BRUSH FIRE PUT OUT QUICKLY

Tuesday, January 11

AUTHORITIES WORKED QUICKLY TO PUT OUT A BRUSH FIRE MONDAY AFTERNOON IN PORT CHARLOTTE. CHARLOTTE COUNTY FIRE & EMS RESPONDED TO THE NORTHSHORE TERRACE AREA AT 1:15PM AND FOUND ABOUT ONE ACRE BURNING IN HEAVY FUEL. THE FIRE WAS MOVING QUICKLY BECAUSE OF STRONG... Read More.

SECOND HEARING AID ARREST IN VENICE

Tuesday, January 11

A SECOND MAN FROM A VENICE HEARING AID COMPANY WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ROBBED THEM. PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY 51 YEAR OLD PETER CLEPPE TOLD VENICE POLICE THAT HE HAD TAKEN OVER $5000 OF HEARING AID EQUIPMENT FROM THE FRIENDSHIP HEARING AID... Read More.

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MAN ARRESTED FOR ARMED ROBBERY OF WOMAN

Monday, January 10

A PUNTA GORDA MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY ROBBED A WOMAN AT GUNPOINT. DEPUTIES SAY THE PORT CHARLOTTE WOMAN CALLED THEM AROUND 7:30 FRIDAY NIGHT AND SAID SHE WAS STOPPED IN HER VEHICLE NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF CONWAY AND MIDWAY BOULEVARDS BY A... Read More.

OYSTER CREEK PARK TO BE RENAMED

Monday, January 10

CHARLOTTE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ON TUESDAY WILL VOTE ON A PROPOSAL TO RENAME ENGLEWOOD’S OYSTER CREEK REGIONAL PARK AFTER A FORMER WFLN HOST. THE ENGLEWOOD EDGE REPORTS THAT THE PARKS AND RECREATION ADVISORY BOARD RECOMMENDS THE NAME CHANGE TO ANN DEVER MEMORIAL REGIONAL ... Read More.

KELLY INVESTIGATION COMPLETE, IN HER HANDS

Friday, January 7

THE INVESTIGATION INTO THE DIRECTOR OF THE LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOL THEATER IS COMPLETE AND IN HER HANDS. CHARLOTTE COUNTY SCHOOLS SPOKESMAN MIKE REILLY TOLD WFLN NEWS THURSDAY THAT JENNIFER KELLY RECEIVED THE RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION EARLIER THIS WEEK AND HAS BEEN GIVEN... Read More.

FIREFIGHTER INJURED IN HOUSE FIRE

Thursday, January 6

ONE FIREFIGHTER WAS INJURED EARLY THIS MORNING WHEN THE ROOF OF A HOME COLLAPSED ON HIM AS HE BATTLED A FIRE. CHARLOTTE FIRE & EMS CREWS WERE CALLED TO 246 EAST TARPON BOULEVARD NORTHWEST JUST BEFORE MIDNIGHT, AND WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY... Read More.

MESSINA DISMISSED FROM LEMON BAY

Wednesday, January 5

LEMON BAY HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DAN JEFFERS ANNOUNCED TODAY THAT MIKE MESSINA HAS BEEN RELIEVED OF HIS DUTIES AS THE HEAD FOOTBALL COACH AT THE SCHOOL. JEFFERS THANKED MESSINA FOR HIS HARD WORK OVER HIS 16 YEARS AT THE HELM, WHICH INCLUDED 4 DISTRICT... Read More.

FIRE STILL BURNS IN SOUTH GULF COVE

Wednesday, January 5

A WIND SHIFT CAUSED AUTHORITIES TO CLOSE GASPARILLA ROAD NEAR LINWOOD DRIVE AGAIN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON AS A MULCH FIRE CONTINUES TO SMOLDER THERE. FIRE OFFICIALS NOW SAY THAT FIRE, WHICH WAS APPARENTLY CAUSED BY SPARKS FROM AN INCINERATOR TUESDAY AFTERNOON, COULD BURN FOR A... Read More.

DETAILS OF MURDER MADE PUBLIC

Wednesday, January 5

AUTHORITIES HAVE RELEASED THE DETAILS OF WHAT WENT DOWN IN THE MURDER OF JEFFREY MAZUR. PUBLISHED REPORTS SAY 33 YEAR OLD DRIFTER JAMES BESAW WAS UPSET WITH MAZUR AFTER HE WENT TO HIM TO RECOVER SOME SILVER COINS HE HAD PAWNED. WHEN MAZUR TOLD... Read More.

TOURISM DIRECTOR FOUND FOR CHARLOTTE

Wednesday, January 5

CHARLOTTE COUNTY TOURISM OFFICIALS KNEW IT WOULD BE A TOUGH JOB TO REPLACE BECKY BOVELL AS DIRECTOR, AND THEY BELIEVE THEY HAVE THEIR WOMAN. LORAH STEINER, A LODGING MARKETING SPECIALIST FROM COLUMBIA, MISSOURI IS THE ONE THAT EMERGED FROM A SIX MONTH NATIONAL... Read More.