Cleveland News

Charlotte County Sheriff's Office Environmental Deputy Anthony Cimino, working with the Department of Environmental Protection, helped arrest Tuesday three men for an illegal paint dump site in the Cleveland area, east of Punta Gorda.

Stafford Cleveland's travel options were limited, very limited, in 1884 when he journeyed to the tiny cow town settlement of Fort Myers, a rough-hewn cluster of buildings on a river about 250 miles from the nearest rail line on Florida's west coast.

May 19, 2009 11:14 am US/Eastern NEW YORK The economic crisis has devastated many Americans, and now it may be threatening the health of one of our greatest resources -- our children.

Several County Commission and community workshops have been scheduled to discuss Smart Charlotte 2050, a planning process that will help update the county's growth management plan.

Effective Monday, residential and commercial garbage can collection will change to one pick-up per week.

Township resident and Paper Mill Playhouse gift shop volunteer Sylvia Baron, right spends time by the counter after receiving the Volunteer of the Year award at the Paper Mill's season announcement Friday.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY: Deputies said they have arrested a man who robbed a Circle K store in Port Charlotte Tuesday morning.

The Charlotte County Sheriffa s Office reported an armed robbery at 8 a.m. this morning of the Circle-K store in Cleveland at 5169 Duncan Rd.

Published: Sunday, March 15, 2009 at 12:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 16, 2009 at 2:07 a.m. FORT MEADE A scattering of residents are about to get some relief from the city's sewer-line woes.

The Fort Myers Police Department will be closing several roads Saturday for the annual Edison Festival of light Grand Parade and the 5K run that precedes the parade.

Artist Nancy Chenowith Bain will displayher art at the Southeast Branch Library throughout the month of February.

Four firms are bidding to redevelop the Venice Housing Authority's Grove Terrace, a project that calls for replacing 50 low-income residences with a mix of senior, market-rate and affordable housing.

Martin Luther King Jr. would have been proud of grade-school teacher Frances J. Haynes, beautician Margaret Johnson and historian Lindsey Williams.

Missing parachutist found Help for foreclosures Who would you turn to? Inmate charged with more crimes Lehigh Acres man charged with running grow house Unemployed means uninsured for thousands of families ...

Jan. 9-10: Francoise Lynch will be painting at Zhanras Art and Eats, 108 Anastasia Blvd., on the island.

The dawn of 2009 means the start of a noteworthy year for The News-Press. The paper turns 125 on Nov.

Fort Myers police are looking for a suspect in a string of vehicle burglaries, after officers in an undercover surveillance off of Boy Scout Drive spotted someone breaking into a car this morning.