On the morning of Wednesday, Jan. 4 at approximately 8:25 a.m. the Boca Grande Fire Department got a call that no one wants to get – a gunshot wound victim on the beach at Range Light Beach on Gul…
The actions of one local man erratically driving drunk last Friday, Dec. 9, could have had a much worse outcome than it did.
According to witnesses, that day at approximately 7:30 a.m. Timmie …
If you want to kick a man when he’s down, wait for a hurricane to hit, then take his giant fish.
This actually happened, but not to a man as much as to a marina. Boca Grande Marina, to be speci…
Three victims from a plane that crashed in the Gulf off the Venice coast this past weekend have been identified, but one of the bodies is still missing. The three St. Petersburg residents flew fro…
Congratulations are in order for several local first responders as they have recently been promoted.
Jeff Knowles will be promoted from Firefighter Paramedic / Shift Supervisor to Lieutenant. …
Illegal dumping is a very real problem everywhere right now, even on Gasparilla Island, and our local law enforcement officers have been actively and aggressively pursuing those who try to get awa…
A boat theft from a Gasparilla Island residence turned into a police chase through two counties on Saturday, July 16. The boat was recovered with minor damage and the subject was arrested. Tristan…
With August 1 coming up quickly, that means that the peak of hurricane season is as well. While we are lucky so far in 2022, that doesn’t mean we are out of the woods. In fact, most hurricanes occ…
Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno visited Boca Grande on Thursday, June 30 to speak with local residents. Sheriff Marceno’s top priority of law and order and preserving the “hidden gem” that is …
The Boca Grande Fire Department has received an outstanding accreditation from the Bureau of Emergency Medical Oversight in the Florida Department of Health’s Division of Emergency Preparedness an…
