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Centrell Turner's been charged by the Manatee County Sheriff's office in a home invasion robbery at a Bradenton home last month. The 31-year old Turner was captured in Orlando and had been charged... Read More.

A new report shows that Charlotte County teens are less likely to use alcohol, tobacco and marijuana than they were 10 years ago, but substance use is still higher than the state average in... Read More.

Some like it hot. Lots of tourists do. And they're enjoying the unseasonably warm temperatures along Suncoast beaches. Wednesday's high of 87 at Sarasota-Bradenton Airport was a huge 16 degrees above normal and set... Read More.

A man who has been on the run for almost a quarter century after being convicted of molesting a child is now behind bars. US Marshals in Scranton, Pennsylvania yesterday arrested Richard Verboys, who was... Read More.

The principal at a Charlotte County high school has been taken off the job. Ron Schuyler, the principal at Charlotte County's alternative high school The Academy, is under investigation. The human resources department is... Read More.

A police standoff outside a Gulf Gate apartment ended safely last night after the suspected bank robber surrendered to police.The robbery happened yesterday afternoon at the Bank of America near Gulf Gate Drive and... Read More.

The couple wanted for stealing an expensive welder from Tractor Supply has been caught...just after reportedly stealing from a local Dollar General. A Charlotte County sheriff's deputy detained a Port Charlotte couple Friday for... Read More.

A Department of Juvenile Justice worker continues on the job during an investigation into her involvement in a reported road rage incident. According to the other driver in the confrontation, Tamiko Ellen started... Read More.

PUNTA GORDA — The Punta Gorda Speedway, a nearly 25-acre racetrack that has been operating on Punta Gorda Airport property for some 20 years, now may be careening toward a fiscal cliff, based on... Read More.

Santa Claus made a stop in Charlotte County Thursday for the 14th annual fire and rescue pancake breakfast. The crew served hundreds of people pancakes and sausage. They used about 40 pounds of pancake batter... Read More.