Cape Coral News

Cape Coral City council moved a step closer this week to deciding how to assess property owners in Southwest 6 & 7, the neighborhhoods in the next phase of the citywide Utilities Expansion Project.

Scarlett Player will follow in her mother's footsteps after she was named to that prestigious post during Thursday night's Chamber of Commerce after-hours event at Gulf Coast Kayak, which served as the "MangoMania Kickoff." Player was there to receive her tiara, cape and mango septor, along with numerous previous winners of the crown on a ... (more)

Betty Lee Schafer, 88, of Cape Coral died May 10, 2013, at her residence under the care of Hope Hospice.

"Eat, Pray Love" Mary Love, digital photograph on aluminum, 2011. Juror's Choice Award in the Naples Art Association's "Words, Signs and Symbols" exhibition, a depiction of a cross found in a kitchen in a small restaurant in Mexico Five Naples Art Association members took awards in the Naples Art Association's "Words, Signs and Symbols" exhibition ... (more)

CAPE CORAL, Fla. Sun Splash Family Waterpark will begin its summer operating schedule on Friday, May 24 with new park hours from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day of the week.

Marcy and Jeff Sagorac, owners of Cre8 Salon & Spa located at 814 SW Pine Island Road in Cape Coral, have announced their commitment to raise $5,000 to support Golisano Children's Hospital of Southwest Florida by the end of this calendar year.

Shaun Adam Pegler, 29, of Cape Coral and a Lee County resident for the past 10 years, formerly of Woodbridge, VA, passed away unexpectedly Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Sweet Magnolias Coffee House & Marketplace, a downtown Cape Coral shop whose sales support single mothers, will have its official grand opening celebration from 2-4 p.m., Saturday, May 25.

At 1:16 a.m. April 23, the Cape Coral Police Department responded to a burglary at the Lucky Star convenience store, at 437 Cape Coral Parkway E. The video shows that at 1:03 a.m., a Caucasian woman with blonde hair and medium build, wearing a purple jacket and shorts, arrives and tries to open the door.

A Cape Coral mother's service to our country took her halfway around the world and far from her young children's embrace - until today.

According to the City of Cape Coral, a 16-inch water main break at 6 a.m. caused temporary low pressure for many of the City's water/sewer customers.

Yes, it may be rolling into the tropical humidity of summer in SW Florid a and out of a rather good tourist season; however, the heat is only going to turn up around here on the local music scene.

WINK News is talking to southwest Floridians who have family, and friends in Moore.

Around 11 p.m. Monday, a Cape Coral man says he watched as a coyote attacked his little dog.

Sweeping changes to zoning in north Cape Coral were approved Monday, opening the door to "commercial nodes" at what will someday be major intersections.

Facing possible ouster after his residency was called into question, Cape Coral City Councilman Marty McClain was more than willing to put his fate in the hands of his fellow council members and let the chips fall where they may.

Cape Coral Councilman Marty McClain gets to keep his council seat after a very heated and at times personal discussion.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office reports that Deputy Piotr Urbanski and Shannon Clancey were arrested Friday morning and charged with producing marijuana, possession of marijuana more than 20 grams and possession of drug paraphernalia.

A water main break in Cape Coral shut down a major road for most of the day. The break happened on the corner of Nicholas Parkway and Southwest 11th Street.

Lee County wants to spend millions to upgrade its bridge toll collection system.