Fort Myers FL

Calusa Waterkeepers find dangerous human fecal contamination in Fort Myers waterway where families recreate, demand immediate city action.

3D PLANS: Lynn Hall Memorial Park on Fort Myers Beach will soon look different, with new bathrooms and amenities! It’s part of Lee County’s plan to revitalize this park and Crescent Beach.

A friend of the only survivor in the deadly speedboat crash on the Caloosahatchee plans to organize a safety program to honor the victims.

Three people have died and one is in critical but stable condition after a catamaran flipped Saturday, Nov. 29, on the Caloosahatchee River on the southwest Gulf Coast between Cape Coral and Fort Myers, authorities said. The MTI 390 powerboat sent all four occupants into the water around 5 p.m. according to Bradley...

The South Village boardwalk has undergone many changes since it opened 18 months ago. On Oct. 22, the FGCU University Police Department (UPD) filed a report stating that the SoVi boardwalk had been defaced, with damage to the lights, deterring students from walking on the boardwalk at night. Due to the outage, the...

The feature film Dozier will be shown during a private screening at Collaboratory on Dec. 10, 2025. The two-hour film, directed by Max Leonida, recounts the harrowing 1981 kidnapping of Fort Myers resident, retired Major General James L. Dozier. In 1981, Dozier lived in Verona, Italy, with his wife and...

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County has issued a health alert for the presence of harmful blue-green algae in Gator Slough Canal.

FORT MYERS, Fla. (WFLA) — A white SUV crashed into a UPS store in San Carlos Park on Monday, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said. According to the San Carlos Park Fire Protection and Rescue Service District, the crash occurred around 9 a.m. in Fort Myers at the Grand Bay Plaza. The sheriff’s office did […]

School choice advocate Erika Donalds called the publicly funded schools a "national model" and defended millions paid to vendors she was tied to.

Street racing on Del Prado Boulevard, with cars exceeding 90 mph, has been linked to a deadly January crash, according to the Cape Coral Police Department.