Despite FAA moves, Page Field, Punta Gorda, Naples airport towers still in limbo
Seventy-two airport towers and other air traffic control facilities that were slated to close at night due to budget cuts will get to stay open, the Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday.
View ArticleShots fired at police, crowd during fight in downtown Fort Myers
A Fort Myers man is facing charges stemming from a early morning street fight in downtown Fort Myers that ended with shots being fired into a crowd and at police.
View ArticleCrash blockage cleared on westbound Palm Beach Boulevard in Fort Myers Shores
Crash road blockage has been cleared on westbound Palm Beach Boulevard at River Ridge Boulevard in Fort Myers Shores.
View ArticleDriver sought in Lee County hit-and-run crash
Fort Myers police are looking for a driver that struck and injured a bicyclist on Palm Beach Boulevard this afternoon.
View ArticleCandlelight vigil honors fallen Fort Myers police officers
The Fort Myers Police Department took time this morning to hold a memorial and candlelight vigil for fallen officers.
View ArticleTribute paid to Lee County's fallen law enforcement officers
Fourteen Southwest Florida officers have died in line of duty since 1930.
View ArticleFort Myers towing providers in bid dispute
Company alleges two others colluded during process.
View ArticleWater main break on Evans Avenue in Fort Myers repaired
A water main break has forced the closure of a portion of Evans Avenue in Fort Myers this evening.
View ArticleFlorida panther takes up residence in Fort Myers area
Endangered animal spotted roaming around at Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve. The big cat has been photographed on at least three occasions, at times within rock's throw of the preserve parking lot and...
View ArticleFort Myers yacht club not giving up the ship
The landmark Royal Palm Yacht Club in Fort Myers will remain open, though in stripped-down form, at the Caloosahatchee riverfront site it has occupied for the last five decades. About 28 food and...
View ArticleFedEx truck engulfed in flames after striking power lines in Fort Myers
Earlier this morning a FedEx vehicle struck power lines at 3450 Fowler Street. The downed power lines created sparks and engulfing the FedEx truck. Hunter Terrace off Fowler was shut down for emergency...
View ArticleFort Myers owes officers OT for Edison Festival duty
An arbitrator has ruled the city of Fort Myers owes its police officers overtime pay for working the Edison Festival of Light.
View ArticleMulch truck rolls over in Fort Myers
A truck carrying mulch rolled over this morning on Plantation Road near Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers.
View ArticleFort Myers police unveil stealth vehicle to combat drunken driving
The Fort Myers Police Department has acquired a new tool officers hope will help crack down on drunken driving.
View ArticleScene catches Gateway community by surprise
The quietness of a Gateway neighborhood was shattered Wednesday afternoon when several gunshots rang out.
View ArticleFort Myers man killed in New Jersey crash
A Fort Myers man died and his wife was critically injured after their vehicle was struck by a dump truck in New Jersey.
View ArticleSuspect in Gateway hostage-fire case recalled as lonely man
Vivian Villa remembers Arthur Hohensee, found deceased of a self-inflicted gunshot wound following a Gateway standoff Wednesday, as a sweet, lonely man distraught to the point of tears over family...
View ArticleFort Myers pastor leaves the field
The Rev. Wayne Robinson of All Faiths Unitarian in Fort Myers will exchange his pastoral pulpit for a word processor after he gives his final sermon Sunday.
View ArticleGroup marches against Monsanto in Fort Myers
More than 200 people took to the streets in Fort Myers Saturday to protest the Monsanto Company, a corporation known as a leading producer of genetically engineered seed and the producer of the...
View ArticleCrash blocks westbound Palm Beach Boulevard in Fort Myers
A crash involving a motorcycle and another vehicle has closed westbound Palm Beach Boulevard at New York Drive in Fort Myers.
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