Charlotte County, FL

Three people have been arrested after a search warrant was served at a home in Charlotte County. On Thursday morning, Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office Narcotics Unit, with help from their S.W.A.T and S.T.A.R. Units, served a search warrant at a home on Michigan Drive in Charlotte County. Deputies found...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — A fire set a Dollar General store ablaze Wednesday night, according to Charlotte County Fire & EMS. No injuries have been reported; however, heavy smoke and intense heat filled the building and surrounding areas. The fire ignited at U.S. 17 and Cleveland Avenue. It started at approximately 8 p.m.

Charlotte County Fire confirmed a fire at the Dollar General on Cleveland Avenue Wednesday night.

On Wednesday night, a large fire sparked inside a Dollar General on Duncan Road in Charlotte County. Firefighters say they had to fight the fire from above because the flames were too hot to allow them to get inside the building and heavy smoke was coming from all sides. Crews were able to open doors and cut ventilation holes in the Dollar General roof.

The school year is ending in Southwest Florida, and students are looking back fondly on a year when things returned to normal after the pandemic. As they get ready to start their summer, they also can’t help but think about the lives lost in Texas. One student said he couldn’t help but think of his little brother when he heard about the students at Robb Elementary School in Texas.

Florida Correctional Officer Sentenced For Attempting To Smuggle Drugs Into Work Campgoogle maps. United States District Judge Thomas P. Barber has sentenced Leslie Spencer,49, to 30 months in federal prison for attempting to possess with the intent to distribute controlled substances.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - Two people were killed Monday night when a wrong-way driver on U.S. 41 hit another vehicle head-on, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Investigators say at about 8:30 p.m., a pickup truck driven by a 46-year-old North Port man traveling south on the northbound left lane of U.S. 41 near Zemel Road in Charlotte County when he collided with a sedan heading north in the same lane.

As families dropped off their children at school on Wednesday, they may have seen extra police officers there. Several agencies increased patrols in the wake of the Texas school massacre while others. Some school districts took the moment to review its safety policies.

Three Punta Gorda residents were arrested after copious amounts of drugs were found in a home located at 4010 Michigan Drive in Charlotte County.

Charlotte County crews will be spraying for mosquitoes Wednesday night due to a large outbreak of salt marsh mosquitos in the area.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. – There’s a stench that’s swallowing one Charlotte County community. The smell is so bad that some people that live in Port Charlotte don’t even want to go outside. “It smells like sewer,” said Shelly Lochli. “S–t. Like, trash, all the time,”...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — Duncan Road, Harbor Avenue and Disston Avenue has been shut down completely due to a structure fire in the area. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office advised drivers to seek alternate routes.