Bonita Springs News

Two men face burglary and theft charges after deputies say they broke the glass door at a Bonita Springs' Mel's Diner and stole a donation jar for the Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida.

Two men were arrested Thursday on charges that they broke into a Bonita Springs diner and stole donation money for the Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida.

Four men suffered burns and chemical injuries when a flash fire sparked during the trial of a new wastewater measuring tool at a Bonita Springs Utilities plant on Thursday evening.

A bystander reported the body, which was inside a car parked for several days by Royal Scoop Homemade Ice Cream, at 15 8th St., according to a Sheriff's Office spokeswoman.

Jim O'Reilley, president of The O'Reilley Group, a business leadership consulting and coaching business, has agreed to chair the Circle of Giving Campaign as a volunteer member of the Citizens Task Force of the Bonita Springs Assistance Office.

Two teenagers accused of trashing a school they both attended didn't know each other until they hooked up at a Halloween party right before the alleged crime.

A Lee County Sheriff's Office deputy had a shotgun pointed at him and heard a shell being racked in the chamber as he entered a house near where gunshots reportedly had been fired Monday in Bonita Springs.

Blake Childers, 8, dressed in his Halloween costume, counts the money he received from donating his Halloween candy to Bonita Dental Care on Monday in Bonita Springs.

Bonita Spring Elementary School was vandalized on Halloween night, Saturday, Oct.

Three men have been taken into custody in connection with more than $100,000 worth of vandalism at Bonita Springs Elementary School.

Bonita Springs Rotarians fell in love with a 2 1/2-year-old Salvadoran girl who enjoys eating french fries, being pushed in a swing and dressing up.

A Bonita Springs man charged with submitting up to $80,000 in fraudulent Medicaid receipts was sentenced to a year of house arrest and probation after the case fell apart.

The Literacy Council of Bonita Springs is seeking volunteers to help locals learn English.

A lender has filed a $6.8 million foreclosure lawsuit against Bonita Springs-based McGarvey Development, a major builder of commercial buildings and upscale homes in Southwest Florida.

A unique movie and dining experience is coming to Bonita Springs. The Prado Cinema Cafe is proposed to open in February where Regal Stadium 12 previously operated at the Prado at Spring Creek.

The Bonita Springs City Council wants to spend about $10 million to pave seven miles of roads.

LEE COUNTY : This year's Celebration of Reading event will be held Friday, February 12, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency in Coconut Point.

It was an extravaganza of all things ecological. Save the turtles, the sign on one booth suggested.

Jeckyll as part of their performance of "Little Monster Tales" today, Oct. 24 at 1 p.m. Just in time for Halloween comes a delightfully squeamish show that will have children and adults cringing with laughter.

An Elizabeth Taylor handbag arrived in Southwest Florida today, the first announced celebrity-owned purse to be part of the 7th annual Handbag Happy Hour, a fundraiser for Island Coast AIDS Network.