Fort Myers Seafood and Music Festival postponed due to weather concerns
The 5th Annual Fort Myers Seafood and Music Festival is postponed due to weather. The event is rescheduled for April 10-12 at Centennial Park.
100-plus things to do in February in Sarasota, Bradenton, Punta Gorda
While January has already brought plenty of events to the Sarasota area, we'll soon enter arguably the busiest month of the year here, February, which features some of our biggest annual festivities. Thunder by the Bay Music & Motors Festival, Circus Sarasota and St. Barbara Greek Festival are some of the annual...
“Double whammy”: Car rear-ended while stopping for school bus, another drives around crash
LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Lee County Sheriff’s Office posted a video as a reminder for Florida drivers of school bus traffic rules after a car was rear-ended while waiting for a stopped school bus. A camera on the bus captured the silver car at a full stop before another car rear-ended it. The […]
Lee County deputies are searching for an endangered elderly man
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — The Lee County Sheriff's Office is asking for your help finding an endangered 79-year-old man last seen in the Buckingham area on Wednesday afternoon. The Sheriff's Office said Joceli Coutinho was last seen around 12:30 p.m. near near Buckingham Road and Ada Avenue. "Joceli is...
Soaring at 90: Goodland’s Sonny Lokken celebrates birthday in the sky
Doctor joins her patient, Sonny Lokken, for a memorable parasailing adventure on his 90th birthday, fulfilling an 80th birthday promise.
Duo accused of burglarizing Marathon aquarium, killing tarpon
MARATHON, Fla. — Deputies announced two arrests on Wednesday after they accused a pair of fishermen of burglarizing a Florida Keys aquarium and killing a tarpon last May. The announcement came soon after the arrest of one of the suspects on Wednesday: Christopher Jeffrey Smith, 20, of Marathon. Deputies...
Fort Myers and Cape Coral men indicted on murder charges in fentanyl deaths
Two men are charged with killing at least one person by giving them a fatal dose of fentanyl. They are both facing murder charges.
Transformer malfunction forces evacuation of Fort Myers office building
FORT MYERS, Fla. — More than 100 people were evacuated from a five-story office building on Cleveland Avenue Tuesday afternoon after firefighters said there was a malfunctioning transformer that filled the building with smoke. The fire started around 2:24 p.m. at a building located near Cleveland Avenue and Sunrise...
Rare Gulf effect snow possible along Florida Gulf Coast this weekend
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A shot of unusually cold arctic air is heading for Florida this weekend, bringing the Gulf Coast some of the lowest temperatures we have seen in over a decade. Amazingly, it could even be cold enough for snow. The process that would create the snow...
Developers spark outrage as $100 million deal threatens beloved US region: ‘They won’t stop’
"We just don’t have enough." Developers spark outrage as $100 million deal threatens beloved US region: 'They won't stop' first appeared on The Cool Down .
