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Kaelyn Goodman lives with congenital myasthenic syndrome (CMS), a rare genetic condition that affects the nerves and muscles

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — The Lee County Sheriff's Office and Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers are searching for two men who they say broke into multiple cars in Lehigh Acres. Crime Stoppers says that early Saturday morning, the men broke into cars between the 3100 and 3300 blocks of 38th Street West through 42nd Street West.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office Marine Unit is working a special initiative directly under the Tom Adams Bridge in the Intracoastal Waterway as Titan Construction repairs the bumper system that guides boaters through the area. Titan Construction crews are working from a barge and...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A Lee County man is accused of violating his probation months after he was arrested for bringing a gun into a family entertainment center. According to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers, Ethan Thomas, 24, was at a family entertainment center and was continuously bumping into a child, causing her to fall down. The father of the child told Thomas to watch what he was doing.

The Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is moving forward with a 21-mile I-75 widening project in Collier and Lee counties to increase capacity, improve traffic operations, and enhance safety. The construction project extends from north of Golden Gate Parkway to south of Alico Road, with proposed improvements including express lanes, auxiliary lanes, interchange modifications, and resurfacing.

Florida’s Buc-ee’s pipeline has another concrete update, this time in Charlotte County. While several Florida Buc-ee’s projects are moving at very different speeds, the planned Southwest Florida travel center has…

ENGLEWOOD — Charlotte County’s Animal Control officers pick up lots of stray dogs and cats on any given day.

Two sisters accused of leaving a Florida restaurant without paying a nearly $137 bill were caught several hours later after a deputy spotted a vehicle matching the one witnesses had described, setting off a long roadside conversation filled with denials, changing explanations and repeated attempts to convince police that they had nothing to do with the dine-and-dash.

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A Lee County man is accused of violating his probation following an arrest on drug possession charges. According to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers, Vernon Brockway, 45, was pulled over by officers in April 2026. Brockway immediately begged officers not to take him to jail. Officers...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Construction has started on the Midtown project in Fort Myers, with detours now in place at Hoople Street and Central Avenue as residents express both hope and caution about the changes ahead. "I've been walking past this construction over here for the past week or...