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How does pollution-free public transportation sound to you? How does FREE sound? That's the concept that's being pushed in Venice as the company that operates the Green Trolley hopes to provide the service in... Read More.

Drug Free Charlotte County is a national award winner. The local group has been named a “Coalition of Excellence” by Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America, and will receive the “Coalition of the Year” award.... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's department got an alarm on Sunday showing that a store in Englewood East had been burglarized. Investigators said who ever did it got away with 20 thousand dollars in... Read More.

Charlotte County deputies are beefing up enforcement efforts on some area roadways that have produced the most accidents. A prime target: Veterans Boulevard in Port Charlotte, where 42 people were injured in 82 separate... Read More.

An off-duty sheriff's deputies happens across three men stealing scrap metal in broad daylight. The unidentified deputy went to Curry Moving and Storage in Port Charlotte to pick up some items he had stored... Read More.

Charlotte County Sheriff’s deputies intend to step up traffic enforcement this week at four locations with a history of accidents. Those are Veterans Boulevard in Port Charlotte; Placida Road from Englewood to Placida; U.S.... Read More.

Sarasota County has a new Fire Marshal. He's Richard Fulwider, who takes the job following the retirement of Jane Ross-Herrin. Fulwider has been with the county for seven years as a fire inspector and... Read More.

Its up to the state's attorney, but North Port High School's principal could be in trouble. It was in June of this year that police were alerted to Dr. George Kenney's... Read More.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes detectives say a man walked into Charlotte Pharmacy Wednesday afternoon demanding drugs and said he was strapped with a bomb. Detectives say he handed the clerk a note requesting... Read More.

While the statistics on the number of late mortgages and homeowners in foreclosures remains worse on the Gulf Coast than across the nation, it's a little better than in the state as a whole.... Read More.