Cape Coral FL

The Lee County Tax Collector and the Foundation for Lee County Public Schools honored 91 fifth-grade students with Awards of Distinction for their outstanding creativity in the 10th annual Kids Tag Art program. The celebration of young artists, held at South Fort Myers High School, recognized student achievements and...

PUNTA GORDA — It’s not your dad’s idea of camping — pull the Coleman into an Old Orchard Beach campsite, enlist the kids to pitch the awning, scope out showers and bathrooms, connect to stuff, collect wood for the firepit, roast wieners on it and swat mosquitoes.

A man was arrested on suspicion of the brutal murder of a 51-year-old woman outside of a Fort Myers convenience store. Rolbert Joachin, 40, was arrested by the Fort Myers Police Department on Thursday afternoon, April 2, after being on the loose for approximately 6 hours. Joachin, who is homeless, is suspected of...

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. — Leah Lendel, who survived a shark attack at Boca Grande nearly a year ago, has returned to the site as part of her healing process. "It's kind of like healing for me to come over here. Because seeing this happen to me. And sometimes I even forget I got a shark bite," Lendel said.

FORT MYERS, Florida - A 39-year-old man from North Fort Myers has been sentenced to six years and six months in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine. Michael Peacock, who pleaded guilty on October 28, 2025, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Kyle Dudek, according to United States Attorney Gregory W....

North Fort Myers rescue hopes to acclimate greyhounds and place them in forever homes. In Spain, being groomed to be a hunting dog can be a very cruel thing. If the dog isn’t up to par, or once it ages to the point it can’t keep up, the end can be sad and harsh, as there are very few places a dog can go to be “put...

Preliminary reports, subject to revision, indicate that pick-up truck, vehicle #1, heading north, braked for a semi tractor-trailer truck also heading north but stopped or nearly stopped in the r. oad. Whereupon vehicle #2 ran into the rear of vehicle #1. Pick-up truck vehicle #3 ran into the back of...

Fort Myers, Fla.-based Lee Health has started construction on an ASC and medical office building in Fort Myers. The 60,000-square-foot facility will be located on the campus of Golisano Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida and HealthPark Medical Center, according to an April 1 news release from Stevens...

Says presence represents both an investment in the community and its continuing expansion. A jeweler with deep roots in the Southwest Florida community has made its return to Cape Coral. Dunkin’s Diamonds, a third-generation family-owned jewelry business with locations across Florida and Ohio, has opened its new Cape...

A year ago the Fort Myers City Council begrudgingly gave Suntex, Inc. a year's extension on obtaining needed permits for what is basically a new expanded marina. That year was up on April 1. There could still be hurdles ahead. State giving go-ahead for Fort Myers Yacht Basin. Feds still looking The good news is that...