Author: WENG Newsroom

Charlotte County's unemployment rate in January came out to 5.6 percent. This represents an increase from 5.1 percent in December, but still down from 6.5 percent in January of last year. The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office has announced its speed enforcement locations for this week. Deputies have their radar guns out more often along Melbourne Street in Port Charlotte, as well as on Placida Road in... Read More.

A Port Charlotte man is in jail facing charges following a police chase at speeds of up to 60 miles an hour on Cape Coral residential streets. 53 year old Dante Curtis is... Read More.

A woman hit by a vehicle after exiting a Lee Tran bus on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Wednesday night has died. Fort Myers Police say 55 year old Sandra Lee... Read More.

North Port Police arrested a woman Tuesday evening after they say she attacked a man and an officer. The Charlotte Sun cites a department report that shows she also apparently hit herself to make it... Read More.

Port Charlotte has a new grocery store. ALDI opened its doors last week on Tamiamia Trail. Shopping carts cost a refundable 25 cents. ALDI provides shopping bags for a charge, but you can bring your own.

Allegiant Air keeps increasing passenger traffic at the airport in Punta Gorda. Year over year, traffic rose over 37 percent last month to over 91,000 travelers. The Business Observer reports this puts the airport on target... Read More.

Unmarried Florida couples can soon legally live together. The statehouse has approved legislation that would repeal a state law from 1868 that prohibits pre-marital cohabitation. The senate has already approved the bill. It now goes... Read More.

The remaining Republican candidates debate tonight in Miami. The University of Miami hosts it, and CNN televises it. The debate begins at 8:30. A Quinnipiac poll yesterday had Donald Trump comfortably in front of Marco Rubio and... Read More.

The highway patrol has identified the woman who died Monday on I-75. It says a vehicle left the scene after hitting her on the southbound side five miles past Tuckers Grade. The patrol has identified the... Read More.