Fort Myers FL

The 2026 Southwest Florida Ag Expo will open Thursday in a familiar location that now has a new name. The traditional ribbon cutting will be held at 3:30 p.m. Feb. 26, at Mike Greenwell Regional Park, the old Lee County Civic Center at 11831 Bayshore Road in North Fort Myers.

The Grand Parade will step off from Fort Myers High School Saturday night as the 88th annual Edison Festival of Light concludes this weekend with a crafts show, 5K and a party with food trucks and more. Thomas Edison built his winter home in Fort Myers in 1885 and throughout...

"I feel a lot more closure." Dashcam helps police identify suspect who robbed driver: 'A big invasion of ... privacy' first appeared on The Cool Down .

A Fort Myers man accused of sexually assaulting a child is now in custody after authorities say he bolted from Southwest Florida, only to be tracked down by federal agents in Houston. According to Fort Myers police, the suspect left the area after learning he was a person of interest...

A proposed trail from Fort Myers to Cape Coral could provide continuous path for cyclists and pedestrians.

Tucked along Old 41 Road in Bonita Springs, Florida, Buffalo Chips Restaurant has been quietly winning over locals and visitors for over 40 years. It may not look like much from the outside, but one bite of their legendary buffalo wings and you will understand why people keep coming back.

BJ Odom was never supposed to live past his teenage years. Yet here he is, 70, still breathing and still making people laugh. The former Southwest Florida radio personality and comedian outlived his parents, in fact, and he’s just as surprised as anyone about surviving past his self-described “expiration date.”...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Crews battled a structure fire involving a barn on Corkscrew Road in Lee County Friday. According to the Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District, crews are at the scene of the fire at a 100-by-30-foot barn. The barn and everything inside has been considered a total loss.

The Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers will open its 40th Annual All Florida Exhibition on March 6. The exhibition, which runs through March 28, will be presented alongside two additional gallery showcases, offering visitors a broad look at contemporary Florida art, sculpture, and student work this spring. Now...

Former Beasley Spanish Tropical “Playa 99.3” WWCN-FM Fort Myers Beach began stunting on Wednesday with a one hour loop of mostly Spanish ballads (but a pair of English songs in Celine Dion “My Heart Will Go On” and Air Supply “Making Love Out of Nothing At All”). The station is also redirecting its former listeners...