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The Florida Highway Patrol has identified the man hit and killed by a truck in Bookelia Friday night.

The Florida Highway Patrol is asking for the public's help in identifying a man that was struck and killed on Pine Island Friday night.

Florida Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal car crash in Bokeelia. Friday night around 11p.m. 23 year old Christopher Levy was driving north on Harbor Drive.

One minute he was eating a jumbo chili cheese dog and the other minute his ring went missing from his finger.

Don Pirk of Weeki Wachee doesn't believe raising the parking fee at Pine Island a buck is a big deal.

A book signing for "Images of America: Cape Coral" will be held from noon-1:30 p.m. Oct.

Published: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 at 1:00 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, September 15, 2009 at 6:53 p.m. Considering most of the participants had no experience doing what they were doing, the first Great Bay and Sound Scallop Search went off without a hitch Saturday morning in northern Charlotte Harbor.

Snowden Technologies provides information systems solutions for the mining industry.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit is providing the information listed below in continuing efforts to increase traffic safety awareness and education, plus to emphasize the importance of obeying traffic laws to reduce traffic crashes, injuries and death on Lee County roads.

After you've collected shells on Sanibel beach, another west Florida delight awaits: Useppa, tucked like a pearl in an oyster shell between the mainland and its barrier beach islands.

Usually, an earnest "thank you" or pat on the back is more than enough. But the owners of the Bayport Inn have decided to show their gratitude for a group of local firefighters the best way they know how.

Lee Memorial is the only designated trauma center between Miami and Tampa, but the rising cost of care could threaten the center's existence.

A champion of youth issues, Lisa Hammond is chairwoman of the Early Learning Coalition of Pasco and Hernando Counties and is active with the Hernando County Community Anti-Drug Coalition and the chamber's Hernando Youth Initiative.

Harley-Davidson/Buell of Fort Myers is working with the local VFWs to help coordinate the third annual 21 Wounded fundraising event and poker run on Saturday.

I am a Spring Hill resident and I go to Pine Island, Bayport Park and the Bayport Inn weekly to relax and enjoy.

Lee County Parks & Recreation will close the Bokeelia Boat Ramp and Cottages for major renovations starting Monday, July 6. Work is expected to take six to nine months.

Motorists, other than local residents, were advised to avoid the area west of Shoal Line Boulevard on State Road 550 on Friday as firefighters continued to contain a brush fire.

Fanned by winds a day earlier and threatening homes near Bayport by Friday morning, the marsh fire mostly was contained hours later by crews from three agencies.

About 20 homes and the Bayport Inn Restaurant in the middle of a western Hernando County residential area were evacuated Thursday as winds up to 30 mph spread a brush fire across 750 acres of land.