Tice News

LEE COUNTY: Lee County deputies arrested five people in connection to a prostitution ring on Friday.

No matter how some local families and their children spend this summer, at least their bellies will be full.

A passenger injured in a collision Tuesday on Orange River Boulevard east of Fort Myers remained in critical condition today at Lee Memorial Hospital.

A serious crash has shut down Orange River Boulevard at Staley Road. Traffic heading west on Orange River Blvd.

This year, the Harry Chapin Food Bank and agencies like CCMI have fed more hungry kids than ever.

Last year, summer meant hundreds of Lee County children went without food. That will not happen this summer.

A Fort Myers man wanted on capital sexual battery charges of has turned himself in to authorities.

LEE COUNTY: The Lee County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help to locate a man wanted on charges of Capital Sexual Battery on a juvenile.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit will target at least one of the following three locations for enforcement today: Ortiz Avenue, Fort Myers West Terry Street, Bonita Springs Palm Beach Boulevard .

On Wednesday, June 3, the Lee County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit will target at least one of the following three locations for enforcement: 1. Ortiz Avenue, Fort Myers 3. Palm Beach Boulevard .

By Naples Daily News staff report Originally published 4:56 p.m., Wednesday, May 13, 2009 Updated 6:01 p.m., Wednesday, May 13, 2009 POSTED at 6:10 p.m. A funnel cloud was spotted in Bonita Springs, but it never touched the ground, according to the National Weather Service.

Five Lee County schools will host mobile food pantries this summer to feed hungry children and their families.

Cliff Smith, president of The United Way, handed out $197,000 from The Hunger Relief Fund on Thursday to help feed those in need.

National Weather Service doppler radar indicates thunderstorms moving northwest at five miles per hour will effect Lehigh Acres, Fort Myers, Tice and Morseshores until 6:15 p.m. Gusty winds up to 40 miles per hour will occur.

Lehigh Elementary third-grader Sarah Anfinson has noticed some classmates having a hard time concentrating in class on Mondays.

Fire crews responded to several fires in Southwest Florida Sunday afternoon. In Punta Gorda there was a 18 acres fire burning near Swiss Boulevard and Pelican Drive.

LEE COUNTY: Fire crews responded to a brush fire in Lehigh Acres Sunday afternoon.

The Fire Marshal and Lee County Sheriff's deputies are investigating a brush fire set in a wooded area of Lehigh Acres off Broadway Avenue Wednesday.

Firefighters from Tice, Lehigh, La Belle, North Fort Myers, Cape Coral and the Division of Forestry are on the scene of a fire in the Caloosa Preserve area in Alva.

The annual ADDY competition of advertising materials puts the largest established Southwest Florida companies together with newer professionals.