Get ready to pay more for trash pickup in Charlotte County starting next year. County commissioners this week approved a new 7-year contract with Waste Management. With it, a price hike of nearly 75... Read More.

Police say an autistic teen from Port Charlotte who went missing Monday has been found safe and sound in Mississippi. 53-year old Brenda Cambron, the girl's biological mother, now faces charges of kidnapping. Both... Read More.

Charlotte County students will be starting the school day 15 minutes earlier in the fall and going 15 minutes later in the afternoon. The county school board this week unanimously approved the changes after... Read More.

Meantime, Hurricane Michael didn’t keep the spring break crowds away from Florida’s Panhandle beaches. The News Herald reports bed tax collections from Panama City Beach hotels in March showed strong gains in March over... Read More.

Floridians will save on back-to-school and hurricane supplies under sales tax holidays Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law today at the annual governor's hurricane conference. The sales tax holiday will run from May... Read More.

Floridians will save on back-to-school and hurricane supplies under sales tax holidays Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law today at the annual governor's hurricane conference. The sales tax holiday will run from May... Read More.

A Donna J. Beasley Technical School bus carrying six students and the driver was involved in a crash in Lehigh Acres this morning. It happened at the corner of Leeland Heights Boulevard and Richmond... Read More.

One person was injured after a house fire in the 70 block of Hannah Street in Port Charlotte early Tuesday morning. Just before 1230am, fire crews were called to the home and found flames... Read More.