Archive for June, 2010

Man gets 7 years for sex with teen

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

PUNTA GORDA a ' A Port Charlotte man avoided a possible 30-year prison sentence Tuesday for performing sexual acts with a 14-year-old girl earlier this year.

Boy, 8, honored for taking wheel, saving mom

Wednesday, June 30th, 2010

Charlotte County Sheriff Bill Cameron honor 8-year-old Deep Creek boy, Nicholas Prokos, today at the Sheriff's Office headquarters in Punta Gorda for taking the wheel of the car after his mom had a seizure, avoiding a head-on crash, on June 10.

Peninsula Bank: A zombie bank’s past-due collapse

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Published: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, June 28, 2010 at 7:02 p.m. Peninsula Bank was in such sorry financial shape that bank analyst Ken Thomas likened it to the walking dead.

Fan-Taken All-Star Photos: 9-10s Cape American, Punta Gorda

Tuesday, June 29th, 2010

Cape American fan Shannon Northorp captures images from the Cape American 9-10-Year-Old All-Stars pool play game with Punta Gorda.

Homemade plane crashed, trashed, pilot unharmed

Monday, June 28th, 2010

A homemade single-engine airplane's right landing gear was ripped off and the pilot ejected from the window Sunday in a crash landing at Charlotte County Airport in Punta Gorda, the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reports.

Area writers sit and relate to each other

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

A college English teacher takes a journey back in time to see what life was like during the Seminole Indian wars.

Area population trends continue to look grim

Sunday, June 27th, 2010

Nightmares haunting business owners and government officials throughout Southwest Florida have come to life, and they say the scariest part is the area may have yet to see the worst.

Lehigh resident dies in I-75 Charlotte County crash

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

Lehigh Acres resident Altgrasse Jean, one of five people injured in Friday's fatal accident in Charlotte County, remained in serious condition at Lee Memorial Hospital as of 10:20 a.m. Saturday.

City council candidates coming forward

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

Venice City Council races are beginning to shape up now that five candidates have indicated on city paperwork which seat they intend to seek.

MPO explores transportation

Saturday, June 26th, 2010

The Charlotte County/Punta Gorda Metropolitan Planning Organization is taking to the road and will be in Englewood Thursday.