


Five people, including a juvenile, suffered serious serious injuries when a 36-foot vessel traveling near Bowditch Point Sunday night on Fort Myers Beach, struck a barge. Two of the seven occupants of the boat sustained minor injuries. All of the occupants were rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard and treated by Fort Myers Beach firefighters and Lee County EMS at the U.S. Coast Guard Station on Fort Myers Beach and transported to a nearby hospital to be treated for their injuries. According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the boat was a recreational boat that was based locally in Lee County and was moving out of Matanzas Pass when it struck the barge. The boat ...
Oasis Charter School volunteers will undergo more stringent vetting, including fingerprinting. The new clearance required for volunteers is a level two background screening, which requires fingerprints for certain school functions. Superintendent Jacquelin Collins said Sen. Bill 676 requires ...
The Cape Coral City Council will vote on the settlement agreement and concessionaire agreement between the city and Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill during Wednesday’s meeting. The Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill entered into a lease agreement on Sept. 25, 2013, for operation of the waterfront ...
A unanimous vote of the Cape Coral City Council made it official Wednesday night: The Boathouse Tiki Bar & Grill, a popular destination at the Yacht Club, will rebuild and reopen. Council approved both a settlement to close out the existing lease and the new 30-year concessionaire ...
Motorists are advised that on Thursday, Sept. 18, at approximately noon, the new traffic signal at the intersection of Skyline Boulevard and Pine Island Road (S.R. 78) will become fully operational. Drivers are advised to exercise caution during this transition period. All scheduling is ...
Cape Coral police have confirmed that an arrest has been made in a death the agency says is a homicide. "We can now confirm that this is a homicide investigation, and Devin Johnson (DOB 5/20/1997) has been charged," the CCPD said in a brief release issued this evening. "He is the person of ...
Tuesday VOLLEYBALL Oasis 3, Cypress Lake 0: Tessa Bexfield had 10 kills and 10 assists, while Emma Brown made 8 digs as the Sharks (9-1) rolled past the Panthers, 25-21,25-10, 25-18. Bishop Verot 3, St. John Neumann 2: In the Private 8 Conference Tournament, the Vikings (12-3) had to ...
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, ...