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CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla.- Charlotte County Parks and Natural Resources Division is planning prescribed burns at Charlotte Flatwoods Environmental Park, US 41 and Zemel Rd. in Punta Gorda; Tippecanoe II Scrub-jay Preserve on Flamingo Blvd. and Tippecanoe Environmental Park on Hwy 776, both in Port Charlotte.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- Frank Zaccone, 48, has been arrested for DUI Manslaughter after a crash in May that killed 51-year-old Judy Hannah.

Michel Fortier/Staff Robert Megow of Punta Gorda, Florida, center, completes a therapy task under the watchful eye of occupational therapist Troy Smith, left, in the physical therapy and rehabilitation room at the Lee County VA Healthcare Center.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- Early Sunday morning, Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies escorted an airplane from the Punta Gorda Airport to the Shell Creek Airport on Washington Loop Road.

Charlotte County deputies arrested two Immokalee men Sunday after they tried to drive away from a Punta Gorda farm with a truck full of almost $8,000 worth of tomatoes and crates.

Punta Gorda police arrested a Port Charlotte man after a brief vehicle chase ended in a crash early Sunday morning.

A man was arrested early Sunday morning after urinating in public, threatening passersby and leading officers on a high-speed chase.

Residents and visitors of southwest Florida enjoy taking a hike or walk in the natural areas found in our region.

The sheriff's office, in conjunction with Walmart loss prevention personnel, held a second Operation RECEIPT on Thursday, resulting in a total of six people arrested in a six hour time period.

APRIL 07: The plaiting mane of a horse is prepared for the Easter riders procession April 7, 2012 in Wittichenau near Bautzen, Germany.

A man reported someone cut the charcoal-colored mane of a horse at his pasture in Punta Gorda, about 100 miles south of Tampa.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- Last Friday, a Punta Gorda man reported that sometime between Sunday December 1 and Tuesday December 3, a suspect entered his pasture, located along Indian Trail near North Jones Loop Road, and cut the mane from a white and gray mare.

Tips helped lead Charlotte County detectives to a Punta Gorda woman wanted for stealing another woman's wallet left behind at a Walmart.

Interactive map: Fishing best bets in Southwest Florida While folks "up north" experienced white-out football games and massive highway pileups in ice storms, spoiled local anglers complained the weekend weather was too balmy.

They started their catering company, October Catering, in October 2012, and Ravenous Rhino, their gourmet food truck, in April.

One of the world's largest international superboat races planned for Charlotte County is expected to attract thousands to Manasota Key and generate millions into the local economy now, some aren't confident the event will even happen.

Detectives are attempting to identify a woman who took a wallet left behind at a local Walmart and used the debit card inside to get money from the victim's bank.

The local Cape Coral Elks Lodge No. 2596 has been forced to close its doors. Members received a letter from the office of the Grand Exalted Ruler Millard C. Pickering based in Oklahoma suspending the club's charter effective Nov. 29. Among allegations in Pickering's letter are failing to maintain a sound financial condition.

Leaders of Charlotte County's anti-drug campaign targeting youth weighed in on medical marijuana use -- this comes after they released survey results that showed a substantial decrease in drug use among students in the county over the last decade.