Fort Myers FL

HM Restaurant Group, which manages Doc Ford’s Rum Bar & Grille, Dixie Fish Company and Bonita Fish Company, has promoted Ryan Cook to the newly established position of leadership director. Cook, the former general manager of Doc Ford’s Fort Myers Beach location, has been with the restaurant group for...

ALVA, Fla. — Alva High School, Lee County’s newest educational facility, is set to open before the next school year, providing 2,000 new seats for students and doubling as a hurricane shelter. School officials said East Lee County schools are over capacity, and the new school will help...

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. — A man jumped off the Big Carlos Pass Bridge in Lee County on the Fourth of July, shortly after two boats passed through the narrow waterway. Deputy Chief Christopher Armiger of the Fort Myers Beach Fire Control District cautioned against diving from bridges, emphasizing the risks involved.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. – On Friday, July 3, 2026, at around 9 PM, with the help of the Fort Myers Police Department, Jamar Maurice James Jr. (DOB 10/27/2006) was located at Sky Zone Trampoline Park in Fort Myers, Florida and arrested on multiple charges related to a shooting in Cape Coral.

Mike Riley remembers walking into what would soon be Harpoon Harry’s in Fishermen’s Village.

Meet the man who’s on a mission to save your newspaper. David Hoffmann is ignoring the naysayers who wrote off newspapers a long time ago. He sees things differently. Hoffmann believes in the power of local news to strengthen communities and the country, and he’s backed that conviction with tens of millions of dollars.

LEE COUNTY, Fla. — The Lee County Sheriff's Office corrections cleanup initiative is working to clean up roads and more, and wants the public's input in identifying areas that need attention. The group of inmates, called "Carmine's Corrections Cleanup Crew," cleans up communities, abandoned camps, and roadways as part.

US Marshals LEE COUNTY, Fla. – A Bartow man will spend more than two decades...

Nobody plans a Florida road trip around onion rings. One basket is usually enough to change someone’s mind. They arrive golden, impossibly crisp, and still sizzling from the fryer. Before the burgers even reach the table, everyone is already reaching across for just one more. It happens almost every...

Four individuals have been charged in a superseding indictment related to the Jan. 6, 2026, robbery of a Cape Coral jewelry store where more than $1 million in jewelry was stolen. Ivel Sanchez Rivera, 52, of Hialeah; Osmani Barrios Carrera, 37, of Hialeah; Yunior Lopez Delgado, 42, of Miami; and...