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SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A Lehigh Acres father was arrested after deputies said he rode an ATV recklessly and did wheelies with his 8-year-old son on board during a street takeover. Jordianis Garcia, 29, was arrested June 15 on a charge of child neglect without great bodily harm, according to...

A father was arrested Monday after he was caught on camera doing wheelies on an ATV with his 8-year-old son during a street takeover, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The State of Florida filed a motion on June 5 to seek the death penalty for the man accused of killing a gas station clerk with a hammer in Fort Myers. According to the State Attorney's Office, Rolbert Joachin, 40, was indicted by a grand jury on a first-degree murder charge, which carries a potentia

Former Mayor Ray Murphy and former Town Council member Bill Veach now have 10 days to appeal Judge Keith Kyle’s ruling. On Monday Kyle ruled that the defamation suit against Murphy and Veach filed by Karen Woodson and John King can move forward. Woodson and King filed the lawsuit...

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With Lynn Hall Park closed for construction, the Fort Myers Beach Lions Club, which hosts the Shrimp Feistval, have announced that they are working out details to move the event over to the big field at Bay Oaks. In recent years the event has been held on Old San Carlos...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Fort Myers police arrested a man they say was drunk driving in downtown Fort Myers before backing into a patrol car during a traffic stop. According to the Fort Myers Police Department, on Saturday night, officers responded to reports of a suspected drunk driver after a witness reported seeing a pick

Cape Coral Police Department officers responded to a reported disturbance involving possible weapons at a residence located at 2810 Diplomat Parkway West shortly after midnight on June 12, 2026. Dispatch advised that a fight was occurring at the location and that weapons may have been involved. Additional information i

I have a rule about flea markets. If the parking lot is full on a Tuesday morning, you go in. No questions asked. Florida has plenty of places that call themselves flea market destinations, but every once in a while you find one that actually earns that title. The kind...

Last week, a local worker fell into a hole while sandblasting a barge near San Carlos Island, which set off a dramatic, multi-agency rescue. Crews freed him from the tight spot and rushed him to a local hospital. It happened just after 9 a.m. on June 9, 2026. Fort Myers...