More questions answered as Cape water restriction approaches
CAPE CORAL, Fla. Local business are working with the city to comply with a one-day-a-week watering schedule that takes effect Friday. R&R Sprinkler and Landscape employee Carlo Groomes has to...
View ArticleLee County hotels part of potential credit card data breach
FORT MYERS, Fla. Credit card data may have been stolen from two Lee County hotels, their parent company warned. Several InterContinental Hotels Group franchisees across the country were alerted to...
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Cape Coral woman rescued from plane crash
YANKEETOWN, Fla. An 18-year-old Cape Coral woman was one of two people rescued after their plane crashed in water Wednesday night, the U.S. Coast Guard said. She and the plane’s pilot, a 19-year-old...
View ArticleFowler Street reopens after Fort Myers crash
FORT MYERS, Fla. A crash shut down Fowler Street in both directions Thursday afternoon at Hanson Street, the Fort Myers Police Department said. The roadblock cleared shortly before 4:45 p.m. The wreck...
View ArticleCape Coral woman celebrates 110th birthday
CAPE CORAL, Fla. Haitian native Anna Jean-Pierre turned 110 on Thursday, an event her family considers a tremendous blessing.
View ArticleDeveloper unveils plans for new downtown Fort Myers hotel
FORT MYERS, Fla. A developer’s vision for a new hotel downtown is coming into focus. Joe Collier, founder of Tampa-based Mainsail Lodging and Development, revealed his plans Thursday for the Luminary...
View Article‘Restorative Practices’ changing discipline in Lee schools
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. Conversations, focus groups and community service instead of detention and suspension. That’s the new reality for many Lee County students as the school district implements...
View ArticleNCH considers building emergency room in Estero
ESTERO, Fla. The village may soon have two emergency rooms. NCH Healthcare System plans to build a two-story, 40,000-square-foot medical center on the west side of U.S. 41 across from the Coconut Point...
View ArticleMock bombing helps future first responders train at FSW
SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. Screams rang through the air as bodies were strewn about the lawn Thursday at Florida Southwestern State College. But it was all for show. Students took part in a simulated a...
View ArticleKey ruling ahead in trial of man linked to Diana Alvarez
FORT MYERS, Fla. A federal court judge plans to rule Friday morning whether a cell phone with lewd images of Diana Alvarez will be admissible in the trial of a man who was last seen with the missing...
View Article2 found dead in Lehigh Acres
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. Two people were found dead at 2715 Fourth St. Southwest Thursday afternoon, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said. Connie Banno, who lives nearby, was told by a young man and his...
View ArticleMan attempts to lure Cape Coral teen into vehicle
CAPE CORAL, Fla. A man is accused of trying to lure a boy into his vehicle Wednesday afternoon, the Cape Coral Police Department said. The incident took place at a bus stop at Santa Barbara Place and...
View ArticlePedestrian hospitalized in Fort Myers hit-and-run
FORT MYERS, Fla. A 55-year-old man was hospitalized Thursday night following a hit-and-run crash at the intersection of Orange River Boulevard and Palm Lane, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash...
View ArticleFort Myers issues temporary burn ban
FORT MYERS, Fla. The city issued a temporary burn ban Friday, the City of Fort Myers said. The burn ban, which prohibits most open burning with the exception of barbecues, is effective immediately...
View ArticleNearly 5,000 new SWFL private-sector jobs added within past year
NAPLES, Fla. Nearly 5,000 new private-sector jobs were added in Southwest Florida between March 2016 and March 2017, Gov. Rick Scott announced Friday. Naples, with 1,700 new jobs, dropped its...
View ArticleCracked cold case results in global recognition for Cape Coral police
CAPE CORAL, Fla. Cracking one of the city’s oldest cold cases has earned Cape Coral police a finalist spot for “DNA Hit of the Year.” It was DNA evidence that led detectives to charge Joseph Zieler,...
View ArticleCell phone admissible in child porn case of Diana Alvarez suspect
FORT MYERS, Fla. A cell phone with lewd images of Diana Alvarez will be admissible in the trial of a man who is a suspect in the 9-year-old girl’s disappearance, a federal court judge ruled on Friday....
View ArticleFort Myers man arrested for solicitation of minor
FORT MYERS, Fla. A 38-year-old man is accused of sending inappropriate messages to a minor in Nashville, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement said. Daniel Kunrod, of 13410 Wild Cotton Court, is...
View ArticleStructures damaged in Lehigh Acres brush fire
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. Thirteen structures were damaged in a 400-acre brush fire that ignited near West Ninth Street and Ann Ave North Friday afternoon, the Florida Fire Service said. The blaze is 75...
View ArticleLee deputy-involved shooting suspect had gun
FORT MYERS, Fla. A deputy-involved shooting shut down the southbound lanes of Interstate 75 near exit 139 on Saturday morning, the Florida Highway Patrol said. All of the southbound lanes were opened...
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