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The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office watches for speeders in Port Charlotte next week. Starting Monday, deputies heavily enforce the speed limit on all of Melbourne Street, and on El Jobean Road between Highway 41 and... Read More.

CCSO Narcotics Unit deputies raided a suspected Port Charlotte drug house this morning. Inside the home deputies found meth and synthetic marijuana. NBC2 reports the Sheriff's Department's cracking down on drugs and... Read More.

A Punta Gorda woman's been arrested on drug charges after CCSO deputies say she dumped the contents of her purse, which included the drugs, on the ground in front of them. It happened... Read More.

Every VA clinic nationwide, including the three in SW Florida, are facing an audit. The Department of Veterans Affairs is investigates dozens of deaths at a VA facility in Phoenix, AZ that many... Read More.

An 18 year old Harbour Heights man already in the Charlotte County Jail on charges including armed robbery and grand theft auto, has been slapped with new burglary counts involving five other incidents. ... Read More.

A Kansas man was charged last night with Soliciting for Prostitution after he allegedly propositioned a detective during an undercover operation. The operation was run near Jones Loop Road and Knights Drive in Punta... Read More.

An Englewood man was arrested Monday after customers at a beach business reported he'd displayed a firearm inside Calico Jack's and allegedly pointed the handgun at someone. 53-year old Rock Lavoie was arrested walking... Read More.

DCF continues changing its policies over what information the public should have. This follows a report from the Miami Herald. The department has released a memo outlining the "Vision for Transparency and Reporting of Child deaths." The... Read More.

CCSO detectives arrested a Port Charlotte man over the weekend for allegedly threatening a disabled woman and taking money from her twice. it happened near Quesada Avenue and Forrest Nelson Blvd. on Saturday.... Read More.

The owner and manager of an Englewood pharmacy's been convicted of the illegal distribution of prescription drugs and money laundering. 50-year old Jeffrey Green and 44-year old Karen Hebble of Gulf Coast Medical... Read More.