Author: WENG Newsroom

Allegiant Air's adding service to eight new destinations from Punta Gorda Airport. Tourism officials say this is not just a big boost for business in Charlotte County, but the effects will be felt... Read More.

(CHARLOTTE COUNTY) The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office will pay special attention to traffic enforcement at these locations from August 5-11. SPEED ENFORCEMENT: Entire length of Veterans Blvd. (Port Charlotte) Placida Road (CR775) from Rotonda... Read More.

...A RIVER FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MYAKKA RIVER AT MYAKKA RIVER STATE PARK. .HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS HAS LED TO ELEVATED WATER LEVELS ON AREA RIVERS. EXPECT WATER... Read More.

Five vehicles in the Port Charlotte area have been reported burglarized within the past few days. All of the vehicles had been left unlocked. On Thursday, deputies took a report from a victim who... Read More.

A West Palm Beach car transporter says a company he subcontracted to move a $170,000 Bentley Continental GT somehow "lost" the car. WINK TV reports Steven Yariv hired AAA Auto Transport Solutions of... Read More.

The construction of Winchester Boulevard South is ready to begin. Charlotte County posted its construction bid package for the project which would extend Winchester Boulevard from State Road 776 to Placida Road, south... Read More.

Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies arrested 59-shoplifters in an 8-day crackdown that had them teamed up with local retailers. The Herald-Tribune reports Sheriff Tom Knight says the suspects were not amateurs, but professional boosters... Read More.

Florida's education commissioner has quit his job. Tony Bennett's announcement has come just days after The Associated Press showed he changed the grade of a charter school that a major Republican donor operated. It happened during... Read More.

Florida residents are finally getting to see what so-called "Obamacare" means for them as state insurance officials plan to release rates showing how much health plans will cost under the new federal health law.... Read More.

Charlotte County commissioners will meet with staff next month to discuss ways of paying for what's turned into a very controversial $17.7 million sewer project they say is necessary to protect Charlotte Harbor from... Read More.