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LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — Friends and family of Connor Blais gathered at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Lehigh Acres to honor his life, as the investigation into the hit-and-run crash that killed him last month continues. "It's very heartwarming, but it's also heartbreaking, right?" said Janet and Douglas Blais,...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A Sanibel woman has a warrant out for her arrest after she was accused of trying to fake a negative result on a drug test, according to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers. Crime Stoppers says that Kathryn Ohara, 34, was initially arrested after officers spotted her...

More than half of the candidates running for Florida statehouse seats this year across DeSoto, Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties are self-reported millionaires.

Finnegan's Grille and Pub, a well-liked casual spot in Charlotte County, was found with 13 violations during a July 24 routine inspection — with multiple foods found sitting at unsafe temperatures across several coolers.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Gulf Coast is welcoming students back to school with new and renovated campuses across Collier and Lee counties. In Collier County, students will now attend classes at the new Ave Maria Elementary School. The school opens this fall for pre-K through fifth-grade students and...

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Crews with the Cape Coral Fire Department rescued a dog from a canal and storm drain off of Four Mile Cove Parkway just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Firefighters say that a couple saw the dog, later identified as Rio, struggling in the canal and called for help. Rio had entered a storm drain and

Florida Man Jailed For Allegedly Killing Cats With Blow Dryer and Rag Soaked in Bleach

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Crews with the South Trail Fire Protection & Rescue Service District helped extricate a driver involved in a single-vehicle rollover crash on Bald Cypress Circle in Fort Myers on Saturday. According to firefighters, the vehicle struck a palm tree and rolled onto its side, leaving...

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Officers with the Cape Coral Police Department arrested a woman who is accused disturbing the body of Brenda Corbin, a Cape Coral woman who was found in Charlotte County days after she was reported missing. Corbin's daughter told Gulf Coast News that an arrest had...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A man is wanted on four different warrants after being accused of violating his probation stemming from an arrest on criminal mischief charges. According to Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers, Jabier James, 29, was arrested on criminal mischief charges after throwing large bricks and stones through sev