The parent company of the Bayfront Health facilities in Venice, Port Charlotte, and Punta Gorda is selling off one of its other nearby properties. Community Health Systems will sell Lehigh Regional Medical Center in... Read More.

Police have identified the woman found dead in a North Port grocery store restroom. 35-year-old Shannan Michelle Miller, an employee of the Publix store on Tamiami Trail, was discovered unresponsive around 1:30 yesterday afternoon,... Read More.

Good news for green sea turtles: Mote Marine Laboratory is reporting a record number of nests for the current season that began May 1 along beaches from Longboat Key to Venice. Green sea turtles... Read More.

Charlotte County deputies continue looking for drivers who break the law. They have stationed themselves along two stretches of roads for speeders this week: Deep Creek Boulevard in Port Charlotte and Punta Gorda, and Calumet... Read More.

Changes are on the way for North Port's Police Department.... http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-092115-Jennings-Nort Port PD VO.mp3 A restructuring of the department's due to take effect October 1st, based on recommendations from the Center for Public Safety Management. ... Read More.

Southwest Florida is seeing a rising trend in poisoning from hand sanitizer. Most brands contain nearly 70 percent alcohol, and just a few squirts ingested from a bottle can give a small child a... Read More.

Southwest Florida's unemployment rate keeps heading in the right direction--downward--though there remains some room for improvement. The region as a whole posted a 5.4 percent jobless rate for August, just a tick better than... Read More.

Some people have started a trend to show support for law enforcement. Project Blue Light means people put blue tape or paint on the curbs in front of their homes or their mailboxes. They... Read More.