Cape Coral FL

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Florida Lottery announced that Raul Torres Arroyo, 45, of City Center, claimed a $2 million top prize from the ULTIMATE VIP CA$HWORD Scratch-Off game at the Lottery’s Fort Myers District Office on April 24. The Lee County man chose to receive his winnings...

A Fort Myers Police investigator appeared to shake as she testified during the pretrial detention hearing of a man connected to a slaying nearly nine years later. Lee Circuit Judge Bruce Kyle ruled July 22 that Joseph Carrozza, 33, will remain in custody without bond. He faces one count of principal to second-degree...

For 109 years, Lee Health has remained steadfast in our commitment to caring for the people of Southwest Florida. As our community has grown, so have we, continuously evolving to meet new needs while staying grounded in our mission to provide high-quality, compassionate care to every person, regardless of their...

Cape Coral City Council will set the city’s not-to-exceed millage rates Wednesday. Previous Council consensus was to cap the property tax at 5.5188 mills for General Fund operations. The not-to-exceed rate can be lowered as the budget process continues through September but cannot be raised once set. The City...

Rental prices in some of the country's largest cities are falling—some by almost 45 percent, according to new data from Five Star Cash Offer, a real estate investment firm that operates as a direct cash homebuyer. The dataset, which includes the top 65 metropolitan areas in the United States, reveals that cities that...

Cape Cape Coral Mayor John Gunter has been appointed to the Intergovernmental Emergency Management Task Force, a new group established as communities across the country face increasingly frequent, severe, and costly disasters. “As questions arise about the federal government’s ongoing role in disaster response and...

Construction on US-41's median in North Fort Myers has stretched far past its planned five-week timeline. The left lanes have stayed blocked since January 2024, causing daily backups. "That's a long area of road, a big stretch, and it's just hard," said Mike Fleming, according to WINK News. Workers have...

Life has always been a series of chapters for me—some filled with beauty and connection, others with challenge and growth. My time in Miami was one of those transitional chapters: meaningful, necessary, but always intended to be temporary. It was a place to catch my breath, reflect, and prepare for what was next.

He was last seen walking near Daniel Avenue North in Lehigh Acres, wearing a white shirt, white shorts, no shoes, and a jacket, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

When Hurricane Ian devastated southwest Florida in September 2022, longtime resident Mary Wojciechowski made it out alive, but she suffered unimaginable loss. Mitch Pacyna, her life partner since 1992, was among the more than 150 people killed by the storm. The couple's Fort Myers Beach home for 18 years was reduced...