Punta Gorda, Florida Water Damage

Next month, a Port Charlotte glass artist will get an honor that's out of this world.

A Punta Gorda firefighter has been fired after being arrested for his alleged involvement in the robbery of a DeSoto couple at gunpoint in their DeSoto County home April 16, according to Fire Chief Rob Hancock.

One state lawmaker says "bums" are usually responsible for crimes on other "bums," but a bill that would make attacking homeless people a "hate crime" has moved forward in Tallahassee.

A Punta Gorda firefighter was arrested Tuesday in connection to last week's home invasion robbery of a prominent DeSoto County family.

ARCADIA: A Punta Gorda firefighter is accused of participating in a home invasion in DeSoto County Friday.

Attacks on homeless people that are motivated by prejudice would become hate crimes under a bill that passed Tuesday in the Florida House although one opponent questioned why "bums" should be protected.

Someone tried to steal from Patricia Brady's bank accounts last December. Brady and her husband, Robert, had been on a cruise.

PUNTA GORDA a 'A National security was the focus of a forum at the Charlotte Campus of Edison State College Monday, where Rep.

Two of the Republican Party's three Florida attorney general candidates pitched their campaign initiatives Wednesday to a conservative crowd in Punta Gorda.

Regional brokerage Michael Saunders & Co. has pushed into this city with its 23rd office and its farthest foray south to date.