

Seniors in the School District of Lee County closed their high school journeys with graduation ceremonies throughout Lee County. Graduations began on May 16, and concluded May 20 at various venues. The 2024-2025 school year had 6,198 senior students among the district’s 15 high schools with ...
North Fort Myers High School held graduation for the Class of 2025 on May 17. All photos by Laura Howard
Lee County District 2 Commissioner Cecil Pendergrass is more of a golf guy than a basketball fan but when he received an invitation from the White House to attend the celebration honoring the University of Florida men’s college basketball team’s national championship, he didn’t ...
Back in 2005, on her first weekend in Fort Myers after moving from her native Michigan, Nancy Olson came across a sign while riding her bicycle. It directed her to Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve. She’s been going in that direction ever since. After 13 years as a volunteer at the Slough, ...
A North Fort Myers woman is in the Charlotte County Jail, accused of stabbing a 12-year-old girl in the face and neck and attempting to hide her body, though still alive, the Charlotte County Sheriff's Office reported this morning. Gwendolyn Girard, 35, was arrested by the Lee County Sheriff's ...
Mariner High School held graduation for the Class of 2025 on May 18. All photos by Laura Howard .
Back in 2005, on her first weekend in Fort Myers after moving from her native Michigan, Nancy Olson came across a sign while riding her bicycle. It directed her to Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve. She’s been going in that direction ever since. After 13 years as a volunteer at the Slough, ...
A staggering 50,000-plus children in Southwest Florida are impacted by some form of mental illness. Suicide is the third leading cause of death for youth in the state of Florida. These are alarming statistics, but Kids' Minds Matter is helping to address the issue. As part of the region’s ...