Port Charlotte News

Kolcraft is recalling more than 96,000 Jeep Liberty strollers after at least 18 people were injured by tire blowouts, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said Wednesday.

An angry, rowdy crowd of some 300 residents opposed to a proposed sewer project in their Spring Lake neighborhoods filled the Charlotte County Commission chambers Monday evening, insisting that officials provide proof that their septic tanks are polluting nearby waterways.

SUN PHOTO BY SUE PAQUIN The Charlotte Players held an improvisational comedy night on Monday at the Charlotte Players Langdon Theater in Port Charlotte to kick off an upcoming event, Comedy for a Cause, A Night of Improvisational Laughs, which will be held on Aug. 24. Here, Charlotte County Commission Chairman Chris Constance, playing the part of a ... (more)

Harold M. Deibert, 95, of Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Englewood Community Hospital in Englewood, Fla.

Mr. Pollock retired as Comptroller for H.K. Porter in Pittsburgh, and also retired as General Manager from Kennametal Inc. in Bedford.

SUN PHOTO BY GARY ROBERTS Bayshore Live Oak Park is getting a facelift with a new playground and rest rooms.

Even with hundreds of pounds of mangos on the ground at his 40-acre Pine Island grove, farmer Chris Sapp takes "the long view."

At about 2:47 am, the Sheriff's Office received a call from Cynthia Wofford of 725 Riviera Lane in Port Charlotte in which she said Donald Hierspiel, 51, someone she knew, had broken into her home while carrying a firearm and threatened her.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- A Florida Silver Alert has been issued for a 63 year-old woman who left her residence in Punta Gorda yesterday.

The Fort Myers Police department says the two women seen on surveillance video went into three different gas stations posing as customers.

Last year this time, with both students and snowbirds flown, Ave Maria reminded me of the fairy tale kingdom that fell into an enchanted slumber in "Sleeping Beauty."

Carmen B. Denny, 99, Charlotte Harbor, Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away Friday, June 14, 2013, at Tidewell Hospice House of Venice, Fla.

Residents in the Spring Lake neighborhood of Port Charlotte say they are happy with the job their septic tanks are doing, and they don't want to have to pay the thousands it would cost to put in a sewer system.

Residents in the Spring Lake neighborhood of Port Charlotte say they are happy with the job their septic tanks are doing, and they don't want to have to pay the thousands it would cost to put in a sewer system.

Three boats all within a few docks of one another went missing in Port Charlotte.

SUN PHOTO BY AL HEMINGWAY Ellen and Chris La Plante stand alongside their son Aaron at his Eagle Scout Court of Honor on Saturday.

Cops and doughnuts. Cops and cars. They are stereotypes, but if you can use them to raise money for Special Olympics, why not? On Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., members of the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office and Punta Gorda Police Department will be on top and inside of Abbe's Donut Nook at Charlotte Square Shopping Center at 2150 Tamiami Trail in ... (more)

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.- Three Port Charlotte residents were arrested early this morning after the owner of an appliance business caught them taking appliances from beside his business Sunday night.

SUN PHOTO BY ADAM KREGER Betsey Chesler, founder of the Cameras for Kids Foundation, explains to Jasmine Glover about how using an infrared camera can dramatically change a photo.

Airman Brian Xenes graduated from basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio.