Man sentenced in Hudson’s counterfeiting incident
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office announced this week that a man who was arrested at Hudson’s Grocery on May 18 of last year was sentenced to 36 months in prison for making counterfeit money.
Den…
Flipped truck, water rescue call and a towel on fire top the lists this week for Boca Grande Fire Department
The Boca Grande Fire Department responded to numerous calls this week, including multiple alarm calls and ambulance calls. The highlights, though, are as follows:
On Friday, Dec. 31 the fire de…
Drivers, please drive the ‘right’ way on the street behind the post office
The following is a message from Lt. Jeff Corkhill, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, Boca Grande substation.
The Lee County Sheriff’s Office Patrol Function here in Boca Grande would like to w…
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Text to 911 goes live and operational for all residents and visitors of Lee County
To the Editor:
The Lee Board of County Commissioners and Lee County Sheriff’s Office today announced that county residents and visitors now can send a text to 911 in an emergency.
Placing a …
Boca Grande Fire Department responds to drowning
Just before midnight on Sunday, Sept. 26 the Boca Grande Fire Department received a call of a person who had drowned near the Boca Grande Causeway, in the area of the trestle sandbar. Charlotte Co…
Memories of September 11, 2001: 20 years has proved that our lives will never be the same…
On the evening of September 11, 2001, there were many types of reactions taking place in homes across the country, and around the world. Whether you were in New York City, in the middle of Iowa or…
New sod on causeway might be cursed by the fire gods (or grown by aliens), ambulance responds to two envenomation calls
If you wear white to a party, you’re bound to spill wine on your shirt. If you buy a brand-new car, you’re bound to get a door ding within the first week. But who knew that if you put down some ni…
Boca Grande Fire, LCSO respond to several accidents on the island this week
STAFF REPORT – Local first responders responded to three different accidents on the island this week, but luckily none with serious injury involved.
The first call came in on Friday, June 4 at appr…
PROFILE: Deputy David Scozzafava
BY T MICHELE WALKER – If you find yourself in town and you see a new face in a Lee County Sheriff’s Office vehicle, make sure to give it a big Boca wave. Chances are it’s our new Deputy Sheriff, Da…
Fire on Dog Island brings about a multi-agency coordinated effort
STAFF REPORT – Dog Island, a spit of land just off the Boca Grande Causeway, continued to burn as of press time on Thursday, May 20 after a fire started there on the preceding Monday.
Accordi…