NORTH PORT — North Port City Commissioners were about to start a discussion of their city manager’s annual performance review Tuesday night.
Students attending Charlotte County schools will have the option of going to school in person or continue taking classes virtually, according …
SARASOTA — The Sarasota County School Board decided to delay the first day of school three weeks, citing concerns that the COVID-19 pandemic c…
SARASOTA — After a months-long search, the Sarasota County School unanimously selected its new superintendent Tuesday.
A face mask mandate failed to gain a majority approval or the required 4-5 votes by Charlotte County commissioners Tuesday.
SARASOTA — Outside the Sarasota County School Board meeting, Madison Studt-Campbell, 17, held a sign supporting student’s returning to school.
An Englewood woman was arrested after allegedly breaking into her neighbor's pool to go skinny dipping, the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office …
MURDOCK — Charlotte County commissioners voted down an emergency ordinance mandating masks in many public spaces on Tuesday afternoon.
ARCADIA — A mask mandate in DeSoto County seems unlikely for now despite other local governments taking action on the issue.
Here are the latest coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics available for Florida and our area counties, as of 11:30 a.m. July 14. The next update …
VENICE — The Venice City Council really wants you to wear a mask to reduce the spread of the coronavirus but stopped short Tuesday of voting t…
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VENICE — The Venice Community Center will be the site again for COVID-19 drive-thru testing this week.
The message seems clear.
A developer proposing up to 112 apartments on Harborview Road received approval Monday from three out of four members on Charlotte County’s P…
COVID-19 hasn’t stopped kindness from local businesses, nonprofits and others. Here’s some good news from around the area.
Charlotte County has been asked to join a group of counties and cities in a unified effort to address the effects of global warming.
Following Gov. Ron DeSantis’ order that all Florida schools must open as normal in August, local districts were left to figure out the logisti…
A bribery charge against a former prosecutor in the 20th Judicial Circuit has been dropped by the State Attorney's Office in the 12th Judicial…
ENGLEWOOD — The Florida Department of Transportation is gearing up to repave two more stretches of State Road 776 near Englewood.
PORT CHARLOTTE — With only a couple weeks left until deadline, the Sunrise Kiwanis Shoes for Kids program is short on its goal of 4,000 new pa…
PUNTA GORDA — Construction at the Laishley Park Boat Ramp in Punta Gorda has been extended through July 24.
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ENGLEWOOD — With no beauty pageant, mayor for the day contest, cardboard boat races or shipwreck dance, COVID-19 has pretty much wiped out Eng…
A Stanford University researcher was interested in how new technology was changing how people were building relationships, specifically romant…
Birthday candles may be in high demand next year as Charlotte, Sarasota, Hardee, Glades and Highlands counties prepare to celebrate their cent…