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Punta Gorda police are looking for a driver who fled the scene of a crash that sent one person to the hospital. Police said the crash happened just after 11 a.m. on May 19, on... Read More.

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. - An unresponsive man was found in the yard of a home in Englewood on Thursday morning, in a report from the Sarasota Sheriffs Office. Deputies from responded to the residence located... Read More.

SpaceX is expected to launch astronauts Douglas Hurley and Robert Behnken on a mission to the International Space Station at 4:33 pm ET today. This will be the first space launch from US soil... Read More.

VENICE — The Venice City Council unanimously approved $11.94 million for expanding City Hall and constructing a new Fire Station 51 on Tuesday. The new fire station is being designed as a two-story, 11,000- to... Read More.

DOH Sarasota Lifts No-Swim Advisory for Brohard Beach SARASOTA COUNTY - The "No Swim" advisory issued Thursday, May 21 for Brohard Beach has been lifted. Florida Department of Health in Sarasota County officials received testing results... Read More.

DURING THE WEEK OF JUNE 2ND, CHARLOTTE COUNTY LIBRARY STAFF IS HANDING OUT SUMMER READING INFORMATION AT A FEW AREA SCHOOLS TO COINCIDE WITH THE TIMES THEY ARE HANDING OUT FREE MEALS TO KIDS... Read More.

From 11:30am-3pm there will be a static drive-thru wreath display on the City Center green, on the far side of North Port City Hall. All are welcome to drive through and take at least... Read More.

The iconic Fishin Franks of Port Charlotte was destroyed in a fire Sunday morning after a fiery vehicle crash. A pick up truck headed down  US-41 at around 2 a.m. left the road, hit a... Read More.

If you took a COVID-19 test at a walk-up or drive-thru this May, you might have to get tested again. Health care company AdventHealth sent out a notice earlier this week that 33,000 coronavirus tests... Read More.

An unspecified number of unemployment applicants have been advised that some of their data was hacked, the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity acknowledged Thursday. “We have notified individuals that were part of a data... Read More.