Fort Myers FL

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Did you always want to see the Everly Brothers in concert but never got the chance? Or perhaps you would simply like to become better acquainted with their remarkable music. Either way, "Forever Everly: The Everly Brothers Rockumentary", now playing at Florida Repertory Theatre in downtown Fort Myers

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — One person was flown to the hospital as a trauma alert following a crash on I-75 near the Tuckers Grade exit in Charlotte County. According to Charlotte County Public Safety, crews responded to southbound I-75 for a crash involving a semi-truck and passenger vehicle at around 5:45 a.m. Saturday

Florida veterinarian's determination pays off after sacrificing for a better life for her son and a career in veterinary medicine. Elizabeth "Dixie" Brown, DVM, didn't long to be a veterinarian. Or a business owner. She just wanted to be successful. Dr. Dixie Brown, left, and Erica Helbig, practice manager, East...

A tiny ocean organism called rust tide has been spotted in the waters off Southwest Florida. Margalefidinium (mar-gah-leh-fih-DIN-ee-um) looks like red tide and can cause massive fish kills, but it is not known to produce the toxins responsible for respiratory irritation. Calusa Waterkeeper volunteer pilot Ralph Arwood

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno is defending his office’s $38 million budget increase, which brings the total to nearly $353 million for the upcoming year, as commissioners and taxpayers question its necessity. "It's a very, very expensive business. The inmate medical, retirement, healthcare. Thos

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. (WWSB) - A man was found guilty of breaking into a Charlotte County home and assaulting a woman in Sept. 2025, police said. Braxton Jacobs was charged with sexual battery, burglary and false imprisonment and will be spending 15 years in prison, police said. He got in...

Ryan Fogg, left, and Louis La Cava, deliver opening statements in a medical negligence trial against a physician and physician assistant who treated a woman following a fall that dislocated her knee. The woman ultimately had her leg amputated below the knee. Watch the trial. Fort Myers, FL—Jurors Wednesday previewed...

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — A man was arrested on Thursday after he was accused of burglary and grand theft at a convenience store in North Fort Myers. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office arrest report, Alexander Allen Hefner, 49, was arrested after deputies responded to a reported burglary of a convenience store

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A solo protester in Cape Coral drew attention Tuesday evening at the corner of Chiquita Boulevard and Pine Island Road with a "White Lives Matter" sign and repeated Nazi salutes, prompting concern from residents and a call to police. Sebastian Lopez, a Cape Coral resident,...

NORTH PORT — A crash on Interstate 75 left one driver dead, and a North Port Police vehicle heavily damaged.