Foreclosure Rate For Flooded Homes Rises 40%
According to First Street, the real estate research firm, foreclosure rates tend to soar in areas where floods have...
Teen Dead, Another Hospitalized After Port Charlotte Shooting
PORT CHARLOTTE — A confrontation between two teens ended in tragedy Saturday evening, July 5, when both opened fire on each other in a Port Charlotte neighborhood, leaving one dead and the other injured. The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office responded to a 911 call reporting gunfire around 5:20 p.m....
Fort Myers Police investigate overnight death on Towles Street
Fox 4 saw officers leaving the scene of the neighborhood as we arrived, without any crime scene tape in sight. We will update you as we learn more.
Florida orthopedic practice suffers data breach
Fort Myers, Fla.-based Gardner Orthopedics provided notice that it was the target of a cyberattack. The practice determined that it was targeted April 29 and immediately engaged with a third-party cyber security firm to halt and contain the attack, according to a press release from Gardner Orthopedics. The company’s...
Hypocritical Lee County Sheriff Caught Speeding In A Lamborghini On Video
Whether you’ll admit it or not, everyone’s broken the speed limit at least once. Maybe it was an accident. Maybe, like Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno, you just wanted to show off. A few days ago, The Florida Trident posted a video showing Sheriff Marceno hammering the throttle in a black Lamborghini Huracan...
COLUMN: Freedom Swim is more than just a swim
I missed a lot of the Fourth of July fun this past weekend, thanks to a once-in-a-lifetime bad eye infection.
3 To Know: State of Our Water, waterway cleanup and new fast-food items
The Caloosahatchee Watershed is facing similar pressures to many others in South Florida, says the Calusa Waterkeeper in a press release. And that’s what why their July State of Our Water event, entitled “Pollution and Pragmatism,” is all about. The group has invited Matt DePaolis of Sanibel-Captiva...
‘The traffic is terrible’: Cape Coral launches plan to tackle congestion crisis
Cape Coral officials want you to come to a mobility plan workshop, which will address traffic concerns as the city transitions from road impact fees to mobility fees.
Lee County studies shared-use path to connect communities across Caloosahatchee
Lee County studies new shared-use path connecting Fort Myers and North Fort Myers across the Caloosahatchee River, with people already embracing existing sidewalk infrastructure.
GOOD GRADES: Charlotte County Schools show improvement
PORT CHARLOTTE — Charlotte County Schools saw an increase in grades for six of its public schools this year and the most A-rated schools in 12 years, according to numbers released by state officials this week.