Sheriff Bill Prummell said Schwartz pointed a gun in the direction of the responding deputies, who then shot and killed Schwartz.

Court documents say Michael Schwartz had a history of mental illness. He was previously on probation and part of it was to ...

One man is dead after a Thursday night shootout in Charlotte County. It happened on Eager Road in Punta Gorda. Sheriff Bill ...

Charlotte County releases information about a deputy involved shooting out of Punta Gorda Thursday. At 5:16 PM police ...

It's the final concert picks installment of 2024, with New Year's Eve on Tuesday and the start of a new year (and new events lineup) on Wednesday. With the holidays, it does mean this will be ...

A man has been arrested and is facing charges after a motel shooting in Punta Gorda late Christmas Eve. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, at 11:00 p.m., deputies responded to a ...

After one last hurrah in 2024 with the plethora of New Year's Eve celebrations taking place locally, the events calendar turns over to 2025 and January, which'll feature some of the Sarasota area ...

GET IT ON G E T I T O N In downtown Punta Gorda, the back-to-back hurricanes spared no one. For one restaurant, it meant starting over, cutting up the walls, and redoing the floors not once but twice.