Englewood News

After a sometimes contentious two-hour discussion, county commissioners put the brakes on fixed bus routes that would have served two major road corridors.

Charlotte County sheriff's deputies have arrested a 23-year-old Englewood man suspected of running over a woman last month and leaving her beside the road, bloodied and badly injured.

A local man who fled the scene of an accident in which his car ran over a woman two weeks ago was arrested Friday, according to a Charlotte County Sheriff's Office report.

Phil Snyder is lacing up his tennis shoes. The reason: He's getting ready for the Suncoast Humane Society's Jingle Bell Walk on Dec.

Sarasota County Area Transit implements changes in bus routes and schedules today .

The Peace River/Manasota Regional Water Supply Authority reviewed plans Thursday to add another 26 million gallons per day in capacity by developing $750 million in projects over the next 20 to 40 years.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is investigating a recent incident in Englewood in which a woman was found crawling along the road, bloodied and disoriented.

Less than a month after Charlotte County Parks and Recreation removed garbage cans and a cigarette butt receptacle from tiny Bay Heights Park on Lemon Bay, the trash is accumulating.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Office arrested a Fort Myers pilot Monday on a warrant stemming from a July 20 incident of low flying.

Ann Dever had a full life. An Englewood resident, she seemed to be involved with almost every organization in town.

The Beirut building is coming down -- finally. The owner of the dilapidated, unfinished building, a longtime eyesore in Englewood, dropped a court appeal and Charlotte County plans to demolish the structure, Commissioner Robert Skidmore said Friday.

When the bottom fell out of the building industry, Jason Roach needed a new way to make a living.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Economic Crimes Unit detectives arrested two people Tuesday and are saying a major counterfeiting operation in the Englewood area has been shut down.

Nine-year-old Ryer Schermerhorn had the birthday party he wanted -- bowling with 16 of his friends.

Anyone with a bird feeder can help Cornell University with its ongoing study of North American bird species.

Just before the sun had completely risen over Gasparilla Island, Norma Jean Zvosec peered down into an 18-inch hole she had dug on the beach near 35th Street.

ENGLEWOOD a ' Vintage planes and ultralight aircraft with sails landed on a grassy strip at Buchan Airport Saturday and motored over to an eager crowd at the Third Annual Buchan-Dearborn Aviation Day Fly-in. Historian Don Platt, a descendant of a pioneering Englewood family, remembers how mosquitoes were the biggest problem in Englewood in the late ...

After two dead months, North Port is seeing signs of life in a beleaguered homebuilding industry, a welcome bit of good news given its powerhouse role in the city's economy.

Inshore -Therea s still a few snook on the beach to the north side of Stump Pass, but that action is winding down.

Changes are under way for the Boys & Girls Clubs of Charlotte County, thanks to a nearly $1.8 million reimbursement grant they were approved for in August.