FORECAST: Warm, sunny weekend heading into Christmas Week
Here is your forecast for Saturday, December 20th, 2025. A cold front has cleared SWFL,and allowed for a cooler start in the 50s, versus 70° yesterday morning. After a cool start, ample sunshine and dry air will quickly warm into the lower 80s for the afternoon. Mostly sunny skies are forecast after lunch, but...
FORECAST: Winter? More like springtime
Here is your forecast for Sunday, December 21st, 2025. It was a foggy start across SWFL, but fog will lift out by 10am. The rest of the day will be mostly sunny. But on this first day of Winter, it will feel more like April with highs in the low to mid-80s.
Wash of emotions each Christmas is a tidal wave of memories | Opinion
The magic of Christmas is a concept that can elude the sophisticated. Life sometimes conditions those of us, “on the shady side of 40,” to look with irritation or indifference on the “hustle and bustle” of Christmas. The overt commercialism of the holidays is sometimes less than appealing. It is a mindset that I...
Local Roots comes to Coconut Point
Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa, partnered with Local Roots, a Southwest Florida based farmers market organization, to host a weekly Artisan Market series. Starting Dec. 23, the resort in Bonita Springs welcomes local farmers, artists and craftsmen to showcase and sell their products at the market. “We are...
The Clark Kent of ecologists
You’d think Professor Edwin “Win” Everham was just a nice-guy science teacher, bespectacled and mild mannered, maybe the Clark Kent of academic ecologists. And he is. To start with. Everham’s been teaching at Florida Gulf Coast University for a quarter of a century, now in the Department...
Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office’s Criminal Investigation Unit conducting investigation
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — The Charlotte County Sheriff's Criminal Investigation Unit is conducting an investigation around Kenesaw Street and Cedarwood Street. CCSO says that the roads in the area are shut down; however, there is no threat to public safety. They're asking residents to find another way when traveling...
Rotary Club Hears About Children’s Advocacy Center
Alicia Shannon is CEO of The Children’s Advocacy Center, whose mission is to create a safe and nurturing space for children affected by abuse and neglect, where they can share their stories, heal, and thrive with comprehensive support. She helps lead the agency in its strategic plan, sets the tone and cultural...
Woman accused of pushing child under water at Gaylord Palms pool, sheriff’s office says
OSCEOLA COUNTY, Fla. – A woman arrested Friday at Gaylord Palms is accused of pushing a 6-year-old boy under the water in a resort pool, according to the Osceola County Sheriff’s Office. Tiffany Griffith, 36, faces a charge of aggravated child abuse, records show. Deputies were called Friday...
Kings Highway to be widened; meetings set for questions, input
ARCADIA — Florida transportation officials are planning to widen Kings Highway near the Charlotte-DeSoto County line, and they’re inviting residents to learn about — and to comment on — the project.
Port Charlotte artist Janie Duke took an experimental journey in glass
PORT CHARLOTTE — Some people discover their artistic skills at a young age and experiment with a variety of different mediums before finding one they master.

















