North Fort Myers High School’s Sami Curls earned three honors at the recent 2026 Lee County Student Film and Television Awards. There were more than 150 entries submitted by hundreds of students from 24 schools. Curls took wins for “Operation Over-Easy” for promo video; “Hit the Road ...
Scholarship, community achievement and family impact filled Wednesday evening at the 44th annual Cape Coral Mayor’s Scholarship Fund awards celebration at Palmetto-Pine Country Club. A total of 21 high school graduating seniors, technical college and Southwest Public Service Academy ...
A critically injured coyote pup is receiving intensive emergency treatment after it was apparently hit by a vehicle in Cape Coral last Friday. When the roughly 7-week-old dehydrated coyote was brought to the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife on Sanibel Island, Dr. Jessica Comolli, ...
The Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife is seeking handmade knitted or crocheted nests for orphaned and injured baby birds and small mammals in their care. Needed sizes are 8-inch, 10-inch, and 12-inch diameters for the nests. They should be made with tight stitches, a soft but sturdy ...
A J. Colin English Elementary school teacher has been named New Teacher of the Year for 2026. “Being named 2026 Teacher of the Year means everything to me. I am so grateful to be recognized for such an amazing achievement in my first year of teaching. I have put in so much time and effort to ...
Faced with dropping student enrollment, the School District of Lee County says it is taking a proactive approach to stop the bleed. “We want to be parents’ No. 1 choice,” Superintendent Dr. Denise Carlin said during a workshop Tuesday. “The way we do that — it starts with a ...
