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Bob Bedford moved to Englewood with his family in 1973. He attended Englewood Elementary School and Lemon Bay Junior/Senior High School, graduating in 1986. He attended the University of Florida and graduated with a... Read More.

Dr. Doug Whittaker, Superintendent of Charlotte County Public Schools is proud to announce that Charlotte High School, Lemon Bay High School, and Port Charlotte High School all earned a grade of "A" from the... Read More.

(CHARLOTTE COUNTY) The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office will pay special attention to traffic enforcement at these locations from Dec. 24-30. Also, the statewide “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign continues now through Jan.... Read More.

(PORT CHARLOTTE) Charlotte County Sheriff's Street Crimes Unit deputies arrested a Port Charlotte man Thursday at his home that was wanted for Trafficking in Percocet, a schedule IV narcotic. Arrested was Jason Michael Marrone,... Read More.

A Charlotte County Sheriff's deputy saw a blue Subaru with no headlights on Wednesday at 11:41 p.m. that resulted in drug trafficking charges and seizure of $5,445 in cash. Arrested was Patricia Ann South,... Read More.

The sanc­tu­ary of Engle­wood United Methodist Church will be decked with hun­dreds of poin­set­tias for Christ­mas Eve Can­dle­light Ser­vices Monday. Servicetimes are 4, 6, 8 and 11 p.m. On Tues­day, Christ­mas Day, every­one in... Read More.

Two of three people charged in the 2001 murder of Tara Sidarovich In Punta Gorda entered not guilty pleas this week. David McMannis is charged with murder in the death of the 19... Read More.

North Port residents living near the Myakka State Foest could see smoky skies this week. Deputy fire chief Scott Titus says the Florida Forest Service is conducting perscribed burns...

Sarasota County detectives are in Lansing, Kansas, trying to solve the murders of a Sarasota County family over half a century ago. The bodies of convicted killers Perry Smith and Dick Hickock are being... Read More.

Two Englewood East brothers are facing multiple drug charges following their bust by Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies Monday. The suspects are 31-year-old Matthew Robert Werman, who lives on Teaberry Street and Mark Anthony... Read More.