Cape Coral FL

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Lee County, FL – Four people are in custody this week after deputies say they uncovered a coordinated retail theft operation targeting Walmart stores in Lee County, including locations in Cape Coral and...

PUNTA GORDA — Lisa Heid and her family asked the city to celebrate the woman who brought so much to Punta Gorda.

Lee County officials are prioritizing public safety with a new project. Plans are now in place to design and build new resilient communication towers that will greatly improve post-storm recovery efforts in the future. The Lee Board of County Commissioners recently voted to award a $1.18 million contract to Motorola...

SAN CARLOS PARK, Fla. — A man is accused of misusing 911 after deputies say he placed numerous 911 calls falsely reporting underage drinking at a San Carlos Park bar early Friday morning. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, deputies received multiple calls throughout the night Thursday, Dec....

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office says it has made an arrest in three hit-and-run incidents that occurred Halloween night in Charlotte County. Eugene Manderino of Punta Gorda was arrested Dec. 22 after being released from a hospital, charged with failing to remain at a crash involving...

Deputies are investigating a shooting in Lehigh Acres that left one person injured. Two related scenes are secured, and authorities say there is no threat to the public.

In Lee and Collier counties, thousands of new homes are under construction and more have been approved. What's coming out of the ground, and will you be able to afford it? From single-family homes to apartments and assisted living communities, nothing is off the table when it comes to new construction in Southwest...

LOXAHATCHEE, Fla. (CBS12) — A wrong-way crash on State Road 80 in Loxahatchee Sunday night killed three, including a Michigan woman and her passenger from Cape Coral. According to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, at 10:57 p.m. on Sunday, a truck driven by an unidentified driver went the wrong way from Arden...

A Fort Myers, Fla., man was arrested on public drunkenness charges after he was found in the woods around 3:30 a.m. on December 21, 2025. A report from the sheriff’s office says that an officer responded to an Old Axson Road address in reference to a suspicious person. When the officer arrived, he could hear someone...

Tim Tebow headlined the 10th Anniversary celebration of the nonprofit Better Together, which works across sectors to unite Southwest Floridians. The Naples-based organization celebrated in the church where it had all started in 2015. Better Together is a nonprofit that unites churches, employers and neighbors to...