Fort Myers FL

Bellini’s Fort Myers – 13451 McGregor Blvd. Suites 5-9, Fort Myers – 239-270-5005. Almost forty years ago, chef and restaurant owner Andrea Mucciga opened his first restaurant on Captiva Island. Mucciga – an immigrant from Sardinia, Italy – still speaks with a heavy Italian accent. When he speaks, even the simplest...

The Town of Fort Myers Beach is alerting residents and businesses to a recent increase in sophisticated scam attempts and is launching a new public-awareness initiative, “FRAUD WATCH: Scammers Beware,” to help protect the community through timely education and prevention. The Town’s new FRAUD WATCH newsletter will...

Swig, the chain of dirty soda shops, is continuing its Florida expansion with a new Fort Myers location to open next year. The shop will be in the University Crossing shopping center at 13401 Summerlin Road. Dirty sodas, according to Food & Wine magazine, is “one that’s mixed or topped...

In 2023, when the Citrus & Specialty Crop Expo was forced to leave the Lee Civic Center and Fort Myers, AgNet Media shared your disappointment. Like many of you, we hoped and prayed that one day we would have the opportunity to return. Today, we are thrilled to announce that those prayers have been answered.

Town council members voted to permit outdoor alcohol consumption at a new development's hotel and restaurant. The decision passed without opposition on Dec. 15, 2025. Beverley Milligan and Roland Weinmann own Cottages at Myerside LLC. They plan to construct 45 lodging units, four live-work spaces, and 9,000 square...

New body camera footage shows Cape Coral Councilwoman Rachel Kaduk arrested for DUI after 911 call from concerned driver.

A single stop on a Florida school bus’s route recently netted more than $3,000 in citations from more than a dozen drivers who illegally passed while its lights were flashing, authorities said. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office on Thursday shared a video that showed 16 vehicles illegally passing a stopped school bus on...

Lee County Mosquito Control tracked a spike in mosquito-borne illnesses this year. Travelers returned to Southwest Florida carrying dengue fever and chikungunya after trips abroad. The county logged 16 dengue cases and 11 Chikungunya cases in 2025. Statewide, Florida documented 409 dengue fever cases and 206...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A man in Fort Myers was arrested after being accused of vandalizing a place of worship. Officers with the Fort Myers Police Department say that on Dec. 8, Hunter Zachary Thompson, 24, bent a flagpole at St. Francis Xavier Catholic School, costing it over $5,000 in damage.

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