Fort Myers News

The Naples-Fort Myers Greyhound Track will be closed Thursday and will reopen with a special live racing program on Christmas Day at 6:30 p.m. The track will celebrate Christmas with a special holiday menu; dinners cost $14.95. The clubhouse dining room opens at 5:30 p.m. The Poker Room will open at 4 p.m. on the holiday.

Tabitha Dyer flew to Kentucky this past weekend for a difficult separation from her hospitalized, newborn daughter.

The Southwest Florida Regional Bomb Squad responded to reports of a suspicious package at the Lehigh Acres Walmart at 2523 Lee Boulevard.

The Iona McGregor Fire Department is investigating an early morning fire at a Fort Myers restaurant.

Standard & Poor's Rating Services, an independent provider of credit ratings, recently gave the Lee County School District's Certificates of Participation an A+ rating.

Cape Coral Fire units responded to separate fire incidents at a residential structure and Cape Coral High School Friday afternoon.

Three people have filed a joint lawsuit in federal court against the city of Cape Coral, the Cape Coral Police Department and two Cape officers, among others.

The man struck by a Seminole Railway train Monday, Dec.14, has been positively identified as Tomas Villa Alcauter, 59, a transient, accoding to a release from the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

He had little choice on a morning in May 2008, when a hysterical Schack phoned his home with unthinkable news: Boscarino's daughter, Amy, was dead, fatally wounded in a shooting accident at the couple's San Carlos Park home.

Friends describe Steve Dyer as determined, dependable and ecstatic to be a new dad.

David Jarrod Newsome, 27, and Adrian James Powell, 33, were already being held on charges related to a Lehigh Acres burglary on July 23.

The suspicious package found at the Suntrust bank on Stringfellow Road on Pine Island is not a threat, according to authorities.

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A man lying on railroad tracks was struck and killed by a train in North Fort Myers Monday night.

The following people were arrested over the past week on narcotics charges by Lee County deputies.

The second suspect in the Nov. 23 armed robbery of a Bank of America has been arrested.

A sobriety checkpoint conducted from 11 p.m. to 3 a.m. Friday at North Cleveland Avenue and Hancock Bridge Parkway in North Fort Myers stopped 966 drivers and resulted in six DUI arrests.

Christmas is just over a week away, and for those sending Christmas cards and presents, time is running out.

Now hiring isn't a sign you find around town too often these days. So when a company or organization announces they have jobs available, a large turnout can be expected.

LEE COUNTY: A Lee County commissioner is raising new concerns about just how widespread the Summerlin Road asbestos problem may be.