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2017 is a few months away, but it's never too early to get a calendar for next year - and the Englewood Benefit Association is offering the 2017 firefighters calendar for just ten bucks. According... Read More.

A heads up if you use Upland Street in North Port. City officials say the section of Upland near Arvin Road is closed until further notice due to a damaged storm water pipe. ` Detours are posted... Read More.

Testimony continues in the Kello Bonhomme murder case. Dwayne Johnson is charged with second-degree murder in the 2014 death of Kello whose body was discovered off Salisbury Street in Port Charlotte. The Sun reports Johnson's co... Read More.

3 people are busted following a search at a Port Charlotte home. Police say officers along with the SWAT team raided the Cornell Ave home on Wednesday. Daniel Roy Carter faces drug and weapons charges while... Read More.

Hurricane Matthew continues to move up the Florida cost with winds of up to 107 miles an hour reported at Cape Canaveral. Three people in Florida are dead from the storm - two in St.... Read More.

A hotel room is hard to find in Charlotte County and surrounding areas as folks fleeing Hurricane Matthew have snapped up virtually all the available rooms. Some hotels even lifted their pet policies so those... Read More.

A man from Colombia wanted for sex crimes is found dead in Charlotte County. Police say Mauricio Espinosa Torres was wanted locally on drug and resisting arrest charges but was being sought by Interpol on... Read More.

The trial of a Port Charlotte man accused in a 2014 murder continued yesterday with the victim's brothers taking the stand. Dwayne Johnson is accused of killing Kello Bonhomme. Kello's brothers testified that he and Johnson... Read More.

Hurricane Matthew caused Charlotte County officials to declare a state of emergency not because of anticipated damage, but to help those on the east coast who will take a direct hit from the category... Read More.

There's improvement in the red tide situation in Charlotte County. The Sun reports that over the weekend county staff and around 20 citizen volunteers worked to clean up the dead fish that washed ashore last... Read More.