Punta Gorda News

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- Charlotte County detectives are attempting to identify a woman who used a credit card that was taken from a woman's purse to purchase a television in January.

Inshore anglers from across Florida and surrounding regions will converge at Punta Gorda, Fla., March 8-9, for the season-opening events of 2014 for the IFA Kayak Fishing Tour Presented by Hobie Fishing.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- A Punta Gorda man was arrested this afternoon after a Charlotte County Sheriff's deputy stopped him for speeding and reportedly found bags of crack cocaine in his possession.

The parents of three children are in a Florida jail after leaving the kids to wander the woods while the parents may have been high, possibly on methamphetamine, according to police and CNN affiliates.

The company is going to bring nearly 400 jobs upon opening and an extra few hundred will come in a few years.

Governor Rick Scott will be in Punta Gorda to mark the groundbreaking of a new Cheney Brother's Distribution Center.

Michael Scott Butcher, left, and Sarah Christina Butcher were arrested March 1, 2014 for loitering, meth possession, and abandoning their three kids in the woods.

A Charlotte County couple is accused of child neglect after their kids were found walking through a patch of Punta Gorda woods looking for help.

Roger LaLonde/Staff The RC Laser sailboats fly to the finish line in the 11th annual Midwinter RC Laser Championship Regatta at Mackle Park on Marco Island Sunday.

Charlotte County investigators are blaming a Cape Coral couple and a Miami man for the worst animal cruelty case they've ever seen.

Detectives with the Lee County Sheriff's Office Major Crimes Unit are working a deputy-involved shooting at the Pilot located at 6050 Plaza Drive.

Deputies say the woman was ejected from the car and was found on the median when emergency crews found her.

Yusniel Valdez-Darias and Greisy Suarez both face dozens of charges for animal cruelty and abandonment.

FEBRUARY 25--A Florida woman who described herself as "horny" was arrested Friday after calling 911 to summon a police officer to her home, where she aggressively pawed and propositioned him and announced, "I haven't been penetrated in years."

Recently, we had a chance to visit the James and Barbara Moore observatory on the Edison State College campus in Charlotte, Florida.

Police say Maria Montanez-Colon of Punta Gorda called police and said, "There's no emergency; I need to ask you a question."

New details are emerging about a student-teacher relationship at a Lee County school.

A 58-year-old Punta Gorda, Florida resident reportedly called the police this past Friday because she wanted to get some action, according to The Smoking Gun .

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Property insurance rates in Florida keep going up, even though we have not felt the impact of a major tropical system in the past eight years.