A quick-burning fire tore through a house on South Street in Fort Myers Beach on Tuesday afternoon, taking away the home of five people and at least two dogs. The two-story multi-family unit near Main Street on San Carlos Island was consumed by flames and heavy smoke as part of a blaze that ...
As Florida reported the largest number of new COVID-19 cases in a single day on July 30, Lee Health saw the largest number of new admissions for the coronavirus since the height of the pandemic last year. Lee Health reported 298 patients isolated in its hospital with COVID-19 on Monday, an ...
The Town of Fort Myers Beach Public Safety Committee issued its unanimous support for a community policing program with the Lee County Sheriff's Office at their July 20 meeting, after being asked by Public Works Director Chelsea O'Riley to formalize their support through a vote. O'Riley asked ...
National Night Out will be celebrated Tuesday, Aug. 3 at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers with a night of free hot dogs, games, aviation and police demonstrations as part of an event announced by the Lee County Sheriff's Office. The event will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. and will feature ...
Smiles, not masks. Parental choice, not mandates. That is the message Gov. Ron DeSantis shared this morning at a press conference in Cape Coral called to announce that he would issue an executive order that will prohibit school systems from mandating masks. “I think the decision about ...
A man recently hospitalized after he was struck by lightning on a beach on Sanibel has died. Brent Jerome and his wife, Kristen, were both hit by lightning on July 24 at about 4:52 p.m. on the beach behind the Sanibel Beach Club, at 626 Nerita St. The Downtown Church located in Columbia, South ...
For The Doghouse on Fort Myers Beach, where Cuban sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers and Mahi tacos are served quickly on the busy pedestrian section of Estero Boulevard downtown, its reputation just received an international boost. TripAdvisor just named The Doghouse the ninth-best "Quick ...
The number of coronavirus patients at Lee Health has doubled over the past 10 days, rising from 111 patients last week Monday, to 210 patients Wednesday afternoon. Lee Health hadn't reported 200 or more coronavirus patients since January and coincided with an announcement from the Centers for ...
Gifts by the Sea, the gift shop and U.S. Post Office branch at Santini Plaza on Fort Myers Beach, closed Wednesday. Owner Lorrie Wolf, speaking Wednesday while recovering from a back procedure, said the COVID-19 pandemic was the reason. Wolf said she injured her back working six days a week ...
Lee County Board of County Commissioners Chairman Kevin Ruane sat across from Col. Andrew Kelly, commander of the Jacksonville district of the Army Corps Of Engineers Monday in the Lee County Administration Building conference room in Fort Myers and denounced the plan Kelly brought forward to ...
