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(HARBOUR HEIGHTS) A Charlotte County Sheriff's Street Crimes Unit deputy made a traffic stop Wednesday at 6:15 p.m. after seeing a woman in a car that was wanted on previous Narcotics Unit undercover drug... Read More.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes Unit detectives have identified the skeletal remains found Sep. 18 along the Como Waterway near Cedarwood Street and Young Avenue in Port Charlotte. Detectives say positive identification has been... Read More.

The federal government is working on a massive research project to study America's Working Waterfronts. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development John Fernandez says the collaborative research program will provide coastal communities... Read More.

This doesn't sound very friendly... Friendly's in Sarasota and Bradenton are closed. Their employees are without jobs and we are without one more restaurant. The nearly 80 year old company closed alot of... Read More.

Police have charged a 19-year-old North Port man with first-degree murder in the March shooting of a Bradenton teacher. Katrelle Johnson is charged with the murder of Kenneth Ellis last March. Johnson also... Read More.

The C-E-O of the Sarasota YMCA has resigned. Paul Smith joined the Sarasota organization two years ago, coming over from the YMCA in Kansas City, where he served as chief operating officer. Ed Landis,... Read More.

A plane crash at the airport in Punta Gorda this morning and it couldn't have happened closer to first responders. Reports say a small plane apparently came in short of the runway and crashed... Read More.

The FAA is investigating a small plane crash this morning at Punta Gorda Airport. Bob Carpenter with the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office says they didn't have to travel very far to respond to... Read More.

Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Port Charlotte man found inside a foreclosed home this morning at 3:55 a.m. Brandon Michael Smiddy, 26, 2251 Lee Terrace, refused commands by a K9 Officer to come... Read More.

He's charged with exploitation of the elderly. Sarasota County detectives have arrested a man they say stole more than 100-thousand dollars from his grandmother. Officers say 33-year-old Ryan Leach of Sarasota stole over 102-thousand... Read More.