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FORT MYERS, Fla. — Three Naples men face up to 20 years each in federal prison after they were found guilty of conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire and the use of interstate facilities for murder-for-hire. According to the Middle District of Florida in a news release on Thursday, a federal...

An April 2024 Florida arrest is drawing fresh attention after newly circulated bodycam footage captured a woman repeatedly asking why she was being taken into custody, just one day after she had bonded out of ... Read more

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — The first Chick-fil-A in Lehigh Acres is opening its doors to the public on Thursday, with grand opening festivities planned throughout the day. The newest Chick-fil-A restaurant on the Gulf Coast, located at 1110 Homestead Road North, will be open from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays. Of course, the restaurant will be closed on Sunday.

The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to award $15 million in federal Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery funds to reconstruct Main Street on San Carlos Island. The project includes the county purchasing a piece of property and the reconstruction of Main Street and its drainage system. Hur

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Zara Mantilla, a 14-year-old freshman at Bishop Verot High School in Fort Myers, has been selected to train with the U.S. U-15 national soccer team, a remarkable achievement for the young athlete who has loved soccer since she was 3 years old. "I would, like,...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A man was arrested in Lee County on Tuesday after being accused of speeding at over 100 mph and resisting arrest. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office arrest report, at around 7:30 a.m., a deputy was traveling west on Alico Road when they noticed a Hyundai making unsafe lane changes. The driv

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — A man in Charlotte County was arrested after deputies say he knocked someone who was riding their bicycle into the ground and threatened to kill them. According to an arrest report, deputies with the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office responded to the area of Pellam Boulevard...

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Cape Coral mayoral candidate Lisa Cohen-Adkinson plans to file a lawsuit against the city council in order to stop the November 2 vote on the Cape Coral North 3 Utilities Extension Project. The city council approved the utility expansion project assessments during a September meeting....

A Florida woman is facing a second-degree felony charge after, reports say, Claude's automated security filters flagged alleged threats on her account against the Lee County Sheriff's Office. Karni Chagal-Feferkorn, Assistant Professor of Instruction at USF's Bellini College of AI, Cybersecurity & Computing, joined FOX

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — A hit-and-run crash in Lehigh Acres left a car in the bushes early Wednesday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, troopers responded to reports of a hit-and-run crash on Gunnery Road South at 18th Street Southwest just after midnight. Gulf Coast News crews at...