State troopers took a man sought in a St. Petersburg homicide into custody following a standoff on I-75 that shut the highway down outside of Fort Myers Wednesday, and which has widely been reported to have involved guns being fired. The takedown operation began at approximately 12:30 p.m. ...
North Shore Park, 13001 N. Cleveland Ave., North Fort Myers, will be temporarily closed to the public from Monday, Aug. 3, through Wednesday, Aug. 5, for the installation of a new automatic gate system. The park is scheduled to reopen at dawn on Thursday, Aug. 6. During the closure, the park ...
According to the Florida Highway Patrol and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, two northbound outside lanes of Interstate 75 at Alico Road (Exit 128) have reopened to traffic following an earlier shutdown. All southbound lanes of I-75 at Exit 128 remain closed until further notice as ...
On Monday, the Lee County Supervisor of Elections Office began mailing sample ballots to approximately 394,000 voters for the Aug. 18 primary election. The mailing, which will continue through Friday, July 24, also includes early voting dates, times and locations, as well as important ...
Getting prepared for the upcoming school year? From now through Aug. 20 Floridians can save at the checkout line, as Florida’s annual Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday returns. During the annual sales tax holiday period, tax is not due for the retail sale of: • Clothing, footwear, ...
The Department of War has identified a third active-duty soldier who was killed while supporting overseas contingency operations in Iraq. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was killed in action during a controlled detonation of a downed One-Way Unmanned Aerial ...
PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. - The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels were defeated by the St. Lucie Mets by a score of 8-2 Tuesday night at Clover Park. Irvin Nunez connected on a pair of doubles late in the game, but the Mighty Mussels (47-42, 10-13) never recovered from an early deficit. St. Lucie ...
Hi, Mr. Feichthaler: I am selling my home in Cape Coral and plan to close on July 15 to a lovely couple from Indiana. Every year, I like to put on a huge fireworks display at my home for family and friends on July 4. Some of the items I have are fairly powerful. If damage were caused to the ...