The Cape Coral Police Department reported at 11:40 this morning that it is on scene of a 3-car traffic crash at the 1000 block of Country Club Boulevard. Northbound lanes are closed at this time. Drivers are asked to please avoid the area and seek an alternate route.
Fifteen fire department units converged at a Cape condo complex shortly before midnight Monday to extinguish a blaze in one of the units. The fire ignited in the 600 block of Southeast 12th Court at The Courtyards condo complex, where flames were visible to Cape Coral Fire Department ...
Water quality is likely to be a main topic of discussion at Wednesday's Cape Coral City Council meeting. Public Works Director Paul Klinghan sent a memo to City Manager Rob Hernandez saying that the surface area of blue-green algae has increased over the last two weeks on the Caloosahatchee ...
The Lee County Board of County Commissioners made it officials Tuesday, unanimously voting to oppose the proposed Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual and to send a letter expressing its disapproval to the Army Corps of Engineers. A lawsuit could be the next step. Lee County Board of ...
Lee County residents facing a disconnection of their electric service services may be eligible for a reprieve. The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted Tuesday to accept $979,612 from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to assist ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis led the ribbon cutting of the Florida Red Tide Mitigation and Technology Development Facility at Mote Marine Laboratory today. The cutting-edge experimental facility at Mote Aquaculture Research Park in Sarasota will allow scientists to test compounds and technologies prior ...
After a year off from making waves on Fort Myers Beach, the organizers of Roar Offshore Boat Races are planning to bring back the powerboats o the gulf for a racing event that will stretch from Bowditch Point Park to the Diamondhead Resort from Oct. 7 to Oct. 9. On Monday, the Town of Fort ...
The Conservancy of Southwest Florida has issued a call to action on its website and through Southwest Florida calling for concerned citizens to urge the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to incorporate “critical changes into the Lake Okeechobee System Operating Manual (LOSOM) that will ensure ...
Lee Health officials have announced “due to the current capacity and highly contagious nature of the COVID-19 delta variant” they are restricting visitation in emergency room departments until further notice. Visitors will only be granted emergency room access for compassionate care or ...
Officials with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission recently released a manatee that had been rescued in Fort Myers in April, following three months of recovery. Myerslee, an approximately 2-year-old male, was rescued on April 23 in the Orange River in Fort Myers. He was ...
