Cape Coral FL

Three additional Chef Vintner Dinners have been announced by Southwest Florida Children’s Charities, Inc. All Chef Vintner Dinners take place in luxury homes, acclaimed restaurants, and special event venues throughout Southwest Florida. These uniquely themed dinners, the grand tasting and live auction events, are...

Mid-January in Punta Gorda means waterfront breezes, live music drifting through the park, and the irresistible aroma of fresh seafood in the air. The Punta Gorda Seafood & Music Festival returns to Laishley Park Jan. 16-18, inviting the community to enjoy a three-day outdoor celebration of food, music, and easygoing...

Fort Myers Beach will mark Florida Arbor Day with a tree planting on Friday, Jan. 16, at Bay Oaks Recreation Center. A Gumbo Limbo tree will go into the ground that morning. The Gumbo Limbo is the town's official tree. It has red, peeling bark and photosynthesizes through its bark. That makes it perfect for Florida's...

In a baffling twist of suburban life, homeowners in Charlotte County are facing an uninvited neighbor—gunfire from the nearby Sheriff’s Office firing range. Connie Wendt, who traded the bitter cold of Minnesota for sunsets in Florida, is now waking up to what she describes as a “warzone” thanks to the...

A Fort Myers Beach man charged with accidentally shooting his friend received a $500,000 bond in court Wednesday.

For a moment, we thought we had walked into the wrong restaurant. On our last visit to Mangia Bene , we found pergolas trimmed with faux leaves and grapes, shelves lined with wine and olive oil bottles and lots of dark wood and reddish brown padded booths. It was everything you would expect to find in one of Cape...

ENGLEWOOD, Fla. (WWSB) - A 19-year-old man was arrested after deputies said he tried to stay inside a Walmart overnight as part of a TikTok challenge. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded just after 11 p.m. Tuesday to a reported burglary at the Walmart on McCall Road. A caller reported a man...

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Spin proposes expanding Fort Myers scooters citywide. Company reports 12,000 rides but faces safety concerns from council members.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — Charlotte County appointed Matthew McElroy as its new fire chief and public safety director for Charlotte County Public Safety. McElroy has been serving as acting fire chief since Oct. 31. McElroy joined the United States Navy in 1991 as a hospital corpsman. In 1997 he...