Fort Myers FL

A two-vehicle crash has closed two lanes of northbound I-75 just north of the Pine Ridge Road exit in Collier County. [CLEARED]. Crash shuts down all northbound lanes of US-41 at Fountain Lakes Boulevard in Lee County. [CLEARED]. 12:30 p.m. A vehicle fire is blocking the southbound entrance ramp of...

On Tuesday the Lee County Board of Commissioners will vote on whether to purchase 28,358 square feet of land for $1.8 million at 1100 Main Street just before the Matanzas Pass Bridge heading to Fort Myers Beach. The money to purchase the property is not in the county’s budget. The...

Live music and a plethora of taco and treat vendors will fill Mike Greenwell Regional Park for the inaugural Southwest Florida Tacos & Treats Festival. The festival will be held from noon to 9 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, at Mike Greenwell Regional Park. “This will be the first time the...

A 13-second video showing a Florida manager rudely confronting an elderly McDonald’s employee has sparked widespread outrage across social media platforms. He was reportedly terminated from his job for mishandling cleaning duties. X user Suzie Rizzio, who originally posted the video, gave some context behind the viral

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — The Chick-fil-A location off Alico Road on Interstate Commerce Drive in Lee County will close Friday after 17 years in business. According to an Instagram post from the restaurant, Friday, August 28, will be the last day the business will be in operation as it prepares for a move to a new location on

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — Two men were arrested on Thursday following a road rage incident in North Fort Myers involving a brandished gun. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office arrest report, a deputy responded to a call about a road rage incident in the area of Pine Island Road and northbound US-41 at around 12:

ALVA, Fla. — The Lee County Sheriff's Office is conducting a death investigation after a person was found dead in an SUV in the parking lot of a Citgo gas station and Handy Neighborhood Store on Palm Beach Boulevard in Alva on Thursday. Deputies said there are no immediate...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A student at Coronado High School was arrested by deputies with the Lee County Sheriff's Office after they say he brought a gun to school. LCSO says that on Wednesday, a school resource officer was alerted to concerns involving a student who reportedly had access to a firearm. When the student arrive

Florida’s public school enrollment is projected to drop by up to 70,000 students over the next five years, a decline reshaping budgets, staffing and campus construction across the state’s largest districts, from Broward and Miami-Dade to Orange County. The losses trace largely to Florida’s expanded school voucher progr

Dr. Matthew Connor, a board-certified otolaryngologist with Precision Healthcare Specialists, has become the first physician in Lee and Collier counties to treat chronic rhinitis with an innovative new system using radiofrequency technology. Connor, a U.S. Air Force veteran and fellow of the American Academy of Otolary