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The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife is seeking handmade knitted or crocheted nests for orphaned and injured baby birds and small mammals in their care. Needed sizes are 8-inch, 10-inch, and 12-inch diameters for the nests. They should be made with tight stitches, a soft but sturdy ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis was at the Lighthouse Waterfront Restaurant in Fort Myers today to announce an expansion of the recreational red snapper season on the Gulf from 126 days last year to 140 days this year. He also announced an expansion of the Atlantic red snapper recreational fishing season ...

FHP trooper rescues dog from canal

Florida Highway Patrol State trooper rescued a dog that had jumped into a Cape canal Thursday and then could not get out. The trooper, who FPH identified only as Trooper Ogden, observed an apparently lost Malinois running south on the sidewalk of Del Prado Boulevard near Southeast 15th ...

A Fort Myers man accused of the gruesome killing a woman with a hammer has been indicted for first degree murder and prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty. State Attorney Amira Fox convened this term’s Lee County Grand Jury and they officials said a press conference held ...

The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife (CROW) is accepting registrations for its Conservation Summer Camp, a program for students in kindergarten through eighth grade focused on wildlife, conservation and applied science learning. The camp takes place at CROW, 3883 Sanibel-Captiva ...