate 75 near Venice for about three hours. Two trucks collided near mile marker 189 just before 6am, sparking a fire that pushed... Read More.

The southwest Florida real estate market continues to heat up. Home prices in the Sarasota-Manatee area jumped 12.1 percent compared to the same time last year, according to data provider CoreLogic. That rate far... Read More.