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People in Venice next month seek to set records for life jackets. On May 17, residents hope to break the mark for most life jackets worn, as well as inflatable ones inflated. Organizers hope to not... Read More.

The governor today has named a new secretary for the state's child welfare agency. Mike Carroll takes over the Department of Children and Families next week. Interim secretary Esther Jacobo took over the agency last July... Read More.

State lawmakers have decided how to spend the money in the new state budget. The deal includes a 2.6 percent increase in spending on public school students. Lawmakers have also agreed to give a five-percent pay... Read More.

The Florida Senate has honored Masters champion Bubba Watson. Lawmakers have lined up at the Capitol to snap photos with him. Watson has just won the Masters for the second time. He calls Bagdad in... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office has deputies out looking for speeders in two spots next week. Drivers truly need to obey the speed limit to two spots starting Monday: Gulfstream Boulevard in Englewood, and Midway... Read More.

Deputies arrested two people in Punta Gorda for making meth on Tuesday. The sheriff's office says it initially started out as a trespassing complaint off Burnt Store Road. The deputies found 39-year-old Richard Parson... Read More.

Venice reports a raw sewage spill from yesterday on Venetian Parkway. A six-inch PVC pipe cracked late in the morning. The city says it recovered most of the spill, disinfected the area, and fixed the pipe.... Read More.

The weather's warmer and the flashers may coming out again. Punta Gorda Police say they arrested 62-year old John Mielke of Port Charlotte today for exposing his sexual organs. Police went to... Read More.

Police and fire personnel in Venice rescued two kite boarders in the Gulf of Mexico last night. They responded to a report of trouble 300 yards offshore from Alhambra Road. Emergency crews arrived to find two... Read More.

A check by Charlotte County's marine patrol unit led to two drug arrests yesaterday. The unit received a report of an oil sheen from a houseboat moored behind a residence on Coral Drive in Punta... Read More.