Last Saturday, Dec. 13, Lee County Deputy Angelo Lanni responded to The Gasparilla Inn in regards to a stolen and damaged golf cart.
A Gasparilla Inn manager told Deputy Lanni that staff had fou…
At the December 16, 2025, Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners Workshop meeting, Sheriff Bill Prummell’s office presented a proposed county-wide ordinance regarding the use of e-bikes. Whi…
Federal agencies say that they have not had action on island
Editor’s Note: Updated 12-18-2025 from print edition to add quote from CCSO.
There have been rumors of an Immigration and Customs E…
Lee County Sheriff’s Office enforcement is still in “reasonable discretion” mode for Boca Grande parking across Gasparilla Island during Christmas break, as most island residents do not have parking…
Captain Derek Kemerer has completed the process that awards the professional designation of Fire Officer. The Commission on Professional Credentialing met on Dec. 4, 2025, to confer the designation…
The Englewood Fire Department invites the community to its Firehouse Pancake Breakfast with Santa on Saturday, Dec. 13, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Station 71, 599 S. Indiana Ave. Everyone is invited…
A November theft of a trolling motor from Boca Grande North Condominium Slip #3 was reported last Friday, Dec. 5.
At 3:30 a.m. on Nov. 24, a Minnkota Terrova trolling motor was stolen from a boat…
A man was arrested for disorderly intoxication in a public place at the Pink Elephant last Saturday evening, Dec. 6.
Around 5:30 p.m., Deputy Nicholas Garber of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office r…
BOCA GRANDE FIRE DEPARTMENT
Christmas lights, while festive and beautiful, can present significant fire hazards if not used properly.
Faulty wiring, frayed cords or broken bulbs can spark and…
Leah Lendel, the then nine-year-old girl who got bit by a shark in Boca Grande in June, was featured on an Inside Edition interview Monday night.
In her first interview since surviving the shark…
