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Your next great employee may need training, not another year of experience. On-the-job training in Charlotte County gives eligible employers a way to develop talent with support from CareerSource Southwest Florida. Build the skills your business needs. On-the-job training, or OJT, combines paid employment with hands-on

Cape Coral, FL — On Sunday, September 20, 2026, Cape Coral Police officers responded to Cape Coral Hospital after a male arrived with a gunshot wound. Officers spoke with the man, who stated he had been at Mermaids Liquor Bar on Del Prado Boulevard North when an unknown male shot him in the parking lot. He suffered a g

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — A DeSoto County man was arrested on Sunday after he was accused of exposing and touching himself in public in Charlotte County. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office report, Matthew James Bean, 38, was accused of being naked and inappropriately touching himself in the area of Piper

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office is asking for help locating Khai’ari L. Barfield, an endangered juvenile last seen in Punta Gorda. Barfield was last seen the evening of Sept. 27 near Taylor Road and Education Avenue, according to the sheriff’s office. She...

A Florida man accused of trying the door of a stranger’s pickup truck apparently decided a nearby canal offered his best chance of getting away when police found him. Cape Coral Police say 43-year-old Antonio Palhares Desouza jumped into the water and swam to the opposite bank, only to find officers waiting in the surr

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A driver was arrested early Monday after Florida Highway Patrol troopers allegedly caught the vehicle traveling more than 100 mph on Interstate 75 in Lee County, authorities said. According to FHP, a Lincoln MKZ was seen merging onto I-75 from State Road 80 and reached...

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — On Monday morning, the Church of the Ascension in Fort Myers Beach held its first Mass at the church since Hurricane Ian made landfall on this day four years ago. According to the Town of Fort Myers Beach, leadership joined the Mass in remembrance...

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — A man was arrested on Sunday after being accused of breaking into multiple vehicles on a North Fort Myers property while armed with a BB gun. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a property in North Fort Myers for a disturbance call. The victims told deputies that

Cape Coral, FL — On September 24, 2026, at approximately 6:16 p.m., officers with the Cape Coral Police Department responded to the Circle K gas station located at 935 Country Club Boulevard in reference to a report of shots fired. Call notes indicated that a man fired a handgun...

Watering restrictions aren’t going anywhere in parts of Southwest Florida until at least March 2027. The Southwest Florida Water Management District just extended these rules again, thanks to an ongoing rain shortfall, over 15 inches less than last year. That has left Sarasota and neighboring counties facing what offic