Cape Coral FL

VENICE — Electronic bicycles — e-bikes — are proliferating almost faster than the law and public awareness can keep up.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - A fatal crash has closed northbound Interstate 75 at mile marker 154 in Charlotte County, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Northbound Interstate 75 is closed at exit 143 (Bayshore Road), with traffic being diverted off the interstate. Motorist are encouraged to use State Road 31...

There’s no “Cutest Critter in Florida” contest but, if there were, I can name a few contestants. The diminutive Key deer, for one. The seagrass-munching manatee for another. And, of course, the friendly Florida scrub jay.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. – A 20-year-old Bradenton man is behind bars after a family in Punta Gorda discovered his communications with a 13-year-old girl and intercepted him as he returned to their home. Kevin Lopez Perez was arrested on Friday, March 27, 2026, by the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office Major The post Punta...

A neighborhood argument in Cape Coral turned cinematic Wednesday evening when, police say, a 41-year-old man pulled a roughly three-foot sword from his truck, threatened a neighbor, then took off in a white Chevrolet pickup before officers tracked him down. Cape Coral police say the man was later arrested and the...

You know that feeling when you find a twenty-dollar bill in an old jacket pocket? Multiply that by about a hundred, and you are getting close to what shopping in Florida feels like. This liquidator warehouse is the kind of place your frugal aunt would call her “happy place” and...

A pontoon boat with 11 people on board overturned near Fort Myers Beach on Tuesday, leaving 2 people injured, according to footage from the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. — Two men were arrested after deputies observed a cocaine sale in the parking lot of a local bar, according to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office. Investigators with the Narcotics Unit said they had been monitoring Phillip Jerome Barker Jr., 36, and had probable cause for his The post Two...

Collier County is taking a big step toward creating the Bonita–Estero Rail Trail, a 15‑mile path that will connect parts of Collier and Lee Counties. The county has agreed to buy 24.3 acres—about 1.5 miles of the corridor—for $11.6 million. The trail will run from Wiggins Pass Road north to Alico Road, turning an...

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is searching for a man after a shooting incident at the Pilot gas station on Jones Loop Road. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, shots were fired into a vehicle at the gas station on March 8. CCSO said no one was injured, and Travis Merrell,...