Punta Gorda Sun

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Avoiding your problems with work? You might have 'high-functioning' depression

4 days ago | yoursun.com | Karla Marie Sanford

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'Bad Influence' docuseries examines 'kidfluencing'

4 days ago | yoursun.com | Karla Marie Sanford

LOS ANGELES — “Kidfluencing” — a term used to describe the children raking in millions of viewers (and dollars) on social media — is the subject of Netflix’s latest documentary “Bad Influence: The Dark Side of Kidfluencing.”The three-part series examines this shadowy and unregulated industry through the story of Piper Rockelle, a viral YouTuber managed by her mother Tiffany Smith. kAmx? y2?F2CJ a_aa[ $>:E9 H2D DF65 7@C Saa >:==:@? 3J `` @7 #@4<6==6’D 7@C>6C 4@==23@C2E@CD — 4@==64E:G6=J <?@H?
Navigation district wants to buy property for staging operations

1 week ago | yoursun.com | Bob Mudge

VENICE — The West Coast Inland Navigation District board approved the sale of surplus land to Sarasota County on April 4, then told its executive director to look into buying some property. The land being sold is a 3.5-acre parcel along the Intracoastal Waterway near the Bellagio subdivision on the island of Venice. The county will be buying it for $125,000. The city has expressed an interest in getting it from the county.
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1 week ago | yoursun.com | Josh Olive

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Tighten up on lane snapper

1 week ago | yoursun.com | Josh Olive

I got an interesting press release from the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council a couple days ago. (By the way, if you have strongly held feelings about the whole Gulf of Mexico/Gulf of America thing, the council has not officially changed their name, so don’t blame the messenger please.)Those of us who enjoy bottom fishing in the Gulf have been hit with sort-of unexpected “emergency” closures of red grouper and lane snapper several times over the past few years.
PREP TENNIS: Whitesides wins singles, takes doubles with Chupka

1 week ago | yoursun.com | Chuck Ballaro

PUNTA GORDA – The Charlotte boys and girls tennis teams saw its seasons end Tuesday in the District 3A-11 tennis championships Wednesday. However, two Tarpons earned a trip to states on account of their victories in singles and doubles. kAm|2D@? (9:E6D:56D 62C?65 E96 5@F3=6 2?5 9:D 5@F3=6D A2CE?6C y24@3 r9FA<2 H@? E96:C }@] ` >2E496D 2?5 >256 E96 7:6=5 2D :?5:G:5F2=D]k^AmkAm(9:E6D:56D 2?5 r9FA<2 A2:C65 FA :? }@] ` :?
Area senior facilities earn U.S. News 'Best' honors

1 week ago | yoursun.com | Bob Mudge

Four Charlotte County facilities and one Venice site earned a U.S. News & World Report’s 2025 “Best Senior Living” rating. Released Tuesday, the report evaluates 1,894 independent living, assisted living or memory care facilities or continuing care retirement communities. kAm&]$] }6HD 92D 366? 6G2=F2E:?8 D6?:@C =:G:?8 724:=:E:6D 7@C 7@FC J62CD]k^AmkAmx? r92C=@EE6 r@F?EJ[ w6C:E286 ~2<D @7 t?8=6H@@5[ fbfc $2?
Cops: Man gives woman choice of how to be killed

1 week ago | yoursun.com | Bob Mudge

NOKOMIS — A Nokomis man arrested earlier in the month on four domestic violence-related charges is facing nine new charges for allegedly violating a court order not to contact the victim. Juan Andres Hernandez Lopez, 34, 300 block of Toscavilla Blvd., was arrested by Venice police on April 5 on charges of aggravated assault with intent to commit a felony, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment, battery and possession of marijuana not more than 20 grams.
PREP BASEBALL: Planer and simple: Tarpons win

1 week ago | yoursun.com | Chuck Ballaro

PUNTA GORDA — On a night where the Charlotte bats went silent, it was up to Frank Planer to get the job done on the mound. Aside from one pitch, Planer came through, allowing seven hits and striking out seven as the Tarpons held on to defeat North Fort Myers, 3-2, in the semifinals of the District 5A-11 tournament Tuesday. kAm%@A\D66565 r92C=@EE6 H:== 9@DE u@CE |J6CD @? %9FCD52J] %96 }@] a D665 96=5 @? E@ 362E |2C:?6C[ c\b[ :?
Police Beat for April 16, 2025

1 week ago | yoursun.com | Bob Mudge

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