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Plenty of fireworks shows are slated for Independence Day in Lee, Collier counties
Memorial Day is a thing of the past, and now it's on to Fourth of July, which means plenty of fireworks events.
Lee County Memorial Day events salute fallen heroes
Memorial Day commemorated off Fort Myers Beach: The Fort Myers Beach Yacht Club members commemorate Memorial Day at Fort Myers Beach Monday, May 28, 2012 Tara Kurkimilis, left, helps Kieran Kurkimilis, 6, place a patriotic drawing held down with red, white and blue toy cars near the grave of his grandfather, Army veteran Thomas Drumm, Monday, May ... (more)
Cape ceremony honors veterans who gave their lives
CAPE CORAL, Fla.- Across America and right here at home, those who have given their lives for our freedom were remembered in Cape Coral on Monday.
Heartland: Lee County needs better access to mental health care
I was happy I was able to ask the final question at a mental health workshop last fall at Florida Gulf Coast University .
The Gulf Coast Bodybuilding and Fitness Championships entertain and inspire
Another Gulf Coast Bodybuilding and Fitness Championship has come and gone. While the venue and many of the faces may have been different from last year , one thing that didn't change was the wide variety of people who stepped out on the stage at Mariner High School last night.
Fort Myers shootings, fight injure seven
The streets of Cape Coral will be dotted with police cruisers of a new design in about six to eight... In the days before the big race, and today, on the day of the big race, there will be sadness.
Complaints against anglers decrease in Cape Coral
The streets of Cape Coral will be dotted with police cruisers of a new design in about six to eight... In the days before the big race, and today, on the day of the big race, there will be sadness.
Roland E. Brodeur, 81, a North Fort Myers resident since 1989, formerly of Worcester, Mass., died May 25, 2012 in Cape Coral.
Despite the rain, Fire-prone forests not out of woods yet
May has been wetter than normal, which has been a blessing in an area where wildfires can spring up, literally like a bolt of lightning.
New ADs at Cape High, Cypress Lake
Cape Coral and Cypress Lake high schools have new athletic directors for the 2012-13 school year and Oasis High has a new principal.
Storm surge: Maps and apps a key
Bill Gansert moves sandbags Monday morning, August 18, 2008, to protect Doc's Beach House restaurant on Bonita Beach from possible storm surge from Tropical Storm Fay.
Sun Splash opens as area schools let out for summer
CAPE CORAL, Fla.- School is out for Lee County kids and they're ready to hit the water.
Southwest Florida Works intern program provides valuable experience
Southwest Florida Works internship program: Intern Karen Brady and her employer, Bill Oleksinski, discuss the Southwest Florida Works internship program.
People selling banners, falsely representing Lee Schools
Some Southwest Florida businesses say they were scammed out of hundreds of dollars from solicitors misrepresenting themselves as part of the Lee County School District.
Call for Cape sidewalk tax sparks debate
The head of the Cape Coral Planning and Zoning Commission wants the city council to pass a residential sidewalk tax.
Price gouging at high school graduation?
Some high school graduates, parents and teachers feel sucker punched when they went to park for their ceremony in downtown Fort Myers - but were charged to park in normally free spots.
Rental car company reports theft of auto
A rental car company in Cape Coral reported that a vehicle rented three months has not been returned to its location or the drop-off location.
Sentencing delayed for Timothy Tuttle in murder of Cape Coral resident
A 12-year-old boy who was critically injured in a youth stock car crash has died from his injuries.
Tell Mel: Black belt becomes a black mark
If there happens to be a pug at an opening night showing this week of the movie "Men in Black III,"... 2012 has been a stunner of a year so far - at least, as seen through the eyes of Tropicalia readers.
Cape Coral police looking for woman who reportedly stole man's bag of cash
A woman pictured in the bottom left corner of this surveillance photo is suspected of taking a bag of cash left behind by a man at a Publix in Cape Coral.