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An endangered green sea turtle will be released this afternoon off Longboat Key. Hayley Rutger at Mote Marine Laboratory says Jeffrey the sea turtle has been at Mote's Sea Turtle Rehab Hospital since... Read More.

It was a lack of copper that knocked out the phones in Port Charlotte over the weekend. Century Link told the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office yesterday that the theft of copper wiring cut phone lines... Read More.

A student pilot from Russia uninjured in a plane crash in Venice today. A Cessna 152, single-engine aircraft crashed today around 10:45 a.m. in the 500 block of Base Avenue in Venice. The aircraft,... Read More.

Traffic was slowed in Punta Gorda this morning after two semis collided on I-75. The collision at I-75 and Tuckers Grade, mile marker 150. A Charlotte County Fire/EMS SPecial Operations unit was called to... Read More.

A man accused in a series of home invasions and a murder has been found guilty in a Sarasota County court. A number of people in the courtroom broke into applause for prosecuting attorneys... Read More.

Police searching for the person who fired shots at a home in Newtown late yesterday. Witnesses say it was a drive-by shooting in the 1400 block of 19th Street. No one reportedly in... Read More.

The first flight control tower at the Punta Gorda Airport will soon be staffed. And that staff will be paid by the FAA -- or the Federal Aviation Administration. The executive director of the... Read More.

More charges today against the man accused of murdering an off-duty SCAT bus driver in November. In addition to murder charges, deputies are now charging 31-year-old Charles Hill with kidnapping and robbery with a... Read More.

Arrested for stealing jewelry from residents on an assisted living facility. Police in Venice say two former employees of the Bella Vita assisted living facility have been arrested in a string of jewelry thefts.... Read More.

An elderly Sarasota woman is being charged in an incident late last night that injured a motorcyclist. Police say 85-year-old Ruth Shulan turned directly into the path of an oncoming motorcycle ridden by 63-year-old... Read More.