

An internal audit detected problems with how the School District of Lee County documents its provision of services to students with special needs. As a result of high ratings in two areas serious enough to require immediate action, the district is looking into its Exceptional Student Education ...
On-campus crimes have dropped since the School District of Lee County installed campus security systems, Arrests, simple citations, and notices to appear have declined since the implementation of the OPENGATE weapons detection system, according to a presentation to the Lee County School Board ...
According to recently released statistics from the Cape Coral Police Department, crime is down significantly over the first six months of 2025 compared to last year. The CCPD report details “a remarkable 28% overall reduction in crime” year-over-year for the first half of 2025. “This ...
Students will return to school Monday morning as the School District of Lee County continues to move closer to its goal of zero teacher vacancies — only 45 teacher spots remained as of Wednesday. “We are really excited. This time last year we were down 235 teachers. Hot off the press, two ...
Cape Coral City Council has set a deadline for the finalization of an arrangement that would bring the Boathouse back to the Cape Coral Yacht Club. Under what exact arrangement between the parties remains the sticking point. Council gave the city’s attorney seven days to finalize the ...
The Florida Department of Transportation is performing maintenance on the Wilson Pigott Bridge on State Route 31, just east of the Bayshore Road intersection near Fort Myers Shores. To safely complete this work, traffic will be reduced to a single lane with flagging operations in place to guide ...
FORT MYERS — The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels fell 6-4 to the Clearwater Threshers Wednesday night at Hammond Stadium. With the victory, Clearwater (56-47, 20-17) took a 2-0 advantage in the series and pushed their lead in the FSL West standings to 2.5 games over the Mussels ...
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, ...