Author: WENG Newsroom

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reminds people not to fall for unlicensed contractors. This follows the tornadoes from a couple weeks ago. The twisters damaged Punta Gorda's Deep Creek and the area near Route 41 and... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office wants people to look out for a wanted man. It says the Hernando County Sheriff's Office seeks 41-year-old David Deine, Sr. Someone last saw Deine in Spring Hill on Thursday afternoon. The... Read More.

The National Weather Service has confirmed two tornadoes in Charlotte County. Fire and EMS officials have identified two main areas of damage: Punta Gorda's Deep Creek, and the area near Route 41 and Murdock Circle. The... Read More.

A camera caught a wrong-way driver coming down the breakdown lane on I-75 Monday. The camera came from inside a Sarasota deputy's patrol vehicle. Deputies ultimately stopped 21-year-old Ryan Fleury of Port Charlotte. They say a test... Read More.

Precautions against the Zika virus continue. Sun Newspapers report Mosquito Control has already sprayed 13,000 acres in Charlotte County this month. The closest report of the virus stems from the Lee County side of Gasparilla Island. Florida... Read More.

A vehicle hit and injured a bicyclist last night in Punta Gorda. The highway patrol says it happened as this person pedaled north on Tamiami Trail near Oil Well Road. It says the vehicle swerved right,... Read More.

Familiar horses come to North Port next month. The Budweiser Clydesdales trot through town Mar. 17. The North Port Sun reports the horses come into town on St. Patrick's Day as they make their way to... Read More.

A state-sanctioned hunt on public lands for invasive Burmese pythons has come to an end. Organizers of the python challenge say 102 pythons had been caught since the competition began January 16. Researchers believe... Read More.

A Punta Gorda man has serious injuries from yesterday's crash in Port Charlotte. The highway patrol says 74-year-old Robert Gurreri rode a motorcycle south on Route 41 ahead of Cochran Boulevard. A vehicle sat at a... Read More.

Health officials in Florida have confirmed that a third case of the Zika virus has been discovered in Lee County. In an update Thursday from the Florida Department of Health, a total of 18 cases... Read More.