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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

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's assistance in searching for two people accused of stealing from a Lee County Costco. According to Crime Stoppers, the two people used a laundry hauler to hold items they had purchased at the Costco on Cypress Lake Drive, but did not pay for

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Tropical Storm Dolly formed in the east Atlantic on Thursday. As of the initial advisory from the National Hurricane Center, Dolly has maximum sustained winds of 40 mph and is moving west at 24 mph. The center of the storm is located 1750 miles east of the Lesser Antilles.