Punta Gorda News

SUN PHOTO BY SUE PAQUIN The Charlotte Players held an improvisational comedy night on Monday at the Charlotte Players Langdon Theater in Port Charlotte to kick off an upcoming event, Comedy for a Cause, A Night of Improvisational Laughs, which will be held on Aug. 24. Here, Charlotte County Commission Chairman Chris Constance, playing the part of a ... (more)

A Florida Silver Alert has been issued for a 63-year-old woman who left her residence in Punta Gorda on Monday.

SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS Cliff Warner was joined by his daughter, Jeri, and son, Jon, for the Father's Day cookout at the Punta Gorda Elks 2606 on Sunday.

You're riding along on the Punta Gorda Pathways, without a care in the world, when suddenly one presents itself.

Cops and doughnuts. Cops and cars. They are stereotypes, but if you can use them to raise money for Special Olympics, why not? On Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., members of the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office and Punta Gorda Police Department will be on top and inside of Abbe's Donut Nook at Charlotte Square Shopping Center at 2150 Tamiami Trail in ... (more)

Looking northwest, the two bridges over the Peace River are one-ways of U.S. 41. Northbound is on the right with southbound on the left and connect Punta Gorda with Port Charlotte.

At Wednesday's regular City Council meeting, members will take up a funding request to study the feasibility of bringing a large-scale aquarium downtown, a plan to open a new restaurant in the city parking garage, and - once again - the proposed annexation of the former Loop property.

William V. Andresen, 98, of Punta Gorda, Fla., and formerly of Kinnelon, N.J., passed away Thursday, April 4, 2013, at Fawcett Memorial Hospital in Port Charlotte, Fla., after a long and full life.

Judge Jack R. Schoonover was passionate about the law. To him it was a calling - not just a job.

Ms. Rivera is a contract officer for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in Glynco, Georgia.

Cars stolen from Kia dealership in Cape Coral, one used in robbery New law aims to force slow drivers in Florida out of left lane 'Swamp People' reality show stars to appear in Punta Gorda Migration drives rise in population, census reveals Ex-Harborside boss files grievance

The Lee County Sheriff's Office said the focus of the operation was to target internet escorts, street walkers, and "Johns" that were negotiating sex for money.

SUN PHOTO BY AL HEMINGWAY Punta Gorda Elks Lodge Exalted Ruler Greg Czarnecki and World War II veteran Charles Munger cut the cake to celebrate the 236th birthday of the American Flag.

Currently up for auction: a 1994 International 4600 flatbed truck formerly used by Charlotte County Public Schools.

The union representing Punta Gorda police officers has turned down a proposed contract from the city, meaning both sides will have to go before a special magistrate as the next step in resolving a bargaining impasse.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- Punta Gorda Police are investigating a death at the Seven Palms apartments on Slash Pine Circle, off Taylor Rd. Captain Lewis, of the Punta Gorda Police Department, said the partially decomposed body of a man was found in one of the apartments, and that the death is considered "somewhat suspicious."

PHOTO PROVIDED Members of the American Legion Post 110 and its Auxilliary, SonsA' and RidersA' organizations presented a check for $2,000 recently to members of the VeteransA' Fountain of Freedom Consortium.

You can relax, Southwest Florida. Your blood won't be sucked out by the gallon, nor your small pets carried away by an invading airborne armada of giant, overaggressive super-mosquitoes.

SUN PHOTO BY BETSY WILLIAMS Charlotte County YMCA camp counselor John Giamanco and his group take a break from the heat to just sit and talk under the big white tent at the Dotzler YMCA Outdoor Center in Charlotte Harbor, where kids from all over the county and from the North Port YMCA are bused in daily for camp this summer.

A Lehigh Acres family is homeless after a 5-year-old boy started a fire while playing with a lighter.