Fort Myers FL

The Fort Myers Beach Town Council was about to start the process of foreclosing on the former bank building at 2815 Estero Boulevard in front of the Sea Grape Plaza owned by Robert Himmelstein. On Wednesday, Himmelsten went to Town Hall and paid the $16,500 code fine to resolve the issue.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Cape Coral city council is considering lowering speed limits on neighborhood streets after an engineering study revealed the deadly impact of higher vehicle speeds. The yearlong study found that a pedestrian hit by a car traveling 20 mph has about a 5% chance of dying....

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Florida residents with mismatched names on their documents are being denied driver’s licenses, creating challenges for those trying to prove their identity. Steve Plunkett, 70, is one of the affected residents. Born in Price, Utah, Plunkett said his mother gave him her maiden name,...

The Charlotte County Economic Development Office presented Buffalo Graffix with the Excellence in Business Award during the July 28, 2026, meeting of the Charlotte County Board of County Commissioners. Founded in 1988, Buffalo Graffix has served Charlotte County for more than 35 years. Today, the second-generation loca

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — Lee County deputies are investigating a homicide along 22nd Street Southwest in Lehigh Acres after a teen was found dead in a driveway. “It’s shocking. Every day you think you’re living in a neighborhood like this that’s normally quiet, and then something like this happens,” said Noelbis Albeja, a

A 5.29-acre industrial property in Fort Myers has sold. The property at 16420 Old U.S. Highway 41 was bought by a suburban Boston LLC named ARP Ft Myers for $2.65 million. The LLC’s address, according to Florida’s Department of Corporations database, matches that of Albany Road Real Estate Partners in Dedham, Massachus

Headquartered in North Fort Myers, Florida, Lee County Electric Cooperative (LCEC), is a not-for-profit electric distribution cooperative providing a safe, reliable and cost-competitive electric service to more than 250,000 members across Southwest Florida. Its service territory spans a diverse mix of communities, from

ESTERO, Fla. — A group of teens broke into the abandoned Regal Cinema movie theater at Coconut Point Mall, filming their actions and posting the video on TikTok, where it has received more than 100,000 views. Terry Miller, a parent visiting from Ohio, shared his reaction to the video.

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — One person was detained in North Fort Myers after a wellness check escalated into a barricade scene on Tuesday. According to the Lee County Sheriff's Office, deputies responded to a residence on Second Way and Cabana Avenue in response to a wellness check. The...

A young woman from Dansville vanished in Cape Coral, Florida, in 1985 after climbing into a stranger's red pickup truck. Nearly 40 years later, kayakers found her remains in a canal.