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A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison after he set a van on fire that then spread to a Punta Gorda mobile home in August 2021.

A man has been sentenced to 30 years for burning down a mobile home in Charlotte County.

What a difference a week in October makes when water temperatures finally drop out of the 80s! Fishing action offshore, inshore and in fresh water pretty much exploded.

Fishing has been good, if not too windy, in local salt and fresh waters. But Florida's Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has issued executive orders closing two of Southwest Florida's most popular and closely regulated species.

The Big Three, Plus One: Home builders Lennar, Pulte Homes and D.R. Horton—nicknamed “the Big Three”—continue to dominate in Southwest Florida. But they are running out of land on which to build in Lee County, other than off Corkscrew Road, where thousands of homes are already being planned and built. That means the strategy for the future shifts to Charlotte County, said Darin McMurray, the regional vice president for Lennar.

There are 14 individual developments in various stages of planning, design and construction along Burnt Store Road.

Government

On the 18-mile-stretch of Burnt Store Road our wildlife often ends up as road kill. One group wants more done to protect the animals.

The Charlotte County Utilities Department has rescinded the precautionary boil water notice for a portion of the Burnt Store service area due to a 10-inch water main repair.

District One is 12 counties: Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hardee, Hendry, Highlands, Lee, Manatee, Okeechobee, Polk and Sarasota BARTOW, Fla. --