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The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office wants people to avoid State Road 776 near Charlotte Sports Park this afternoon.It wants to minimize the traffic congestion associated with spring training games. They have cause some... Read More.

Florida's attorney general has endorsed Donald Trump.Pam Bondi has made the announcement at a Trump campaign event in Tampa.No one else from the governor's cabinet has formally endorsed a candidate for president.

Police are reporting that one person is dead and two seriously injured in a crash in Lehigh Acres on State Road 82 on Sunday night. The wreck happened just East of Alabama Road... Read More.

North Port Police say they have closed a dozen cases over the last year with two things that have not cost the city anything.They have done all this with Facebook and Twitter.The Herald-Tribune reports... Read More.

Charlotte County's unemployment rate in January came out to 5.6 percent.This represents an increase from 5.1 percent in December, but still down from 6.5 percent in January of last year.The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office has announced its speed enforcement locations for this week.Deputies have their radar guns out more often along Melbourne Street in Port Charlotte, as well as on Placida Road in... Read More.

A Port Charlotte man is in jail facing charges following a police chase at speeds of up to 60 miles an hour on Cape Coral residential streets. 53 year old Dante Curtis is... Read More.

A woman hit by a vehicle after exiting a Lee Tran bus on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard Wednesday night has died. Fort Myers Police say 55 year old Sandra Lee... Read More.

North Port Police arrested a woman Tuesday evening after they say she attacked a man and an officer.The Charlotte Sun cites a department report that shows she also apparently hit herself to make it... Read More.

Port Charlotte has a new grocery store.ALDI opened its doors last week on Tamiamia Trail.Shopping carts cost a refundable 25 cents.ALDI provides shopping bags for a charge, but you can bring your own.