Newmar Announces 2026 Dealer Meeting Sales & Service Award Recipients
Newmar Corp., a leading name in luxury RV manufacturing, recognized its top-performing dealer partners on Wednesday, February 25, honoring outstanding achievements in sales, service and customer experience throughout the 2025 calendar year. The annual awards ceremony celebrated the Newmar dealer network’s commitment...
It’s Shrimp Festival Weekend
This weekend is the 68th annual Fort Myers Beach Lions Club Shrimp Festival. It all begins Saturday morning with the Shrimp Festival 5K which begins at Doc Ford’s Restaurant at 9AM. The Matanzas Pass Bridge will be closed from 8:45AM to Noon. The Shrimp Festival parade starts from the...
Lee County deputies search for missing, endangered adult
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Update: LCSO confirms that Morales Jr. has been found. The Lee County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating a missing, endangered adult. According to a Facebook post from LCSO, Leroy Morales Jr. is 5 feet, 10 inches, and weighs 190 pounds....
Town To Spend $138,000 on Temporary Parking Lot
On Monday, the Fort Myers Beach Town Council approved the funds from their road impact fee budget to build the dirt parking lot on the old town hall property at 2525 Estero Boulevard. You may recall that property had been used to store gigantic piles of town owned dirt transferred...
AirTag Helps Cape Coral Police Track Stolen Jeep and Arrest Suspect
Cape Coral, FL – On March 2, 2026, at approximately 3:59 p.m., Cape Coral Police officers responded to the Mobil Gas Station at 1541 Del Prado Boulevard North for a reported stolen black Jeep Wrangler. The victim reported his vehicle was taken while he was inside the store, and an Apple AirTag attached to his keys...
Wanted homicide suspect pulls gun on Florida deputy during traffic stop: CCSO
A man who was wanted for a Pennsylvania homicide and in a Sarasota burglary was seen on bodycam video pulling a gun on deputies trying to arrest him. Brian Hewson, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, resisted arrest and pulled out a gun, pointed at a deputy and pulled the trigger when a STAR member...
Winning photos in Friends contest now on display at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve
Local residents and tourists have something new to see when visiting Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve: 28 photos that won awards in the 2026 Friends Photo Contest are now on display in the Slough’s Interpretive Center. The. . It shows a baby alligator resting atop its mother’s head.
Fort Myers plans pavilion, new signs to replace iconic IMAG water tower
Fort Myers is voting on Monday evening whether or not to demolish the IMAG water tower. The city said new signs and a pavilion are planned.
Gulf Coast Traffic Alerts: March 2
FORT MYERS, Fla. — 5:43 p.m. Southbound lanes of I-75 near mile marker 88 are closed due to a vehicle crash. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, all lanes are blocked at this time. 7:08 a.m. A crash has closed Estero Boulevard in both directions. The closest cross street...
Fort Myers man accused of DUI after crashing into bus stop, sending one person...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A Fort Myers man is accused of DUI after crashing into a bus stop on Thursday. According to the Fort Myers Police Department, at around 12:15 p.m., officers responded to reports of a car crashing into a bus stop in the area of Cleveland Avenue and Edison Avenue.

















