Here are the latest coronavirus (COVID-19) statistics, including the number of vaccines given, for Florida and our area counties, as of 4 p.m.…
PUNTA GORDA — For Mike Stracuzza, there's no slowing down when it comes to his Recolor Your Grout business despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
The state is once again reminding motorists to "Move Over" for emergency, law enforcement or service vehicles stopped along the roadway.
Harbor Social, Punta Gorda’s hip new pavilion on W. Marion Avenue, has already taken the town by surprise a few times in its young life.
I am guessing that absolutely none of you will be surprised when I tell you that a story with a local angle to the Capitol protesters was easi…
When Mark Fry's phone rings, it could change the life of both a dog and a veteran.
ENGLEWOOD — Rowley Insurance has found a new home on West Dearborn Street.
The Leadership Charlotte Class of 2020 is inviting the community to join in an exciting project to help local youth sports. A new building wil…
PUNTA GORDA — After months of the pandemic, civil unrest, rioting and protests, the annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Parade in Punta…
VENICE — Seema Yasmin grew up in a conspiracy-believing family in the United Kingdom, so she understands the mindset of someone who believes t…
The number everyone is waiting for is 1,600 for the next installment of Moderna vaccine for Charlotte County senior citizens.
The Charlotte County Jail houses fewer inmates on average than county jails in Sarasota, Manatee and Lee counties.
It’s that time of year again, everyone. The time of year right after the holidays. I’m referring to what most Floridians call peak season. Pea…
The holiday season has come and gone, but United Way of Charlotte County is celebrating a different season — the Season of Sharing.
A developer of subsidized, low-income housing is moving ahead with plans for building 88 units for the disabled on Loveland Boulevard in Charl…
SARASOTA — Area hospitals are “holding their own” but Health Officer Chuck Henry admits to being somewhat worried cases of COVID-19, and the p…
I visited Bok Tower Gardens late last year and spotted a patch of exotic-looking flowering plants in a shady nook. These plants were about 6-f…
VENICE — The nation is on edge and weapons are coming off the shelves at a pace gun shop owners don’t recall seeing recently.
VENICE — Hundreds of people came up to touch base with dozens of area nonprofits outside the Venice Area Chamber of Commerce on Friday.
The Sarasota County Department of Health hosted a question-and-answer session Friday on COVID-19.
VENICE — Kentucky Military Institute alumni returned to their former Venice campus Friday for a dedication of an exhibit at the San Marco building.
ROTONDA WEST — The Mens’ Sandpiper Golf League, through its annual Red, White & Blue golf tournament, raised more than $7,000 this week fo…
Sometime toward the end of the year, Port Charlotte will get a BJ’s Wholesale Club.
As residents and visitors wait for vaccines that would give them immunity from COVID-19, positive cases and deaths from the virus continued to…
An Englewood man met a woman at a gas station, and she invited him home.
VENICE — It began with a little cough and a slight headache Sunday.
During the first three months of the pandemic, food-secure people did not change their eating habits very much, although some of them turned a…
It was the late 1970s when Punta Gorda old-timer Fred Addison opened his first restaurant at the back-o’-beyond intersection of Bermont Road a…