Cape Coral FL

The summer is heating up and so are the number of new retailers , diners and wellness wonders landing or making plans for arrival at Southwest Florida 's shopping destinations. With Shake Shack targeting its first Lee County locale, Simon Malls-operated Coconut Point on Tamiami Trail in Estero is among those getting a

PUNTA GORDA — Punta Gorda City Council members approved a new mural recently, honoring a century of service from the Punta Gorda Rotary Club.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — While we'll fall short of heat advisory criteria, Sunday is shaping up to be another very hot and humid day. Your Gulf Coast Weather Most Accurate Forecast has high temperatures reaching the 90s this afternoon, but it'll feel even hotter outside thanks to the humidity.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - From Tampa to Charlotte County, law enforcement showed out in force this weekend. Cars lining overpasses, waving their support as pieces of a local hero began to find their new homes. Jay Sanders was a firefighter and paramedic before he died. Even now, though, the...

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WWSB) - Charlotte County Fire & EMS has placed Engine 15, the apparatus assigned to Firefighter/Paramedic Jan A. “Jay” Sanders Jr.’s last station, on display outside Fire & EMS Headquarters in Punta Gorda as a tribute to his more than 35 years of service to the community.

The total amount of sargassum was nearing 33 tons.

The last time a black skimmer chick hatched on Sanibel Causeway it was roughly the same year the Hubble Space Telescope was sent into orbit aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. It took all that time, from the early 1990s until late spring of this year, to happen again. The Sanibel-Captiva...

More than six months ago, four friends with the same love of boating encountered tragedy. The accident continues to loom over the heads of the sole survivor and the families of the deceased as they await mediation. Neal Kirby, 45, was the only one to survive the Thanksgiving weekend crash after he, Rebecca Knight, 48,

A Cape Coral burglary-in-progress call ended with police arresting a woman after officers said she was found inside a screened patio near a rear sliding glass door with fresh pry marks. The incident happened June 16, 2026. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, officers responded around 10:15 a.m. after a suspe

A Florida DUI arrest is drawing attention this week, and not just because of the vehicle involved. A bright yellow Hummer plowing into a guardrail on a public roadway is hard to miss under any ... Read more