Cape Coral FL

A Florida vehicle fraud investigation began after a dealership said it delivered a 2024 Jeep Wrangler to a woman who paid with a check for more than $53,000, only for that check to later come back as fraudulent.

A Fort Myers man and the ACLU of Florida are suing Jacksonville Beach for relying too heavily on an artificial intelligence program that fingered him as a suspect in a now-dropped 2023 child luring investigation. The ACLU said in a 66-page federal lawsuit that Robert Dillon had been arrested “for a crime he never commi

ARCADIA, Fla. (WWSB) - Three weeks after a deadly wrong-way crash on Interstate 75 in Charlotte County, one of the survivors is sharing her story publicly for the first time. Jacqueline Flores was driving home with her 15-year-old son, Aleksander, and his 12-year-old brother after a night at Dave & Buster’s in Fort Mye

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Wicked Dolphin Distillery just gave Southwest Florida another award‑winning reason to stop by, and Jason Drew went "Gulfcoasting" to Cape Coral to celebrate the latest big win for this homegrown craft rum powerhouse. Founded in 2012, Wicked Dolphin set out with a simple goal:...

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — At least one person was sent to the hospital following a two-vehicle crash in Lehigh Acres, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office. LCSO says that two vehicles crashed at the intersection of 8th Street Southwest and Gunnery Road. Images from the crash show a pickup truck with heavy damage to

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WFLA)— A “good boy” was rescued from a canal on Wednesday by the Cape Coral Fire Department. The pup was rescued from a canal Wednesday evening near the 2900 block of SE 5th Avenue, according to firefighters. Pictures showed the dog being rescued by firefighters from the canal before heading to the […

NAI Burns Scalo has acquired a Southwest Florida commercial real estate firm as the Pittsburgh company expands beyond brokerage and positions itself to invest more heavily in development projects across Florida. The company said Tuesday it acquired Fort Myers-based Commercial Property Southwest Florida, a longtime Cush

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Marlena Velez, a Cape Coral TikTok influencer who was convicted of stealing from a Target store, was arrested again on Wednesday after being accused of violating her probation. Velez first gained attention online in 2024 when she filmed herself shoplifting merchandise from a Cape Coral...

3,114 illegal machines and $1.7 million seized. 81 arrests. That's the result of gambling raids across the state of Florida since the beginning of this year. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier hosted a news conference in Naples on Wednesday to announce the results of "Operation Sunset Stakes", an effort aiming to

How one restaurateur and one farm stand crew view the challenges of summer. It’s well over 90 degrees, knee-deep in a June afternoon east of the sprawl on State Road 80 in Lee County, where a bustling Rooster’s Produce farm market almost appears out of place among nearby fields and cow pastures.