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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. — Two women have been arrested by deputies with the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office after they were accused of illegally harvesting palmetto berries. According to an arrest report, deputies responded to a home in Port Charlotte in reference to a suspicious vehicle. The caller reportedly told depu

SOUTH GULF COVE — Firefighters from Charlotte County Fire & EMS and the Englewood Fire Department fought a ] brush fire sparked by lightning in the South Gulf Cove area on Wednesday evening.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — A man was arrested on Wednesday after being accused of shooting someone with a shotgun at a Charlotte County campground. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office probable cause affidavit, on September 2, the victim went to his friend's campground on Riverton Circle to help clean. Whil

A Florida man convicted in one of a series of suspected killings that became known as the “Hog Trail Murders” in the 1990s was scheduled Thursday to become the state’s 15th person executed this year. Daniel Owen Conahan Jr., 72, was sentenced to die for the 1996 kidnapping and strangling of Richard Allen Montgomery, wh

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — Charlotte County firefighters battled a fire caused by a lightning strike at an apartment complex on Rampart Boulevard Wednesday night. According to Charlotte County Public Safety, crews were dispatched to the apartment complex at around 6:22 p.m. When Engine 12 arrived, crews discovered a two-

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Lee County deputies are investigating after a car crashed into a guardrail along I-75 just after midnight on Thursday. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to the scene of a crash on I-75 near Alico Road at around 12:14 a.m. Deputies found...

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — Two men were arrested during a crime suppression operation in North Fort Myers, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office. LCSO says that on Tuesday, deputies made three arrests, including two men arrested in connection with narcotics and possession of a firearm. During a...

A 74,000-SQUARE-FOOT Buc-ee’s proposal has been labeled an “environmental disaster” by locals, but the plan is going ahead anyway. Buc-ee’s rapid expansion has been far from smooth, as it has received local backlash in multiple states, including Ohio, Colorado and Idaho. Not all of the backlash...

After a tense confrontation at a Fort Myers, Florida, apartment complex, a resident of Cape Coral was arrested. According to Gulf Coast News Now, at 4:21 p.m. on Sept. 6, Fort Myers Police received reports ... Read more

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — The School District of Lee County announced on Wednesday that the school board approved its operating and capital budget for Fiscal Year 2027. The total amount of the approved budget is $3,055,366,436. The school district says that this is an 11.41% decrease from last year.