Fort Myers FL

Residents of Charlotte County looking to stay updated on local government affairs can mark their calendars for a series of meetings scheduled for the first week of February. According to the Charlotte County Government website, the week will kick off with a Code Enforcement Special Magistrate Hearing on Wednesday,...

Two men are accused of breaking into a Florida Keys aquarium, catching a legally-protected game fish and taking it out of the water, causing its death, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. Detectives say the pair burglarized Florida Keys Aquarium Encounters around 2:50 a.m. on May 25 and fished in the...

Cold weather is threatening tropical fruits in Southwest Florida. At Fruitscapes Nursery, workers are using tarps, sprays, and frost cloths to keep sensitive crops alive.

On Wednesday, January 28, 2026, at approximately 11:24 a.m., Cape Coral Police officers responded to a reported burglary at a home located in the 2100 block of Cape Coral Parkway West. According to the initial call, unauthorized individuals were inside the residence despite the property being listed and not...

Twenty-five million is a formidable number. And it’s especially impressive when it comes to The Bagel Factory in Fort Myers . That’s how many bagels the mom & pop shop has produced since opening along College Parkway 31 years ago. “We keep records of all the bagels we make,” said Mark Lukasik, who opened the business...

Convicted killer Wade Wilson's journey to Florida's death row is documented in detail in the new Paramount+ docuseries "Handsome Devil: Charming Killer". The three-part production dropped on Jan. 20. Wilson was convicted in 2024 and sentenced to death for the 2019 murders of Kristine Melton and Diane Ruiz in Cape...

Two Florida men have been caught and are facing charges after a late-night break-in at a popular aquarium last May, which left a large tarpon dead. Police say the men weren’t there to steal cash, but to fish in the business’s private lagoon. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife rescued an owl that was hit by a car in Fort Myers. CROW said the barred owl was found lying on the road and, once examined, was determined to be hit by a car. CROW said the owl...

LEE COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — The Lee County Sheriff’s Office posted a video as a reminder for Florida drivers of school bus traffic rules after a car was rear-ended while waiting for a stopped school bus. A camera on the bus captured the silver car at a full stop before another car rear-ended it. The […]

MARATHON, Fla. — Deputies announced two arrests on Wednesday after they accused a pair of fishermen of burglarizing a Florida Keys aquarium and killing a tarpon last May. The announcement came soon after the arrest of one of the suspects on Wednesday: Christopher Jeffrey Smith, 20, of Marathon. Deputies...