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CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Thursday morning update: Cape Coral firefighters found the dog's owners and returned him home Thursday morning. Cape Coral firefighters rescued a dog from a canal on Wednesday and are looking to reunite him with his owners. According to the Cape Coral Fire Department, crews found...

NAI Burns Scalo has acquired a Southwest Florida commercial real estate firm as the Pittsburgh company expands beyond brokerage and positions itself to invest more heavily in development projects across Florida. The company said Tuesday it acquired Fort Myers-based Commercial Property Southwest Florida, a longtime Cush

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Marlena Velez, a Cape Coral TikTok influencer who was convicted of stealing from a Target store, was arrested again on Wednesday after being accused of violating her probation. Velez first gained attention online in 2024 when she filmed herself shoplifting merchandise from a Cape Coral...

3,114 illegal machines and $1.7 million seized. 81 arrests. That's the result of gambling raids across the state of Florida since the beginning of this year. Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier hosted a news conference in Naples on Wednesday to announce the results of "Operation Sunset Stakes", an effort aiming to

How one restaurateur and one farm stand crew view the challenges of summer. It’s well over 90 degrees, knee-deep in a June afternoon east of the sprawl on State Road 80 in Lee County, where a bustling Rooster’s Produce farm market almost appears out of place among nearby fields and cow pastures.

Florida SouthWestern State College (FSW) is helping high school students explore future career pathways this summer through hands-on camps focused on artificial intelligence, drones, health care, video game design and other emerging industries. Running July 13-31, the camps are designed to introduce students to in-dema

The popular burger chain Shake Shack is coming to Estero. The New York-founded chain is opening next year at Coconut Point, one of nearly half a dozen retailers moving into the open-air mall in the coming months. Shake Shack, which started in New York’s City Madison Square Park as a...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — At Golisano Children's Hospital, kids like 2-year-old Mason spend more days here than they do at home. "He has a brain tumor, it's called an astrocytoma. Unfortunately, it took over the left side of his brain," said Mason's mom, Ashley, who wants to keep their last name private.

Fort Myers and its surrounding towns have something for everyone when it comes to the culinary scene.

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A Lee County man is suing several law enforcement agencies after their use of artificial intelligence technology led to his wrongful arrest in 2024. Gulf Coast News first exposed the injustice a year and a half ago. WRONGFULLY ARRESTED OUTSIDE HIS HOME: ‘THIS IS NUTS’...