Lee County Sheriff’s deputies on scene at south Fort Myers bank
SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — Several Lee County Sheriff’s deputies are gathered around a crime scene at the Fifth Third Bank at 9000 Park Royal Drive in south Fort Myers. No further information is...
View ArticleSearch on for woman who allegedly made fraudulent $800 Burger King gift card...
NAPLES, Fla. — Authorities are searching for a woman who allegedly purchased $800 in Burger King gift cards using a fraudulent credit card Friday in Naples. The same woman tried to use the credit card...
View ArticleSearch underway for missing Fort Myers girl
FORT MYERS, Fla. – A local 9-year-old girl, Diana Alvares, is missing. She was last seen at 2 a.m.
View ArticleWATCH: Deadly pet virus hits local animal shelters
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Local animal shelters are seeing the rise of a deadly virus called Parvo, which spreads through soil or feces and causes pets severe pain. .
View ArticleIt’s not too late: Memorial Day events in Southwest Florida
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Still need plans for Memorial Day? Celebrate military veterans throughout Southwest Florida with laughter at a local comedy club or by laying wreaths at a memorial park.
View ArticleSearch continues for missing Lee County 9-year-old
SAN CARLOS PARK, Fla.- A Florida missing child alert has been issued for 9-year-old Diana Alvares, last seen around 2 a.m. Sunday at her home on Unique Circle in the Sheltering Pines Mobile Home...
View Article$6K reward offered for information on missing 9-year-old
SAN CARLOS PARK, Fla.- A $6,000 reward is being offered for information leading to missing San Carlos Park 9-year-old Diana Alvares, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. The sheriff’s office...
View ArticleAdkins on trafficking, security amid local high school sex scandal
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Lee County Public Schools Superintendent Gregory Adkins will not say whether the 15-year-old student involved in a viral high school sex scandal is a victim of human trafficking. At...
View ArticleAn ‘epidemic’ is hurting firefighters while they protect you
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – Firefighters place their health at risk while they work to keep people, structures and the environment out of danger, according to a national support group. About 60 percent of...
View ArticleCrash blocks Summerlin Road near Winkler Road in Fort Myers
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A vehicle crash involving a dump truck that rolled over and a Lee County-owned van at Summerlin Road and Winkler Road in Fort Myers has blocked Summerlin and left two drivers...
View ArticleNo word from ‘November tipster;’ Zombicon case ‘far from cold’
FORT MYERS, Fla. – A tipster called Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers after the program announced in May that one specific person could be vital to an arrest in the ZombiCon shooting. But it was not the...
View ArticleNo new suspects, 1 dead in self-defense shooting in Cape Coral
CAPE CORAL, Fla.- A man claims a woman threatened him with a gun before he shot and killed her on the 2900 block of SE 8th Place, law enforcement sources said. That man is in custody, according to the...
View ArticleGraduates complete LMHS’ first residency program amid shortage
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Lee Memorial Hospital is graduating the first class in its new residency program amid a shortage of doctors in Southwest Florida. Six residents will graduate and at least three of...
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