The only air carrier at Punta Gorda Airport is in the midst of a potential pilot walkout. Pilots working for Allegiant Air yesterday voted to authorize a strike as negotiations continue between the union... Read More.

A big step in the process of creating two new hospitals in south Sarasota County happened Monday, when state regulators issued a final order issuing “certificates of need.” That will -at last- clear the... Read More.

Three teenagers are in connection with a string of burglaries to unlocked vehicles that happened this weekend in the area of Gillot Boulevard in Port Charlotte. In all, nine vehicles were hit on Gillot as... Read More.

A community group that has been opposed to the dredging of Big Pass to rebuild Lido Beach says they will not end their fight to stop the project. Save Our Siesta Sands 2 argues... Read More.

Some stolen beer from a Port Charlotte convenience store led to a police chase on Sunday night. Police say two men- later identified as 26-year old Joshua Manning and 30-year old David Manning- ran... Read More.

Authorities say a Florida man tried to take a loaded handgun through airport security. The News-Press reports that 23-year-old Joshua Lee Smith was arrested Thursday at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers and... Read More.

Officers with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission captured a super-sized gator in Venice on Sunday. According to the Sarasota Sheriff's Office's Twitter account, FWC trapped a 13-foot gator from Shamrock Park in Venice... Read More.

Millions of Sunpass customers are seeing new charges pop up on their accounts after the Sunpass computer system was been down for nearly a month. The Florida Department of Transportation says 10 million back-logged... Read More.