Punta Gorda, Florida Water Damage

The Punta Gorda Code Enforcement Board took actions against the company that owns the city's Best Western hotel over its Dumpsters and a septic tank that had been leaking pollution and posing a threat to the city's sewer system.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY : Charlotte County is still cleaning up from the damage left behind by Hurricane Charley.

A former York County man was extradited from Florida Wednesday to face sexual assault charges involving an underage girl.

The Punta Gorda Code Compliance Board voted unanimously to recommend the city force the sale of a woman's canal-front Punta Gorda Isles home to pay off some $14,000 in fines that stem from a fence installed in conflict with a city code.

Jason Green, the current land use planner for DeSoto County, said he will run for the Charlotte County Commission this November.

Published: Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 at 9:14 p.m. PUNTA GORDA - Jurors found Ronald Judson Smith guilty in the drunken driving death of a 7-year-old North Port girl Tuesday, ending the six-day manslaughter trial attorneys called "highly emotional." The six-member jury deliberated about three hours ...

Just when the lights were dimming on the chances of a solar-powered Babcock Ranch, Florida legislators flipped the switch back on Tuesday afternoon.

Sooner or later, Charlotte County and other local governmental agencies will have to do their part to clean up Gottfried Creek, the north fork of Alligator Creek and Trout Creek.

An attorney based out of the Punta Gorda Public Defender's office was arrested around 1:00 o'clock in the morning Sunday, April 25.

A Punta Gorda woman who forged Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott's name in October pleaded guilty today to charges that will keep her in jail for 60 days and on probation for three years.