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The construction of Winchester Boulevard South is ready to begin. Charlotte County posted its construction bid package for the project which would extend Winchester Boulevard from State Road 776 to Placida Road, south... Read More.

Sarasota County Sheriff's deputies arrested 59-shoplifters in an 8-day crackdown that had them teamed up with local retailers. The Herald-Tribune reports Sheriff Tom Knight says the suspects were not amateurs, but professional boosters... Read More.

Florida's education commissioner has quit his job. Tony Bennett's announcement has come just days after The Associated Press showed he changed the grade of a charter school that a major Republican donor operated. It happened during... Read More.

Florida residents are finally getting to see what so-called "Obamacare" means for them as state insurance officials plan to release rates showing how much health plans will cost under the new federal health law.... Read More.

Charlotte County commissioners will meet with staff next month to discuss ways of paying for what's turned into a very controversial $17.7 million sewer project they say is necessary to protect Charlotte Harbor from... Read More.

CCSO deputies are investigating after someone removed the hurricane shutters on two homes in the Gulf Cove area of Englewood yesterday break into those homes. The first home was off Keystone Boulevard, and... Read More.

A Punta Gorda man reported that his Harley Davidson motorcycle was taken from a Harbour Heights bar last Friday night. The victim said he and his wife rode his 1992 orange and black Harley... Read More.

Members of the Narcotics Unit, with the assistance of the SWAT Team, executed a search warrant Friday morning at a Punta Gorda residence where they had previously searched three times. Four people were arrested... Read More.

North Port Police continue investigating a vehicle burglary from yesterday at the Publix on South Sumter Boulevard. Officers on their way to that incident, however, received a call for a carjacking in the Walgreens on... Read More.

Assistance is needed to identify two men who attempted to steal two large screen televisions from the Murdock Walmart Supercenter late Sunday afternoon. At about 5:15 pm, two men entered the Wal-Mart Supercenter, located... Read More.