Port Charlotte, FL

Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Prummell has released new details about the Oct. 21 deputy-involved shooting that killed 72-year-old Norman Strefling at his Bersell Avenue home in Port Charlotte. According to the sheriff, a neighbor reported that Strefling threatened to kill him and his family before deputies arrived. Body camera footage shows Strefling answering the door,…

Florida heat doesn’t let up, but Charlotte County has an answer: a dessert scene that stretches from the Port Charlotte scoop shops all the way to the Punta Gorda waterfront. Port Charlotte leans family-owned and classic, with The Q Too and Captain’s Creamery serving the old-fashioned experience. Insane Conez brings the over-the-top shakes and Instagram-ready…

HCA Florida Fawcett Hospital in Port Charlotte has announced a $16 million expansion and modernization of its emergency department, a project hospital leaders say is needed to keep pace with Charlotte County’s steady growth. The plan adds nine exam rooms for a total of 29, along with six fast track spaces designed to move simpler…

A Port Charlotte neighborhood spent Sunday evening under a shelter-in-place order after 45-year-old Dwight Washington White allegedly fired an assault rifle from his backyard, sending neighbors running. Witnesses reported White yelling before the shots rang out, and arriving deputies heard gunfire as they approached. Bullets struck a gutter, a car, and a parked vehicle. No…

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office has issued a shelter-in-place order for residents in the area of Kellstadt Street and surrounding areas.

Bersell Avenue in Port Charlotte is back open this morning after a deadly deputy-involved shooting shut it down Wednesday, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff Bill Prummell says the incident began as a dispute between neighbors, when one man pulled a gun on the other. The neighbor called 911, and deputies went next…

Deputies in Port Charlotte fatally shot a man who reportedly threatened a neighbor with a gun and pointed the weapon at deputies.

The Englewood Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting last Thursday for the permanent home of The Learning Center for Dyslexia at 12267 S. Access Road, Port Charlotte. Founder Tammy Tieu and Director Laura Davidson have been operating the center for five and a half years, moving from facility to facility. They are a 501c3 […]

Krystle and Chas Hanchey of Port Charlotte know the autism service maze firsthand. Their daughters, Morgan, 13, and Miranda, 9, were both diagnosed with severe nonverbal autism around age 2. Krystle withdrew Morgan from public school in 2021, saying the system pushed her children out of real instruction. The family describes a life of long…

Charlotte County deputies were called to Bersell Avenue in Port Charlotte Wednesday afternoon for a disturbance between neighbors. According to Sheriff Bill Prummell, the suspect had threatened a neighbor with a firearm. When deputies arrived, the man went back into his home and then came out holding a machete in one hand and a firearm…