It was a tale of two Cracker Day Rodeos at the Lee County Posse Arena this past weekend, with the first night being chilly and the Sunday performance being warm and sunny. Warm or cold, the competition at the 62nd Cracker Day Rodeo was hot, with thousands coming throughout the weekend to see ...

The Rockin’ on the River Concert Series continues into 2023 when Little River Band rocks the stage on Wednesday, March 8 at 7 p.m., bringing back some of their top hits from the 1970s and 1980s to Caloosa Sound Amphitheater. Doors open at 6 p.m. The Eagles founding member, the late Glenn ...

The deadline is fast approaching for this year’s Art of Conservation Florida Fish Art Contest, hosted by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). This contest is open to youth in grades kindergarten through 12 from across the state. The deadline to enter is Feb. 28. ...

The Cape Coral City Council winter retreat is the unofficial kickoff of the budget season, which will culminate with the ratification of the 2024 budget for the city in September. On Friday, council heard from Finance Director Mark Mason on the budget process and, with all that is happening ...

The city of Cape Coral is looking to get a share of state money for both Hurricane Ian related expenses and infrastructure projects. To that end, the Cape Coral City Council will discuss grant applications, its proposed 2023 state legislative initiatives and the possible hiring of a second ...

Plans for a $60 million dollar renovation of the Cape Coral Yacht Club appear to be another Hurricane Ian loss with the city now looking at a total rebuild. Cape Coral City Council got a look Thursday at options for a completely re-imagined Yacht Club that would make the city-owned complex ...

Cape Coral City Council voted today to put City Manager Rob Hernandez on notice that his contract will not be renewed at its end date. In a special meeting called by Mayor John Gunter, the elected board voted 5-3 to not extend Hernandez's three-year contract past its Aug. 11, 2023 rollover ...

At the very beginning of the Cape Coral City Council winter retreat on Thursday, City Manager Rob Hernandez gave a presentation on “13 Ways to Kill your Community,” a book by Doug Griffiths he read while at a city managers convention. Besides the typical ones like lack of commercial, not ...

A Pennsylvania man died Tuesday, Jan. 31, from injuries he suffered when his bicycle collided with a pickup truck on Country Club Boulevard in Cape Coral. According to the Cape Coral Police Department report, officers responded to the scene of the vehicle versus pedestrian accident in the ...

The Florida Commission on Ethics on Friday dismissed two complaints against a Lee County School Board member. The Commission found there was no probable cause to believe Board Member Christine Patricca misused her public position to prevent another board member from obtaining copies of public ...