Above, lightning poses dangers to buildings and people, in this 2024 photo taken near the Range Light. Sandi Firtion Florida ...

A storm debris dump near Punta Gorda, which had been pulled from the consent agenda back in May, narrowly passed at the ...

Tuesday, the Charlotte County Commission approved, by a 3-2 vote, a plan to turn a former citrus grove into a yard waste ...

A last look at the 2026 tarpon season jumping tarpon from this year’s tourneys photographed by local photographers Angie ...

The Drive, Chip and Putt, a free nationwide junior golf development competition aimed at growing the game by focusing on the ...

Bonnie Helen Simonds passed away on July 22 in Englewood, Florida. Bonnie grew up in Wilmette, Illinois, where she attended ...

The approval for a site restoration plan for a 300-acre former orange grove in the eastern part of Charlotte County on ...

The Lee County Board of County Commissioners will resume its regular meeting schedule on Tuesday, Aug. 4, at 9:30 a.m. One ...

Andrea, Britt and Tom, along with Jessie, enjoying their afternoon at The Temp. The Temptation Restaurant won Wine Spectator’s Award of Excellen ...

As a coastal county, Charlotte’s 252 bridges are continually battered by storms, salt and time. At a Tuesday meeting about the county’s transportation prior ...

Above, the old streetcar which ran from 1910 on. Boca Beacon archives BY JAMES J. BLAHA, BOCA GRANDE HISTORY CENTER The year 1900 marked the start of a new ...