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AUTHORITIES SAY A FIRE THAT CONSUMED A HOME IN RURAL PUNTA GORDA TUESDAY NIGHT KILLED SEVERAL FAMILY PETS.  WE FIRST REPORTED THE BLAZE ON OIL WELL ROAD NOT FAR FROM THE CHARLOTTE... Read More.

THE NORTH PORT CITY COMMISSION VOTED 5-0 ON TUESDAY TO BRING IN FIVE CANDIDATES FOR INTERVIEWS FOR THE OPEN CITY MANAGER POSITION NEXT WEEK.  THE CITY COMMISSION AGREED TO INVITE ALAN COHEN, THE PRESIDENT... Read More.

A FORT MYERS MAN WAS SHOT AND KILLED IN PORT CHARLOTTE LATE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.  CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A RESIDENT SAID SHE HEARD MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS IN THE AREA OF LEONA STREET NEAR VETERANS BOULEVARD,... Read More.

A FEDERAL JURY HAS FOUND 48 YEAR OLD TIMOTHY BIDWELL OF SARASOTA GUILTY OF USING THE INTERNET IN AN ATTEMPT TO INDUCE AND PERSUADE A MINOR INTO COMMITTING SEX ACTS.  U S ATTORNEY ROBERT... Read More.

A SEARCH FIRM FROM PALM BEACH COUNTY IS SCHEDULED TO MEET WITH NORTH PORT CITY COMMISSIONERS TODAY TO DISCUSS THE NINE REMAINING CANDIDATES FOR THE CITY MANAGER POSITION.  ACCORDING TO THE SUN, CITY... Read More.

SARASOTA COUNTY DETECTIVES HAVE ARRESTED 47 YEAR OLD JOHN LEE OF VENICE IN CONNECTION WITH A DOUBLE MURDER LAST MONTH.  DEPUTIES PICKED UP LEE THE DAY AFTER HIS FIANCE, 39 YEAR OLD TRACI NABERGALL... Read More.

A WOMAN WAS KILLED AND THE DRIVER OF A MOTORCYCLE WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT IN NOKOMIS SATURDAY EVENING.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 57 YEAR OLD BARRY ANDERSON OF PORT... Read More.

A VENICE WOMAN DIED IN AN ACCIDENT IN EAST ENGLEWOOD FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  THE FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL SAYS 16 YEAR OLD BRIAN HAUSCHILD OF PORT CHARLOTTE WAS EASTBOUND ON SOUTH MCCALL ROAD APPROACHING... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES RAIDED ANOTHER PORT CHARLOTTE HEALTH SPA ON THURSDAY AND ARRESTED FOUR WOMEN FOR PROSTITUTION.  DEPUTIES SAY THEY RECEIVED A CRIME STOPPERS TIP IN SEPTEMBER ABOUT POSSIBLE PROSTITUTION AT MANDALA HEALTH... Read More.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY NARCOTICS DETECTIVES CONTINUE THEIR ROUNDUP OF ENGLEWOOD AND PORT CHARLOTTE AREA CRACK COCAINE, OXYCODONE, AND MARIJUANA DRUG DEALERS.  DETECTIVES ARRESTED 18 YEAR OLD RICHARD HENSON OF ENGLEWOOD AND 18 YEAR OLD DAVID... Read More.