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Key takeaway: Charlotte County-based Ambitrans, over the past 35 years, has grown into one of the largest non-emergency medical transport firms in the region. Core challenge: Finding and retaining personnel. What’s next: Company is constantly recruiting employees and adding and enhancing its benefits and pay packages.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Friday is shaping up to be another hot and humid day with afternoon showers and thunderstorms. Your Gulf Coast Weather Most Accurate Forecast has rain developing inland in the early afternoon hours. Coverage should favor the I-75 corridor and east early on before shifting closer to the coast later on

ALVA, Fla. — An Alva man was arrested on animal cruelty charges after the Lee County Sheriff's Office says he failed to get his dog veterinary care when it was hit by a car. LCSO says that on Wednesday deputies responded to the home for a domestic violence call. They say that the suspect, Michael Crandall, 28, was foun

CYPRESS LAKE, Fla. — The Lee County Sheriff's Office responded to a robbery at a 7-Eleven gas station on Winkler Road and Cypress Lake Drive early Friday morning. Deputies are now on the lookout for the suspect. LCSO told Gulf Coast News that a robbery took place at the...

PORT CHARLOTTE — Mote Marine Laboratory released 2,000 juvenile snook into Charlotte County waters Thursday.

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is searching for a person of interest in connection to a residential burglary in Lehigh Acres. According to a post on their Facebook page, Jakeem Bailey, 33, is a person of interest in a burglary of an unoccupied residence that occurred.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A Cape Coral man was arrested on Wednesday after being accused of stealing over $2,500 worth of groceries from a Publix in a Ramen-barcode-switching scheme. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, David Crespo, 67, was arrested following an investigation that found 97 total reported...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The drought monitor was updated Thursday morning and it continues to improve for us here on the Gulf Coast. Here's the latest update. While things are improving, it's still a severe drought and we need more rain. Compared to last week, the area of the Gulf Coast now under a severe drought is expandin

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — SWAT and Cape Coral police officers responded to a home in the southeast Cape Coral area on Thursday. According to the Cape Coral Police Department, officers are working on an investigation in the area, and SWAT is no longer at the scene. CCPD said this response did not result in an arrest.

BOKEELIA, Fla. — Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is looking for witnesses, a suspect identification and vehicle information in a physical assault that occurred at the Bokeelia Fishing Pier in May. In a post on their Facebook page, Crime Stoppers says that on Memorial Day weekend a violent physical altercation...