Some Punta Gorda boaters want the city to lift its ban on boat canopies, but not everyone’s on board. The debate heads to ...

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, ...