Groups urge Sierra Club to drop challenge

Barely a week after the Sierra Club filed its June 16 challenge to the Charlotte County growth plan amendments for Babcock Ranch, the organization got a letter from a coalition of 10 other environmental groups.

Rumors swirl about new tenant, but Winn-Dixie building remains empty

Afloat, but left drifting. That is how business owners and managers in the San Carlos Park Marketplace on U.S. 41 are still describing the status quo nearly a year after Winn-Dixie shut its doors after more than 20 years in the area. "About five months ago they (the landlords) told us they had two businesses ...

Big toy for a very big boy

Marco Island will soon have a hot connection with NASCAR driver Tony Stewart. Very hot. It's a custom-built Summit Boss Hoss motorcycle, featuring an aluminum V8 small block, 472 cubic inch, 700-horsepower engine with a two-speed clutch-free semi-automatic transmission capable of shifting the beautiful ...