Port Charlotte News

Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies responded a robbery call Sunday in Port Charlotte at 10:18 p.m. The victim said he was riding his bicycle on Peachland Boulevard when a maroon Mazda cut him off.

Deputies arrested Ernesto Castro, 36, after another man went to the hospital Friday night with wounds he says he sustained after being attacked by a machete.

Airman Devon Martin , the son of Douglas Martin of Cape Coral and a 2006 graduate of North Fort Myers High School.

Portions of McKechnie Field, home of the Bradenton Marauders and Pittsburgh Pirates during spring training have been fitted with new shading material replacing the metal roofing that was removed from the first and third baseline reserved sections during the Marauders' 2011 season.

In preparation of cold weather on Sunday night, Charlotte County's Office of Emergency Management has announced the opening of three Cold Weather shelters.

SUN PHOTO BY GREG MARTIN, gmartin@sun-herald.com Tammy Sperrazza, left, and Tiffany Meyer of Team Charlotte Crossing Apartments serve a customer at one of 20 booths competing in a chili cook-off Saturday in Laishley Park in Punta Gorda.

Motorists being detoured due to construction on several Charlotte County bridges and roadways will have to put up with detours for just a few more months, said county public works officials.

Walter F. Parenteau, 80, of Punta Gorda, Fla., passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, at Peace River Regional Medical Center in Port Charlotte, Fla.

Margaret Hailey Swick, 94, of Port Charlotte, Fla., passed away peacefully Tuesday, Feb.

PORT CHARLOTTE Fla.- The search is on for nearly two-dozen guns, on the streets after a brazen Charlotte County burglary.

Enzymedica Inc. is relocating from Port Charlotte to Venice to expand its laboratory and production facilities.

Hamady N'Diaye was waived by the Wizards on Tuesday after two years with the team and multiple trips to the D League.

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.- Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes detectives arrested a North Port man in connection with a drive-by shooting into a Port Charlotte home.

A 68-year-old man died in a crash Tuesday after he lost control of his car and crashed into a utility pole in Port Charlotte.

PHOTO PROVIDED Julie Mathis, executive director of the Charlotte County Chamber of Commerce, smiles for the camera with Mark Martella, chamber president and representative of the Martella Law Firm, and Marcia Cullinan, president-elect for the chamber board and a representative of Encore National Bank.

HERALD PHOTO BY DONNELL BATES As All Family Florist owner and designer Kim Bittner makes a bouquet of roses similar to what a customer could order for Valentine's Day, for with a special touch she puts a rhinestone pin inside the rose.

HERALD PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS Katrina Candales, 13, a member of the Higher Ground Performing Arts Studio "Company" dance troupe, performs one of the celebration dances in the parking lot of the relocated studio Jan.

HERALD PHOTO BY JOAN KEENEY Marge and Bob Fleischmann celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary with friends on Feb.

Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Port Charlotte homeless couple Monday following a search of their motor home in Charlotte Harbor for a possible Methamphetamine lab.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes detectives are investigating a medical call Sunday evening in Port Charlotte of a 22-month old girl who was unresponsive, not breathing, and had turned blue.