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2 hrs ago | Tampa Bay Online

Police: Man visits Tampa strip club with toddler in car

A Lee County man was arrested early Tuesday after police said he visited a Tampa strip club while leaving his toddler in his car.

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Related Topix: Tampa, FL, Fort Myers, FL

6 hrs ago | NBC2 News

Scientists working to find, track endangered fish

It was a rare sighting off Sanibel Island Tuesday when, researchers say, a smalltooth sawfish turned up near the shore in Tarpon Bay.

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Related Topix: Collier County, FL, Fort Myers, FL

6 hrs ago | NBC2 News

New movie theater coming to Bonita

"It's been slowly but surely dwindling over the past three years," Bonita Chamber of Commerce CEO Christine Ross says.

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Related Topix: Collier County, FL, Fort Myers, FL

10 hrs ago | WINK-TV Fort Myers

Food for children: summer feeding program begins

The summer feeding program is beginning in Lee County, designed to help kids get good nutrition during the break from school.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family

11 hrs ago | WINK-TV Fort Myers

Another suspect arrested in school check fraud investigation

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- William Lopez-Torres is the latest suspect to be arrested in the Lee County School District check cashing scheme.

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12 hrs ago | WINK-TV Fort Myers

Frustrated man allegedly cuts cord on vending machine

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Lee County Port Authority Police arrested 54-year-old Jerry Lee Soots after he was allegedly seen on surveillance video, cutting the cord of a vending machine at the Southwest Florida International Airport.

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12 hrs ago | WINK-TV Fort Myers

TSA finds loaded handgun in suspect's bag at RSW

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- The Lee County Port Authority detained a 59-year-old man at the Southwest Florida International Airport on Sunday after TSA officers found a firearm in his bag.

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14 hrs ago | Gasparilla Gazette

Motorcyclist killed in Cape Coral bridge accident

A motorcyclist is dead after crashing into construction barrels on the Cape Coral Bridge and flying into the Caloosahatchee River.

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Related Topix: Boat Disaster, Cape Coral, FL

16 hrs ago | Naples Daily News

Lee clerk, other government agencies add advertising to their public websites

Lee County Clerk of Courts Charlie Green just added national advertising to his office's website through Google ads in hopes of luring local advertisers.

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Related Topix: Brevard County, FL, Alachua County, FL, Cape Coral, FL

16 hrs ago | News Press

Lee to wrap up work on roads

Hilario Luna, of United Steel Workers ties steel rebar on the south side of the Metro Parkway extension Alico Road overpass in San Carlos Park.

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Related Topix: San Carlos Park, FL

16 hrs ago | Marco Eagle

A real get-away: Island in Lee County up for auction to highest bidder

The owners of the 1.4-acre island on the Caloosahatchee River have scheduled an absolute auction to sell it, meaning it will go to the highest bidder.

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Related Topix: Fort Myers, FL, Home, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Cape Coral, FL

20 hrs ago | News Press

Healthy Horizon Challenge Week 1: Never too late to start

B. Pat O'Rourke answered 75 questions for his Personal Wellness Profile Comprehensive Assessment Questionnaire.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Diabetes, Health

Mon May 28, 2012

News Press

Lee County Memorial Day events salute fallen heroes

Memorial Day commemorated off Fort Myers Beach: The Fort Myers Beach Yacht Club members commemorate Memorial Day at Fort Myers Beach Monday, May 28, 2012 Tara Kurkimilis, left, helps Kieran Kurkimilis, 6, place a patriotic drawing held down with red, white and blue toy cars near the grave of his grandfather, Army veteran Thomas Drumm, Monday, May ... (more)

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Related Topix: Memorial Day, Life, Holidays, Fort Myers Beach, FL, Cape Coral, FL, Bonita Springs, FL

News Press

Lonely dweller in Fort Myers condo tower, developer settle spat

A recent settlement marks the end of a three-year legal standoff between the loneliest condominium dweller in Fort Myers and a one-time billionaire developer.

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Related Topix: Fort Myers, FL, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Deerfield Beach, FL

WINK-TV Fort Myers

Traffic committee to discuss congested Lee County roads

Lee County drivers have sounded off on what roads drive them nuts, and now a county committee will use that input to build solutions.

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Related Topix: Lehigh Acres, FL

NBC2 News

Approval expected for Lee precinct changes

The Lee County Board of County Commissioners will meet on Tuesday and is expected to approve new voting precinct boundaries based on the 2010 Census and redistricting.

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Naples Daily News

Scripps National Spelling Bee: Lee County rep hopes to conquer her fears

David Albers/Staff - Paul Lawence Dunbar Middle School seventh-grader Kayla Sheffield, 13, celebrates winning Lee County's 15th Annual Middle School Spelling Bee on Thursday, March 8, 2012, at Three Oaks Middle School in San Carlos Park.

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Related Topix: San Carlos Park, FL, Fort Myers, FL

Marco Eagle

In the Know: Does SW Florida have Honor Flights for WWII veterans to D.C.?

Q: Does Naples/Collier County/Southwest Florida have any "Honor Flights" for World War II veterans to D.C.? While we have several each year in the Quad Cities area in metro Iowa-Illinois, I don't recall ever hearing and/or reading about them when in Naples.

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Related Topix: Florida, Collier County, FL, Naples, FL, Port Charlotte, FL, Fort Myers, FL

Sun May 27, 2012

RedOrbit

Riverchase Dermatology Freezes the Fat with...

Riverchase Dermatology and Cosmetic Surgery is the first Lee County medical practice to offer CoolSculpting , a non-invasive, clinically proven procedure that reduces fat layers in problem areas through the use of a patented cooling technology.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Dermatology, Plastic Surgery, Fort Myers, FL

News Press

Heartland: Lee County needs better access to mental health care

I was happy I was able to ask the final question at a mental health workshop last fall at Florida Gulf Coast University .

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Related Topix: Florida Gulf Coast University, Cape Coral, FL

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