Lee County deputies investigating ‘suspicious’ death on Ortiz Avenue
The Lee County Sheriff's Office confirmed it is investigating a death that happened at Billy's Creek Drive and Ortiz Avenue in Fort Myers.
How much house $1 million buys you in Cape Coral
Redfin Real Estate compiled a list of homes for sale up to $1 million in Cape Coral, FL.
SWFLA To Do List: Events in Bonita Springs, Estero, Naples and Marco Island
The psychedelic circus’s 16-year-old hit returns with new acrobatic acts and reimagined costumes, music and set design. “OVO” — the Portuguese word for “egg” — features 53 acrobats and musicians bringing to life bouncing crickets, a spider in her web and more creatures from the insect world. Now through Aug. 3. Cost:...
Mom Left Kids in Hot Car Without Water While Shopping at Dollar Tree, Showed...
Police in Florida say a woman left her kids in the car for almost 30 minutes while she went shopping at Dollar Tree. On Sunday, someone called the Lee County Sheriff’s Office to report seeing two young children alone in a car that was not running in the parking lot of the company on Homestead Road in Lehigh Acres,...
New 64,000 sq ft FDLE facility to be built in Lee County off Alico...
Lee County will soon be home to a new FDLE Regional Operations Center featuring state-of-the-art forensic lab services and law enforcement training facilities.
Lee County School Zones Will Hit Speeders With $100 Camera Fines Starting August 2025
Speed cameras in seventeen Lee County school areas will snap photos of speeding drivers starting Aug. 11. Anyone going 10 mph over the limit will get hit with a $100 ticket. The cameras will record drivers for half an hour before school starts until half an hour after the final bell. Signs warn drivers as they enter...
Fort Myers shopping center under new management
An open-air shopping center in Fort Myers has a new third-party management company. DLC will be handling day-to-day operations and leasing for Bell Tower, the company announced in late July. DLC is an open-air shopping center operator headquartered in Elmsford, New York, with regional offices in Atlanta, Buffalo,...
Lee County Schools Change Start Times to Fix Bus Delays, Parents Hit With New...
After thousands of students missed first period due to late buses last year, Lee County School District made changes to the bus schedule. The Safe Start Initiative sets new times — elementary schools now start at 8:40 a.m. Middle and high school start times remain similar. Last year, 18,000...
Lee County may build EMS facility in Alva, but some have mixed feelings
Fox 4’s Austin Schargorodski reports on how Lee County could buy land in Alva for a future EMS station—and why a retired EMS worker says it’s a sign of growth the community has pushed back against.
Lee Co. installing cameras on school buses to ticket drivers illegally passing
The Lee County School District is installing cameras on school buses to ticket drivers who illegally pass stopped buses, after reporting 912 violations in a single day.