Manhunt is on for suspects in overnight shooting
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (WWSB) - Deputies are searching for suspects involved in a shooting Thursday evening. It happened on Melville and Nomad Road in Port Charlotte during what the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office calls an online sale through social media. Deputies say two brothers went to that location to...
RUNNING: North Port Firecracker 5K goes off without a hitch
NORTH PORT — A Fourth of July tradition went off without a hitch Friday morning when the North Port Firecracker 5K welcomed 270 runners to a soggy course on the North Port High School grounds.
‘COME IN AS FRIENDS AND DANCE OUT AS FAMILY,’ Fort Myers Beach bar reopens
The Beach Bar on Fort Myers Beach is officially back in business, after it was destroyed in Hurricane Ian. But that's not the only significance to it's grand reopening.
CCSO UPDATE: All parties accounted for in Port Charlotte shooting
UPDATE: Charlotte County sheriff's officials say all people involved in Saturday night's shooting in Port Charlotte are accounted for.
PRUMMELL: One teen dead, one wounded in Port Charlotte shooting Saturday
PORT CHARLOTTE — One teenage boy was killed and another wounded by gunfire in Port Charlotte on Saturday night following an argument.
Hypocritical Sheriff Caught Speeding In A Lamborghini On Video
Whether you'll admit it or not, everyone’s broken the speed limit at least once. Maybe it was an accident. Maybe, like Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno, you just wanted to show off. A few days ago, The Florida Trident posted a video showing Sheriff Marceno hammering the throttle in a black ...
Lehigh man earns gold at the Microsoft Office national championship
A Lee County student recently took home the gold in the 2025 Microsoft Office Specialist U.S. National Championship in Grapevine, Texas, earning him a spot at the Microsoft Office World Champions later this month in Orlando. Brenden Fruauff, a Lehigh Acres resident who attended Dunbar High School, found about the...
Guest Commentary | Kudos & thanks: Great year behind, much more ahead
As we embrace the summer months, I want to take a moment to reflect on the incredible achievements and exciting progress within our school district. Celebrating Our Graduates: First and foremost, congratulations to our graduating seniors! This past May, we watched as you walked across the stage, ready to embark on...
‘We just really want some help’: Fort Myers gymnastics center keeps flooding
This Lee County gymnastics facility turns into a small pond after just 90 minutes of rain. The owners say they've called for help repeatedly, but nothing changes.
FWC to the rescue: Trappers remove one of the nuisance bears roaming FGCU campus.
Move out day is around the corner for the four-legged residents who have called Florida Gulf Coast University campus' home for the last couple of weeks. After recent sightings of bears at the university, FGCU's University Police Department (UPD) released an email on July 2 to the FGCU community that the Estero campus...
