Cape Coral FL

Once again, Breeze Airways is spreading its wings at Southwest Florida International Airport. On June 24, the low-cost airline announced plans to add three new routes from the airport in Fort Myers, with one-way fares starting at $69. The carrier will add these two routes later this year: Dayton, Ohio: Nonstop on Monda

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Fort Myers city leaders are working on traffic improvements for State Road 82 near Forum Boulevard to address ongoing congestion and prepare for increased traffic from new developments, including an Amazon facility set to open in 2027. Scott Evans, a Lee County resident, described the...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Fort Myers is moving forward with plans to redevelop the City of Palms Park site into a multi-use sports complex, community center, hotel, restaurants, and shops, as consultants presented renderings to city officials. Roman, a kid playing at the park in downtown Fort Myers, shared...

Charlotte County deputies arrested a 68-year-old Punta Gorda man after he allegedly pulled a loaded gun on two fence contractors. He reportedly shouted racial slurs and death threats at the contractors, according to the Tampa Free Press. The man, Shelton H. Roy Jr., now faces aggravated assault charges with a hate crim

EL JOBEAN — Charlotte County Fire & EMS has closed Fire Station 3 on El Jobean Road and temporarily relocated operations while a replacement station is being built.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Cape Coral residents are raising concerns about e-motos, electric motorcycles that resemble e-bikes but come with stricter rules and regulations. Arsenio Godinho, owner of Paradise Bicycles, said the issue is widespread. "It's a real issue that, that we're having not just in our city," Godinho...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies have confirmed that one person is in custody following a burglary at the Super America gas station on Alico Road in Lee County on Wednesday morning. According to a clerk at the gas station who spoke to Gulf Coast News, the burglar entered the...

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Two teenagers were arrested on Sunday after they were accused of theft at a business in Cape Coral. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, Maleek Charles Graves, 17, and Markus Lee Gibson, 16, were arrested after an investigation matched them to a theft at a business in southeast Cape Coral,

Firefighters contained a one-acre brush fire off Oil Well Road on Tuesday morning after it rekindled from a previous fire in the same area on Monday night. At least seven brush fires have sparked across southern Charlotte and northern Lee counties since Monday, with lightning from storms being a possible source of the

NCH is launching the first heart and kidney transplant program in Lee County, marking a significant step in local healthcare after nearly a decade without a transplant program in the area. In constructing its new heart and stroke center, NCH identified an opportunity to establish an organ transplant program. "There...