Every year, some of the residents around Ollie's Pond Park in Port Charlotte await the return of the white pelicans. Well, they have landed. Photographer James V. Allen caught the birds playing in the water.
How often do you see this? On a private beach on Manasota Key on Sunday, Alison Belsan Horton of Englewood captured the moment this angler threw a bonnethead shark back into the water. In the final photo, you get to see Horton's photographic work again, this time of a great blue heron eating…
In downtown Arcadia, Highway 70 (Magnolia Street) is being repaved. This is causing traffic to back up for a half-mile or longer. Those traveling through the downtown area should plan extra time to get through the snarl of cars and big rigs.