Charles Bentley Jr. was arrested after allegedly threatening Senator Rick Scott, Senator Marco Rubio, a Punta Gorda police ...

Governor Ron DeSantis signed the first death warrant of 2025 on Friday, for the man convicted of killing a Punta Gorda couple ...

Punta Gorda City Council and various boards and committees have been meeting in the Military Heritage Museum’s Gulf Theater.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office says deputies arrested two men on Wednesday who were wanted in four Florida counties ...

The Punta Gorda/Englewood Beach Visitor & Convention Center seeks applicants wishing to stage annual events in Charlotte County.

Southwest Florida is known for its warm, tropical climate and sunny weather. However, even paradise can have its chilly ...

A body was found in a home fire in Charlotte County early Thursday morning. The Major Crimes Unit in Charlotte County is ...

The Tampa Bay Times e-Newspaper is a digital replica of the printed paper seven days a week that is available to read on ...

Less than a year before his death, a former deputy with the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office in Florida told detectives that ...

Charles Bentley, a 56-year-old Punta Gorda resident, remains in the Charlotte County Jail with a $262,000 bond after allegedly sending a series of death threat emails targeting Florida Sens. Rick ...

In August 1979, a Florida sheriff’s deputy told authorities that his wife fatally shot herself at their home south of Tampa.