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Charlotte County ranks as the 15th most healthy county in Florida. An annual report has surfaced from the University of Wisconsin and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The report shows Floridians overall have more access to... Read More.

The governor has approved the largest state budget in Florida's history. He has moved forward with most of the spending in the legislature's $80 billion budget for next year. The governor has issued $250 million in... Read More.

Several streets in Charlotte County lose water on Thursday. Work to widen Midway Boulevard shuts it off from 8 to 5 that day. Residents who live in surrounding neighborhoods should prepare for a boil water advisory. For... Read More.

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.