(PORT CHARLOTTE) Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell announced at a press conference this morning that three marijuana grow houses was raided Tuesday in Port Charlotte as “Operation Green House” continues. A total of 351.35... Read More.

Students are seeing CCSO Drug Dogs in school this week: The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reports that K9 units have been at two schools in the county and have made two drug arrests so far.... Read More.

Punta Gorda Airport's joining others across the country facing the loss of their air traffic control towers to funding cuts, in suing the FAA to stop them. Under the cuts, the tower at Punta... Read More.

Heron House, a Sarasota assisted-living center, has been working with the county public health officials since yesterday to contain an outbreak of a gastrointestinal disease among residents of its memory care unit. The... Read More.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reports that K9 units have been at two schools in the county and have made two drug arrests so far. A CCSO spokesperson says the K9 unit will... Read More.

Charlotte County Sheriff's detectives have arrested 24-year old Kenneth Purdin, II of Port Charlotte for stealing his parents jewelry, worth over $22,000. His parents called CCSO when they returned home last week... Read More.

John Roseboom, the well-known Sarasota High band director who was removed from campus last month, is back to work: Roseboom, who had been on paid administrative leave since Feb. 28, will work in the district's... Read More.

After years of trying to bring a water park resort to the area, Southwest Land Developers and Charlotte County are pulling the plug on a land swap deal that was supposed to give a... Read More.