Punta Gorda Metro News

Published: Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 7:20 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, July 17, 2008 at 7:34 a.m. TODAY 7.17 Beach Blanket Bingo Stroll through Punta Gorda and enjoy live entertainment, trolley rides, bingo ...

Punta Gorda police and fire employees, and Charlotte County Sheriff's Office personnel, will be at the following intersections from 4 to 6 p.m. today and Tuesday to collect money for Widman's family: * Marion ...

Three Punta Gorda residents were booked into the Charlotte County Jail on drug and weapons charges today after detectives used a pipe in the toilet to retrieve crack cocaine and found pieces of .357 Magnum, the ...

LEE COUNTY: Police have arrested a man they believe is responsible for the attempted armed robbery of a Sweetbay pharmacy in Punta Gorda that occurred Thursday morning.

About 7:55am Thursday, a man attempted to rob the pharmacy at Sweetbay Supermarket in south Punta Gorda.

North Port has surpassed Sarasota as Sarasota County's most populous city, according to new census estimates.

Mother Nature may get in her fair share of loud thunder-boomers this time of year, but it's hard to top the roar of the drag racing machines at the Immokalee Regional Raceway.

Published: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 9:13 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 9:16 a.m. ED PFUELLER SARASOTA HERALD-TRIBUNE BILL HAAST, 97, center, receives a helmet from the Venom 1 unit of the ...

Bill Haast's 97-year-old fingers, withered by scores of snake bites, are too weak to handle cobras and pit vipers anymore.

State Rep. Paige Kreegel was cleared of wrongdoing by a panel of his peers Tuesday in a complaint stemming from his legislative aide's work to undermine a political opponent.

With the snip of a ceremonial ribbon, six fewer Lee County residents will have to go back to the streets.

Lives there a person in Southwest Florida who, taken by the beauty of a sunset over local waters, has not snapped its picture? The News-Press wants to see it.

Construction in downtown Punta Gorda could not be more welcome. Hurricane Charley made a mess of the area.

It's got to be the ultimate act of generosity this time of year: to share such a valuable secret.

TALLAHASSEE - A bi-partisan panel of five lawmakers will meet for the first time today to look into election-related complaints against Rep.

TALLAHASSEE - House Speaker Marco Rubio announced today that he is extending a deadline for a probable cause panel investigating an election-related complaint against Rep.

A Cold Case is solved in Charlotte County, and the victim's suspected killer was already in jail.

Sheriff's detectives announced Monday that they had issued an arrest warrant connected to an April 2002 murder.

A Punta Gorda man was sent to the hospital after a foot chase Monday night ended in a fistfight between him and a police officer, reports show.

Published Monday, June 23, 2008 at 4:30 a.m. Last updated Monday, June 23, 2008 at 3:36 a.m. The rebuilding and revitalization of Punta Gorda after Hurricane Charley in 2004 continues with the start of ...