33-year-old Delwayne Mize of Naples is in critical condition after swerving to miss a dog Friday night in Charlotte County. Mize's car overturned on Montura Avenue just before 8pm. He was taken to Lee... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is investigating a death in Punta Gorda over the weekend. Investigators were called out to Hathaway Park near Washington Loop Road Saturday morning and found a body in a... Read More.

The Sarasota County Sheriff's Office reports a man's death from this morning. Someone found him on the loading dock in the back of Doctors Hospital. The office says the identification he had did not appear to... Read More.

Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies will be busy this week with increased traffic enforcement on roads in Port Charlotte and Englewood. http://blogaudio.virtualnewscenter.com/WENG-081715-Jennings-Traffic Enforcement VO.mp3 Deputies will after speeders the entire length of Rampart Boulevard... Read More.

Venice Municipal Airport hosted officials from the Federal Aviation Administration this week to discuss a request to open up a skydiving drop zone in the area. Airport leaders contend that the amount of air... Read More.

Two area hospitals are going under the microscope for failing to verify that their Medicaid contracts comply with Florida law by an August 1 deadline. Venice Regional Bayfront Health and Bayfront Health Punta Gorda... Read More.

A Florida House of Representatives committee approved a "base map" today that would comply with a state Supreme Court ruling last month. The House plans to hold a final vote on Monday. Meanwhile, the... Read More.

Detectives continue looking for a suspected burglar. The sheriff's office says a dark blue SUV pulled up to the Sprint store on Tamiami Trail in Port Charlotte just after midnight Aug. 2. It claims a man... Read More.