There’s a Pub Crawl Fundraiser on The Beach Saturday
More than 30 years ago, Michael DeCarlo set out with one simple goal—to make sure children in the community experienced the joy of Christmas. What began as an annual fundraiser to provide gifts for children has become a tradition that has touched countless local families for years. Although Michael...
What Was That Pow Wow at The Pier?
You may have seen fully dressed people, some in suits, some in construction gear, milling about the Fort Myers Beach pier this week. Lee County owns the pier and tells us the reason for the pow wow at the pier was to “complete the important work that takes place before construction begins.”
CROW reunites rehabilitated purple martin with Cape Coral colony
Swallow recovers from plastic-impalement injury at the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel. The purple “Prince” of his colony has returned to Cape Coral. A piece of plastic no larger than a few centimeters nearly ended the life of one young purple martin. Weeks later, that same bird soared back into th
Naccarato Expected to go to Trial Monday
Unless something happens today, Bay Mar Drive resident Carmen Naccarato is scheduled to go to trial to face 3rd degree felony charges. Naccarato is accused of battery on a man over the age of 65. The incident took place on Carolina street next to Naccarato’s Key Estero strip mall where...
GPS Monitor Leads Polk County Deputies Straight To Lakeland Man Wanted In Lee County
David Nathanael Mott LAKELAND, Fla. — A Lakeland man wanted for a probation violation was...
Fort Myers Woman Arrested After 100 MPH Chase In The Florida Keys
Alicia Nichole Longley A 46-year-old Florida woman was arrested early Friday morning after allegedly leading...
A loud Fourth of July despite burn ban
Shoppers browsing fireworks displays at retailers across the Suncoast during Fourth of July weekend wouldn’t have known a burn ban was in effect.
450,000-gallon sewage spill in Florida fouls yard, sends waste toward Caloosahatchee River
"You have to worry about your health, and that's a hazard for what I smell."
SWFLA To Do List: Events in Bonita, Estero, Naples and Marco Island
Top events of the week: 3 To Do: New Marco exhibit; ‘Wake Up’ with Rotary; Dov Davidoff performs. Area students entering grades seven through 10 can experience hands-on science this summer at Rookery Bay Research Reserve’s Marine Science Summer Camp. The flexible, half-day program is led by real marine biologists and s
Cops: Man stole .45 pistol from unlocked truck
PUNTA GORDA — A Labelle man is facing felony charges in Charlotte County, accused of stealing a gun from a car in a Punta Gorda neighborhood in 2025.
