The statue of a woman born to parents who were former slaves took its place this week in the National Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol. The statue of Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune — a heart-felt believer in education for all who became a driving force for civil rights and an advisor to five ...

The Breeze is committed to providing abundant election coverage, particularly for the Cape Coral City Council races. To that end, we began last week with an introduction of the candidates and move this week into our issue-related “Questions of the Week.” We present these graph style by ...

Cape Coral’s annual Independence Day street party, Red, White & BOOM! — the largest Fourth of July bash in Southwest Florida — is set for Monday. Featuring continuous live entertainment, numerous food and drink vendors and the biggest, the best, fireworks display in Southwest ...

Lee County is among Florida’s more diverse. We have cities, both historic and new. We have beachfront communities and some of the best beaches in the world. We have environmentally sensitive areas, both waterfront and inland. Add in rural communities, farming acreage and rock mines — and ...

The School District of Lee County’s new administrative chief outlined his “entry plan” this week, committing to more community input, a good workplace environment and a strong focus on learning and educational excellence. While these may seem like obvious goals, School Superintendent ...

In August 2015, The Breeze published a history section marking the 45th anniversary of Cape Coral formally becoming a city. Like most municipalities, Cape Coral was a community long before residents voted for incorporation and the section reached back to the Cape’s development days, the ...

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office and the School District of Lee County take threats to school campus safety seriously. According to the district’s website, last year the Youth Services Division of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office investigated around 150 such threats, nearly three times the ...

This Memorial Day sees another senseless war, though not ours, at least not yet and, pray God, not ever. As we show our support for Ukraine let us remember those Americans who have given their lives through the decades to stave off similar acts of heinous aggression at home and ...

America is in mourning as Memorial Day weekend approaches this year, reeling from yet another senseless loss of life on a school campus, another mass shooting. We will not weigh in on the debate that follows tragedies like the slaughter of innocents in Uvalda, Texas. The immediacy of the ...

Here’s to the Class of ’22. They spent their short-person years in a country at war, felt the pain of money worries through the Great Recession, saw their educations interrupted by a global pandemic and yet here they are, ready to take their place as young adults in an economy fraught ...