Fort Myers FL

Cheers to the New Year. If all goes according to plan, a Buffalo, New York, based brewery is expected to open a 25,000-square-foot taproom and restaurant in south Fort Myers early next year. Signs are up and construction is moving along on Resurgence Brewing Company — a Seagate Development Group project — at 6150...

LaBelle’s Tommie Bade Builds a Craft Business From Scraps. It all started with just $12. When she was just 15 years old, Tommie Bade walked into a furniture store in Texas and started browsing. With that $12, she bought a few scraps of cowhide. That simple purchase changed everything.

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A man has been found guilty of murdering two people in a Lee County home during a burglary. According to the Office of the State Attorney, Roberto Perez Rivera was found guilty on two counts of second-degree murder with a firearm, first-degree burglary while armed, and petit theft.

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Millsboro, DE – Delaware State Police are investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred Friday afternoon, November 7, 2025, in Millsboro, leaving one man dead and another hospitalized. According to...

ENGLEWOOD — Jeremy Martin, a longtime area coach and community volunteer, had a recent brush with death after suffering a "widowmaker" heart attack while alone at his hurricane-damaged home.

Today I am in my figurative helicopter looking at Lee County. I see that Lee County deserves decisions for quality of life that is not always a benefit but a burden for our leaders. Growth masks reality where the citizens of Lee County often foot the bill for gaps in...

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — The new $90.8 million Big Carlos Pass Bridge is scheduled to open for the first time to traffic after more than two years of construction. According to Lee County government, Traffic will shift to the bridge on Nov. 13. Once traffic shifts, LeeTran trolley stops on the east side of the bridge...

Councilmember Bill Steinke will serve as mayor pro tem and Mayor John Gunter will serve as office manager, a role he has had previously to manage the day-to-day operations of the Council Office. The two appointments were among housekeeping actions taken by the Cape Coral City Council Wednesday. In other...

Two casinos based in Fort Myers, Florida, were raided on Wednesday in a joint police affair that saw 134 slot machines and “over $22,000” seized. The two businesses, Royal Arcade and Spinners Arcade, were operating machines that are illegal within the state of Florida. Royal Arcade lost 72 machines, as well as $3,100.

A 10-year-old Yorkshire Terrier named Delilah in Cape Coral, Lee County, FL, is looking for a loving retirement home after being rescued from a breeding operation alongside several other small dogs.