Punta Gorda News

Interactive map: Fishing best bets in Southwest Florida While folks "up north" experienced white-out football games and massive highway pileups in ice storms, spoiled local anglers complained the weekend weather was too balmy.

They started their catering company, October Catering, in October 2012, and Ravenous Rhino, their gourmet food truck, in April.

One of the world's largest international superboat races planned for Charlotte County is expected to attract thousands to Manasota Key and generate millions into the local economy now, some aren't confident the event will even happen.

Detectives are attempting to identify a woman who took a wallet left behind at a local Walmart and used the debit card inside to get money from the victim's bank.

The local Cape Coral Elks Lodge No. 2596 has been forced to close its doors. Members received a letter from the office of the Grand Exalted Ruler Millard C. Pickering based in Oklahoma suspending the club's charter effective Nov. 29. Among allegations in Pickering's letter are failing to maintain a sound financial condition.

Leaders of Charlotte County's anti-drug campaign targeting youth weighed in on medical marijuana use -- this comes after they released survey results that showed a substantial decrease in drug use among students in the county over the last decade.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- A Punta Gorda man followed a suspect he saw leaving his work trailer and detained him until deputies arrived early this morning.

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High Saturday 86 at Fort Myers, Fla. and Tampa , Fla. and Punta Gorda, Fla. and Tampa , Fla.

The Florida Hot Rods & Hogs Car and Bike Show will roll back into in Punta Gorda on Sunday.

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Jane Frost, left, president of the International Breast Cancer Paddlers' Commission, and Kim Bonomo, president/capatin of Save Our Sisters of Miami, are in town for the debut of the Manatee-Sarasota breast cancer dragon boat team.

The 911 System will be out for the next hour in Charlotte County including Punta Gorda.

Some people in Charlotte County are "sounding off" about noise concerns. The Punta Gorda airport has expanded in the past few years to accomodate growth.

Not only are dead fish in the tons and hundreds turning up in waters from Florida to China and everywhere in between, but during the same period, dead birds fell from and skies and washed up on beaches and shores around the world.

Jewish Family & Children's Service of the Suncoast, Inc. , the premier local safety net social service organization, is opening a new Charlotte County office located at 514 Grace Street in Punta Gorda, Florida on Monday, December 2, 2013.

Due to a four-vehicle crash, the southbound lanes are closed at the intersection West Tarpon Boulevard at US 41 in Punta Gorda.

North Fort Myers has a plan for rejuvenation -- all it needs now are the right conditions for the process to begin.

For signs of economic hope, one needn't look further than Southwest Florida's restaurant scene.