Edward John Trombetta, who served as a top official under Gov. Reubin Askew, has died. He was 69. ...more

January 29, 2008

Family and friends of Denise Lee will gather from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. today at Lemon Bay Funeral Home Englewood Chapel. Services will be held at 1 p.m. Wednesday at First United Methodist Church in Punta Gorda. Burial will be at Gulf Pines Memorial Park in Englewood. Donations for the Lee family can be dropped off at any of the four Charlotte County Sheriff's office locations listed below. Make checks out to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, with Denise Lee Fund written in the memo line. ...more

January 21, 2008

At a ceremony Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park on U.S. 301, 191 miniature U.S. flags were added to the Operation Field of Honor memorial. ...more

January 13, 2008

A police officer who was fired from his job three years ago and eventually reinstated was arrested Wednesday, accused of sexually assaulting a teenager he was investigating, authorities said. ...more

December 27, 2007

Perhaps Edgar Allen Poe would have blushed. Poe penned the tale of 'The Raven' in 1845. ...more

November 22, 2007

The Rat Pack went into a feeding frenzy against Pastabilities, capturing the HCRD 'B' Division title in the process, at Veterans Memorial Park, 26-15. ...more

November 22, 2007

State Rep. Bob Allen peered over a stall in a public park restroom to show his interest in soliciting sex from an undercover police officer, a prosecutor said in opening arguments in the lawmaker's trial Wednesday in Brevard County Court. ...more

November 8, 2007

Three local businesses have stepped up to save the flowering crape myrtle trees that line the median on a 2.5-mile stretch of U.S. 301 between Bloomingdale Avenue and Gibsonton Drive. ...more

October 27, 2007

Three local businesses have stepped up to save the flowering crape myrtle trees that line the median on a 2.5-mile stretch of U.S. 301 between Bloomingdale Avenue and Gibsonton Drive. ...more

October 18, 2007

Gerrie DeFrancesco remembers watching the movie 'Pay It Forward' when it was released in 2000. Student Trevor McKinney is given an assignment by a teacher to think of an activity that will have a positive impact on other people. Trevor puts a plan into action to do acts of kindness to complete strangers. His idea catches on locally, then nationally. Ultimately, his idea makes the entire world a better place. ...more

October 17, 2007