San Carlos Park News

FORT MYERS: Many families left downtown Centennial Park upset Saturday night when the fireworks were nearly two hours late.

Estero Fire Control and Rescue District Assistant fire Chief Mark Wahlig said the delay stems from the complex number-crunching being performed by Tri-Data - the company the districts hired to perform a consolidation study at the cost of $40,000 each, with each district also setting aside an additional $5,000 in contingency funds.

Kids, fire engines, candy, patriotic streamers and flags. It's everything you'd expect on the Fourth of July and at the 19th annual San Carlos Park parade.

There's good news and bad news about Blu Sushi. First the bad: The Naples location in the Third Street South district has closed.

Six people including four men who are younger than 21 years old were charged late Monday in connection with the youngsters drinking beer in a San Carlos Park driveway while the father of two of the men slept.

After eating eight hot dogs in three minutes, Ismael Rivera raises his arms in celebration after winning the hot dog eating contest during a party in Riverside Park following the 2008 Bonita Springs Fourth of July parade.

Austin Tyler Brock, 15, 9771 Spring Ridge Circle, Estero, Michael Meaney, 16, 9788 Glen Heron Drive, Bonita Springs, and Matthew Ryan White, 17, 21066 Butchers Holler St., Estero, were each charged Friday in connection with the crime spree that included homes in gated communities and in Estero, San Carlos Park and South Fort Myers.

After one of the driest dry seasons on record, south Lee County's fire districts are facing challenges old and new as the rainy season begins in earnest.

Dr. Linda George has joined the Humane Society Naples as medical director and veterinarian.

Regal Stadium 12 in Bonita Springs closed its doors Sunday evening. Merchants and customers of The Prado at Spring Creek shopping center on U.S. 41 were stunned to learn the theater was shutting down after nearly nine years.

The pastor of a Hispanic church in south Fort Myers will be deported Monday despite numerous efforts to restore his expired immigration status and the pleas of a brokenhearted congregation and outraged friends.

Two Fort Myers residents were injured Tuesday in an ATV crash off Alico Road and Jean Street in San Carlos Park.

SAN CARLOS PARK: A child was critically injured in a late night ATV accident Tuesday.

A San Carlos Park man awaiting a state trial for alleged child molestation is now facing federal child pornography charges.

Community Blood Center needs blood donors this June to stamp out summer shortages and ensure adequate levels of blood are available in Collier County hospitals.

A man accused of shooting and killing a juvenile black bear in May has been charged with a third-degree felony.

Many adults are still worried about their jobs, their homes, and their money in this troubled economy.

In the first three months this year, six men have been slain within a two-mile radius in the city of Fort Myers.

The Lehigh Acres fire district is dealing with a 46.9 percent property value decline there, in part, by laying off as many as 30 firefighters.

In San Carlos Park, an intoxicated man reached for the handgun in his back pocket and pointed it at a deputy.