Cape Coral FL

A man was arrested on Wednesday after being accused of driving on the beach near designated sea turtle nesting areas, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Firefighters responded to a vehicle that ended up in the canal at the Burnt Store Boat Ramp in Cape Coral Thursday afternoon. According to the Cape Coral Fire Department, crews responded just before 3 p.m., and the vehicle's only occupant was outside when firefighters arrived at the scene.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. (WWSB) - Florida Highway Patrol troopers proved Thursday morning the job’s not all about speeders when they saved a lost dog from drowning in a Cape Coral canal. At about 2:40 a.m., a trooper saw a Malinois, apparently lost, running south on the sidewalk of Del...

CAPE CORAL, Florida - A teacher at Ida S. Baker High School has been arrested following allegations of inappropriate conduct with a student, according to the Cape Coral Police Department. The investigation began on February 2, 2026, when school administration reported that a student disclosed her former teacher, 36-year-old Casimiro Razo, of Cape Coral, Florida, made comments about her appearance, passed her handwritten...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Two Lee County men were arrested Wednesday after they were accused of working together to traffic drugs. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, Ramiro Jimenez-Flores, 20, of North Fort Myers, and Chris Antonio Sierra Lopez, 26, of Lehigh Acres, were arrested after a narcotics investigation.

PUNTA GOARDO, Fla. — Jackie Krohn started volunteering two decades ago at Octagon Wildlife Sanctuary in Punta Gorda. “I just want to try and make a difference in their lives by just helping out,” Krohn said. Krohn knows all the animals by name — and they respond to...

David J. Reyes and Timothy R. Bush (CCSO) CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – Local authorities took...

PUNTA GORDA — Charlotte County officials waited more than five months to arrest a Fort Myers man on a criminal charge.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A former Charlotte County deputy has pleaded guilty to enticement of a minor to engage in sexual activity. According to the Department of Justice, James Gregory Ford, 34, of Port Charlotte, pleaded guilty to charges on Thursday and faces a minimum of 10 years in federal prison.

On August 11, 1984, the body of James Weston Chambers was discovered inside a white Honda Accord along northbound I-75 near Corkscrew Road in Lee County, Florida. Chambers was 49 years old, originally from Ohio, and had reportedly traveled to Southwest Florida while trying to begin a new chapter in his life. Instead, his trip ended in violence on the side of a...