Fort Myers FL

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — A Bonita Springs man was arrested Saturday after Deputies say he used his pickup truck to block a delivery truck from leaving his property and pulled a handgun during a dispute over a Costco order. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office arrest report, deputies...

A Florida woman is facing charges for allegedly holding a 6-year-old boy underwater in a hotel pool in retaliation after the boy allegedly dunked her 6-year-old son. The Osceola County Sheriff’s Office said deputies responded to the pool area of the Gaylord Palms Hotel in Kissimmee shortly after 4:30 p.m. Friday for...

North Fort Myers’ most famous pair are nurturing the first of what hopefully will be a brood of two. The Southwest Florida Eagle Cam stars welcomed eaglet E26 Thursday at 7:25 p.m. It was half in and half out of its shell, furiously breaking out. As of this morning,...

The search continued Monday for a 57-year-old Fort Myers attorney and his 33-year-old nephew who were reported missing Dec. 19 after a deep-sea fishing trip off the Southwest Florida coast. The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) found the boat floating, upright, but there were no signs of the missing boaters. A new grid search...

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Lee County, FL – A quick response by a Lee County School Resource Officer likely saved a life Wednesday afternoon after a parent collapsed in a school pick-up line. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s...

Edison Festival of Light is proud to announce local legend, Sammy Sirianni, Jr., as the Grand Marshall for the Edison Festival of Light Grand Parade. Southwest Florida’s two-week celebration returns in February 2026, signing off with its signature Grand Parade, lighting up downtown Fort Myers. Since 1938, the parade...

Florida is the No. 3 state in the nation for reported cases of human trafficking. USF reports that there were 700,000 people exploited in Florida in 2024 — 500,000 through labor trafficking and 200,000 through sex trafficking. The community must know how to uproot human trafficking and replant love,...

DESOTO COUNTY, Fla. — A Lehigh Acres man was killed early Monday morning after being hit by a car while attempting to secure a semitruck trailer. According to the Florida Highway Patrol report, the crash happened around 4:30 a.m. on State Road 72 near SW Thigpen Avenue. A man was standing in the road behind a...

Lee County has the distinction of being the home of the first Veterans Memorial Reef dedicated to all U.S. veterans using a military ship. On July 2, 2012, the USS Mohawk was towed from Fort Myers some 30 miles off of Sanibel Island before being scuttled in 90 feet of water by six strategically placed charges meant...

A Fort Myers woman was arrested Friday at the Gaylord Palms Hotel when Osceola County Sheriff's deputies say she dunked a child underwater during a confrontation with her own child. Tiffany Lee Griffith, 36, was arrested and charged with aggravated child abuse and was booked into the Osceola County Jail,...