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A man was arrested in Gateway after he barricaded himself and his family inside of their home for hours on Friday, according to the sheriff's office.

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. — Lee County deputies are seeking information on a suspect accused of multiple grand thefts at Kohl's stores across the Gulf Coast. According to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers, on June 21, the suspect committed a grand theft at the Kohl's located at 3302 Bonita Beach Road Southwest in Bonita Spri

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A 35-year-old Fort Myers woman was killed in a single-vehicle crash on southbound I-75 near the Alico Road exit in Lee County on Monday afternoon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the woman was driving a 2022 Toyota at mile marker 130 before she went off the road and entered the sloped grass

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — Charlotte County deputies arrested a man who they said was in possession of methamphetamine while he was out on bond after a previous arrest for possessing methamphetamine. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office, on July 3, deputies and a K9 Unit conducted a traffic...

PUNTA GORDA — While city officials moved forward this week in an attempt to designate Punta Gorda’s waterfront parks as historic, they also disscussed designations for private property in the city’s historic neighborhoods.

Lt. Gov. Jay Collins is taking his campaign for Governor off the interstate Saturday — and straight into his chief rival’s home turf. Collins will stop in Cape Coral as part of his “Florida Backroads Tour,” a multiday swing through Lee and DeSoto counties that the campaign says is about showing up “in every county” and

Everyone has questions about the Florida Property Tax Exemption Amendment on the ballot in November. Who would receive tax breaks, and who would be left footing the bill? What impact could it have on local government budgets and, in turn, on communities and businesses?. It’s important that every voter get...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — It's going to be another scorching hot day Monday along the Gulf Coast, with cooling rain mainly sticking to our deep inland areas during the late afternoon and early evening. Your Gulf Coast Weather Most Accurate Forecast calls for temperatures to soar into the middle...

New Southwest Florida home construction is seeing a major 2026 plunge, according to research this past week by Florida Gulf Coast University. And economists and those in real estate say the factors are many. Here's what to know. How much have single-family permits sunk in Southwest Florida in 2026? Single-family buildi

You’re cruising down Pine Island Road in Fort Myers when suddenly a massive ice cream cone appears on the horizon, and yes, it’s an actual building. Twistee Treat isn’t just another roadside ice cream stop—it’s the original location that started a Florida tradition back in the day, serving up cold treats from inside a