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Flood warnings continue for rivers flowing through the Gulf Coast.The National Weather Service has issued them for the Peace, Myakka, and Little Manatee rivers until tomorrow night.Rivers flowing through Charlotte and Sarasota counties have... Read More.

Students in Sarasota County have returned to school today.With classes starting, the district advises people to drive more carefully and stop for all waiting school buses.

A Fort Myers man died saving his wife at Miami Beach.Fire Rescue yesterday found a 34-year-old man in distress after he rescued his wife form a rip current.The choppy seas ultimately grabbed him, and... Read More.

Fort Myers officially has a new police chief tomorrow.The department formally swears in Derrick Diggs at that time.Diggs has served as a police officer in Ohio for 37 years.He comes to Fort Myers from... Read More.

Today begins early voting in some places for the primary elections.People in Charlotte County can vote in three places: The second floor of the historical courthouse, the Mid County Regional Library, and the West... Read More.

Sarasota County has its first Zika case.The state health department has announced 10 new travel-related cases.This adds Sarasota County to the declaration of public health emergency.Two travel-related Zika cases have already popped up in... Read More.

Charlotte County's commissioners hold an informational meeting with with Congressman Thomas Rooney on Tuesday.Staff from the Army Corps of Engineers plan on attending this meeting.It takes place at Tringali Recreation Center in Englewood on... Read More.

A study shows Florida's minimum wage of just over eight dollars per hour cannot lift families out of poverty.The report from Columbia University puts the poverty line at $24,300 in annual income for a... Read More.

A real estate researcher finds fewer homeowners in the region underwater.ATTOM Data Solutions says just over 10,000 homeowners in Charlotte County owe at least 25 percent more on their mortgages than their properties' total... Read More.

School superintendents statewide have joined the governor for a conference call today concerning Zika.He says districts can count on receiving Zika toolkits.Representatives from districts in the region tell WBBH-TV that they have worked to... Read More.