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The race for Florida’s 17th Congressional District is upended after Democratic candidate April Freeman died suddenly Sunday night.
PORT CHARLOTTE — The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday the death investigation on Gardner Drive which began Thursday night was determined to be a murder-suicide.
An internal investigation into a former Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office sergeant revealed additional law violations including trafficking in a controlled substance, CCSO announced Monday.
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April Freeman truly thought she could win.
It’s Annual Meeting week, and the lunch menu is set, centerpieces are being made, plaques delivered, script a work-in-
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After an evening of camaraderie, fun, great food and great music provided by the Gulfshore Opera, the Punta Gorda Chamber of Commerce’s Donna Heidenreich Business of the Year Awards were presented Saturday at the Isles Yacht Club.
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Schools may now be getting security from an unexpected and under-used source: student’s cellphones.
ENGLEWOOD — Red tide is taking a toll on sea turtles.
The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported the following arrests:
A Port Charlotte motorcyclist was arrested Thursday after fleeing from deputies while going nearly twice the speed limit in a 45 mph zone, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office reported.
The same man who was attacked by a former Punta Gorda police dog in 2015 was shocked with a Taser and arrested Sunday after allegedly stealing a newspaper and resisting law enforcement in a Port Charlotte neighborhood.
Zoning law changes proposed for a 15-acre hotel, residential and commercial development in Placida, are up for a final vote by the Charlotte County Commissioners on Tuesday.
Despite the fall season officially begun, not much change in the weather is expected to occur in Southwest Florida.
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April Freeman, the Democratic candidate for the Congressional District 17 seat, has died, according to a Facebook post from her husband.
Established more than 20 years ago, Central Florida Behavioral Health Network is a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) corporation contracting with community service organizations to provide a full array of publicly funded mental health and substance abuse services in Florida’s Suncoast counties. Services …
Rita Kagan pulled off a one-woman workforce coup when she took a sixth-month leave from her big-company job and never returned.
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In the 1980s, Gary Butson helped President Ronald Reagan develop “Star Wars.”
The Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a reported shooting around 1 p.m. Sunday on the 200 block of Myrtle Street in Nokomis.
When Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan brought their spectacular athleticism and skills to the big screen in the 1970s and 1980s, they sparked intense interest in Chinese martial arts. For those lacking the core athleticism, health and fitness demanded by martial arts such as Kung Fu, Tai Chi is a s…
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Charlotte commissioners will hold hearings Tuesday on updated water and sewer connection rules and on new gas station credit card protections.
Name: Rebecca Copenhaver, but I go by Becky most of the time.
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