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LEE COUNTY, Fla. — A new Chick-fil-A location opened on Thursday off Alico Road in Lee County, with special giveaways to celebrate the grand opening. The new location is located at 16961 Three Oaks Marketplace Drive and opened just under a week after the previous Alico Road location closed.

A flurry of new routes have been added to the menu at Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) this summer. On Tuesday (Sept. 1) one more destination was added to the list. The Lee County Port Authority announced that Allegiant Air will offer new nonstop service between RSW and Flint, Michigan's Bishop Internation

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — A pedestrian has died after they were hit by a car at Lee Boulevard and Archdale Street in Lehigh Acres on Tuesday, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP says that the pedestrian was injured, transported to the hospital and later pronounced deceased. FHP says...

Avow Real Estate Inc., the real estate arm of Avow Hospice, has bought a 2.78-acre property in Fort Myers. LSI Companies brokered the sale of the parcel, at 14590 Hope Center Loop in the Hope Preserve development. Avow Real Estate paid $3.3 million for the property. The seller is Hope...

FEMA has approved $317 million in disaster recovery and hazard-mitigation funding for Florida, with nearly $53 million of it earmarked for St. Vincent's Medical Center Riverside in Jacksonville to armor the hospital's roof, walls and other building components against hurricane-force winds and flooding. The money spans

A Lehigh Acres woman is dead and her nephew is facing four felony charges after deputies say he attacked her and another family member inside a duplex on Haviland Avenue South, then tried to flee before he was caught nearby. Whycliff Longin, 28, appeared before a Lee County judge last Saturday, where the judge found pr

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Cape Coral Mayor John Gunter said on Wednesday during the city council meeting that he is sick and will need to have surgery. According to the mayor, he was diagnosed months ago and the surgery is scheduled for Sept. 16. Gunter said he will be...

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — A fire burned through a homeless camp on Fourth Way in North Fort Myers on Wednesday afternoon, according to the North Fort Myers Fire District. Video from the scene shows smoke billowing from the lot. The fire was visible for miles across the area. North Fort Myers Fire officials said the flam

Whycliff Longin Federal immigration authorities have placed a detainer on a Haitian national accused of...

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — The Lee County Sheriff's Office said there were no injuries in a crash involving a vehicle and a school bus at Joel Boulevard and David Avenue in Lehigh Acres on Tuesday afternoon. According to the School District of Lee County, the bus was able to...