


A business on Cape Coral Parkway is celebrating its 25th anniversary today with a special scoop of ice cream cone for patients. Dr. Melinda Youngs opened Dr. Mel Youngs Chiropractic & Wellness on Oct. 1, 2000. To celebrate the milestone, any patient who has an appointment on Oct. 1, will ...
An 11-year-old boy was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office after investigators say he made an online school threat. On Monday, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno announced the child’s arrest, stating the threat came from TikTok. “I will (never) tolerate threats against our schools,” Marceno said in a video posted the agency’s Facebook page. “I’m proud of our detectives for acting swiftly, and grateful to the FBI for their partnership in removing this threat before harm could occur.” According to LCSO, on Saturday, detectives with the School Threat Enforcement Team were alerted by the FBI’s National Threat Operation Section regarding a violent threat made ...
The Florida Department of Transportation will conduct bridge repairs on the Wilson Pigott Drawbridge (SR 31) on Thursday, Oct. 2, from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Crews will be performing bridge grid deck repairs in the southbound lane. A flagging operation will guide motorists through the work zone, ...
The Southwest Florida Eagle Cam will begin live streaming of the nest area today, the first official day of Florida’s bald eagle nesting season. Celebrating 14 years of live streaming this season, the SWFL Eagle Cam has captured three different bald eagle pairs in the wild for all the ...
A government shutdown took effect at midnight after funding authorization expired for the federal government. The House passed the bipartisan legislation necessary to ensure that the federal government remained open, operational,and fully-funded 12 days ago. Currently, the legislation remains ...
An 11-year-old boy was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office after investigators say he made an online school threat. On Monday, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno announced the child’s arrest, stating the threat came from TikTok. “I will (never) tolerate threats against our ...
Who We Play For, a Florida-based nonprofit dedicated to eliminating preventable sudden cardiac death in the young, will host free heart screenings in Lee County, including three schools in Cape Coral. The organization has been partnering with local communities to provide accessible and ...
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, ...