Punta Gorda's city council will discuss adding a fee to use city boat ramps at their meeting at 9 a.m. on Wednesday.

Chasing golden hour? Here are the best sunset tiki bars around Punta Gorda -TT’s, Sunset Beach Club, Nav-A-Gator, plus ...

South County Regional Park pool will close early on Oct. 18 at 4 p.m. for a Moonlight Movie night, reopening the next day.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WFLA) — A fire at a synagogue in Punta Gorda is being investigated as a hate crime, the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday. The fire occurred late Friday night at the ...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — A 31-year-old man was arrested after law enforcement said he started a fire at a synagogue in Punta Gorda. The Punta Gorda Police and Fire departments responded to the blaze at the ...

Detectives from the Punta Gorda Police Department used a license plate reader to place Blake Hoover's car near the scene of an arson at the time it occurred. The accused, 31-year-old Hoover, stands in ...

A Punta Gorda man has been federally charged with arson, where, if convicted, he can face a minimum of 5 years and up to 20 years in federal prison. Blake Richard Hoover, 31, is accused of setting a ...

After what felt like a particularly quiet off-season this summer in the Sarasota area, we appear to be back in full force in October, with this month's local events guide featuring roughly twice as ...

A suspect has been arrested in connection with a fire at a Florida synagogue that police investigated as an arson incident and a hate crime, authorities said Monday. Blake Richard Hoover, 31, of ...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — A 31-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a fire at a synagogue last week that investigators in southwest Florida are treating as a hate crime. Blake Richard Hoover ...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WFLA) — A Punta Gorda man is facing felony arson charges after his mother told police she believed he started a fire at a synagogue last Friday night. The Chabad of Charlotte County ...

A woman was arrested Monday after being accused of stealing a motorized Publix shopping cart and driving it down Airport Road in Punta Gorda. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, ...