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.
Archive for June, 2010
Man gets 7 years for sex with teen
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Boy, 8, honored for taking wheel, saving mom
Wednesday, June 30th, 2010Charlotte 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, 2010Published: 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, 2010Cape 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, 2010A 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, 2010A 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, 2010Nightmares 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, 2010Lehigh 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, 2010Venice 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, 2010The Charlotte County/Punta Gorda Metropolitan Planning Organization is taking to the road and will be in Englewood Thursday.