Florida needs a DEP secretary. The governor's office says Herschel Vinyard steps down Monday. The governor has named Clifford Wilson III as interim secretary.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office seeks to identify a man in a check fraud case. Detectives believe he cashed a fake check for $2,000 at the Englewood Florida Community Bank in September. The check came from... Read More.

Detectives have arrested a Port Charlotte man for trying to burglarize Charlotte Pharmacy the previous week. The sheriff's office says it had already arrested 31-year-old Levi Jones for dealing in stolen property in an unrelated... Read More.

A notorious 911 caller from Punta Gorda has done it again. Maria Montanez-Colon made news worldwide in February for calling it to get a date with a policeman. Now NBC2 says that on Friday, the 59-year-old... Read More.

The latest "Click It or Ticket" event begins today. It runs through the end of Thanksgiving at the end of the month. Using seatbelts reduces the risk of a fatal injury in front-seat occupants... Read More.

The sheriff's office has arrested a Port Charlotte man that could make taxpayers unhappy. It believes 80-year-old John Denardo poured what looked like gas on the road in front his and his neighbors' homes on... Read More.

Three Port Charlotte men spent part of Halloween in jail. The sheriff's office arrested 18-year-old Michael Melillo, 20-year-old Cayden Ranney, and 21-year-old Nathan Wiley on drug charges. The narcotics unit found a grow room in the... Read More.

We have word of a fatal crash today in Port Charlotte. WZVN-TV reports it happened after 11 o'clock this morning on Harbor Boulevard near Dollar Avenue. The sheriff's office says the crash involved a motorcycle and... Read More.