The old Placida bunkhouse, the last building remnant of the old Boca Grande route of the Charotte Harbor and Northern Railway, recently got a set of signs. The bunkhouse still awaits restoration, bu…
BY SUSAN HANAFEE
My friend who’s been dealing with heart problems and just had cancer surgery approached me in church on Sunday. “You’ve heard that fifty is the new forty and sixty is the new fif…
Fishing captain & father
Above, Eddie Potter with his twins, Hugh and Ranona, who attend Lemon Bay. Photo submitted
To win in the first tarpon tournament you ever enter or fish is somethin…
Can’t wait to … HAM-IT-UP
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“The assumption that animals are without rights, and the illusion that our treatment of them has no moral significance is a positively outrageous example of Western crudity and barbarity. Universal…
Rancher Turner says no to sale
BY ALICE HERMAN, SUNCOAST SEARCHLIGHT
On a Wednesday afternoon in May, Eugene Turner sorted through maps of DeSoto County, laying one on a wooden table in his Ar…
Please help KIDS NEEDS by making June “A Month Of Sunday Undies.” They are in need of socks and underwear for the upcoming school year. They are asking churches, civic groups, neighborhoods, etc. to…
Ambrea Hobbs graduated from the University of West Florida, Pensacola, on May 2 with summa cum laude honors. She earned a B.A. in history and a B.A. in legal studies with a minor in political scienc…
While out fishing over the weekend, Capt. Chris Campbell and the family he was out with on the Lady Di spotted a rare whale shark while snapper fishing off the coast.
“I have been going offshore…
