A Fort Myers Beach man found in the water this morning near an overturned kayak this morning has died, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said this afternoon. Mark Kocher, 61, was pronounced dead at a local hospital after emergency responders rescued him from the water near the Sanibel Causeway. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the Sanibel Police Department, the U.S. Coast Guard and Lee County EMS responded to the single-vessel incident near the Sanibel Causeway. Preliminary information indicates one person was found unresponsive in the water near an overturned kayak just outside the Sanibel Causeway, ...
Wendy Sprague, an herb enthusiast, will be giving a presentation on raising herbs this Monday at the Fort Myers Beach Library. The Estero Island Garden Club program will begin at 10 a.m. Sprague will be addressing how to raise herbs in a windowsill container or outside in a planter. She ...
In a special meeting during which school board members clashed with each other and some even with Supt. Dr. Denise Carlin, the School District of Lee County School Board appointed a new interim board attorney and general counsel, following the resignation of longtime attorney Kathy ...
The planned Giant Book Sale for this weekend at the Fort Myers Beach Public Library has been canceled due to the cold weather in the forecast. The event has been rescheduled for Feb. 28 and March 1. The event is a fundraiser for the Fort Myers Beach Friends of the Library, with proceeds used ...
Three of the top 10 locations for BusPatrol citations are in North Fort Myers. The School District of Lee County installed bus safety cameras to capture photos of motorists who illegally bypass the outstretched school bus stop sign. Cameras capture images on both sides of the bus. The ...
A two-year pilot program to help prevent property fraud concluded last year with recommendations from the Lee County Clerk’s Office forwarded to state leaders for consideration this Legislation Session. Lee County Clerk and Comptroller Kevin Karnes said he worked with State Rep. Will ...
A Cape Cape man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for claiming to have “orchestrated the most daring presidential assassination that this country has ever seen” in a letter sent to a Charlotte County jail official last year. Christopher Davies, 32, was sentenced by U.S. ...
Each year, school choice enrollment season invites families to pause and ask an important question: What kind of education will best serve my child? In Lee County, where public school enrollment for student assignment programs runs from Jan. 20 through Feb. 27, families are once again ...
For those of us old enough to remember the ‘60s, the times they aren’t a-changin.’ The current administration’s decision to wage a boots-on-the-ground “police action” is not the first time an administration, citing preservation and protection of country ideals, has been willing to ...