Punta Gorda, Florida Mold Remediation

Charlotte County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit detectives, assisted by the Street Crimes Unit, set up a sting operation at a Punta Gorda motel and made four arrests Thursday.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Narcotics Unit detectives made four arrests at a sting operation at a Punta Gorda motel Thursday.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies arrested a man following a road rage incident that resulted in his hitting the woman driver in the head several times with a bottle of TrueMoo chocolate milk, and his fist.

Charlotte County Sheriff's Major Crimes Unit detectives arrested the caretaker of the man found murdered and buried in a grave alongside the victim's home in the 100 block of Avens Street.

George T. Hire, 93, of Punta Gorda, Fla., and formerly of Palm Bay, Fla., passed away peacefully Monday, May 14, 2012, at Charlotte Harbor Healthcare in Port Charlotte, Fla.

PHOTO PROVIDED BY EDISON STATE COLLEGE Edison State College Charlotte Campus nursing graduates Deana Schroeder Robbins, left, and Leah Christine Defoe celebrate before the traditional pinning ceremony May 4 in the college auditorium.

Two marijuana dealers were arrested in Punta Gorda on Tuesday after being found with a large box of marijuana during a probation search.

The seventh annual Hibiscus Festival is set for Saturday from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. and Sunday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Laishley Park.

County officials and the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office have teamed up with organizers of the Redneck Yacht Club to come up with a strategy to address the volume of cars that clogs up Bermont Road, east of Punta Gorda, during the three-day Memorial Day weekend event.

SUN PHOTO BY BILL JONES Charlotte County Salvation Army staff, board members and volunteers gather Tuesday morning at ribbon-cutting ceremonies dedicating the organization's new, expanded Family Store at 1048 Tamiami Trail in Punta Gorda.