

A Cape Coral woman was arrested after police say she eluded law enforcement and then attempted to hide on the floor of the backseat of her car. Marlena Velez, 23, has been charged with two counts of probation violation, as well as fleeing and eluding police. According to Cape Coral Police Department officials, on Sept. 29 around 3:30 p.m., a CCPD patrol officer saw a gray Kia Sorento traveling north in the 800 block of Cultural Park Boulevard South, and recognized the driver as Velez, who police said was known from a previous arrest and had an active warrant out of Lee County for violation of probation. Police officials state that a traffic stop was initiated in a residential ...
The Charter Review Commission has prioritized its recommended changes to the city's bedrock document with Cape Coral City Council to now decide which, if any, will go to the voters next year. Commission priorities for the General Election include a substantive increase in Council compensation ...
Calling all horror fans. Test your movie knowledge at Horror Movie Trivia Night and take home some frightfully fun prizes at Mercola Market’s monthly trivia night on Saturday, Oct. 18, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Cape Coral at 125 SW 3rd Place. From timeless classics to the latest thrillers, put ...
The public is invited to wear Red Sox colors and join in a Celebration of Life for Lee County Commissioner Mike Greenwell on Oct. 18 at 1 p.m. at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers. Greenwell, a native of Lee County who died Oct. 9 at the age of 62, enjoyed a 12-year professional baseball career ...
Bimini-East-Developer-Open-House-Presentation The city of Cape Coral is seeking proposals for Bimini Basin East, a hoped-for multi-use development project to be built on city-owned acreage in the South Cape. “The City of Cape Coral is seeking proposals from interested and qualified firms ...
Proposed plans for a $225 million reconstruction of the Yacht Club Park will be presented Wednesday. As prepared for Cape Coral City Council discussion at a workshop, the project incorporates a "coastal design" and amenities to include a new marina, boat slips and ramps, a two-story community ...
Hamas released all 20 remaining living hostages on Monday as part of a ceasefire pausing two years of war that pummeled the Gaza Strip, killing tens of thousands of Palestinians. The releases came as President Donald Trump was in Israel to celebrate the U.S.-brokered ceasefire and hostage deal ...
Wednesday CROSS COUNTRY Lee County Middle School North Region Championship At North Fort Myers Academy of the Arts Distance: 3K GIRLS Team: Trafalgar 31, Oasis Charter 52, Challenger 81, North Fort Myers Academy of the Arts 117, Diplomat 124, Mariner 145. NTS: Bayshore Elemtary, Cape ...
The Pine Island Eagle is grateful to a Good Samaritan from St. James City who found, and stored, the paper’s historic sign lost in Hurricane Ian after the Category 4 storm made landfall on Cayo Costa on Sept. 28, 2022. Jan Robertson said the storm had blown it into a neighbor’s yard and, ...