Just days after Gov. Ron DeSantis touched down at Fort Myers High School to rail against teachers unions with Florida Commissioner of Education Anastasios Kamoutsas, the Florida Education Association sued Kamoutsas and the Florida State Board of Education for failing to adequately fund the ...
Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced the appointment of Jenna Persons-Mulicka as Lee County Supervisor of Elections. Persons-Mulicka, a Republican, is currently elected to the Florida House of Representatives, representing District 78. In addition to her service in the Florida House, ...
A Cape Coral man was arrested after police said he threatened a worker to move his truck with a pellet gun. Sergio Hernandez, 59, has been charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill stemming from a May 15 incident. According to Cape Coral Police Department ...
A pregnant manatee was killed when she suffered severe internal injuries from the direct impact of a boat in Matanzas Pass on Fort Myers Beach. The manatee, who was near term, was struck by the vessel last Friday and then transported to ZooTampa to be treated. She died two days later on ...
The Florida Highway Patrol’s Elite DUI Squad and the Aggressive Driving Unit will be conducting “Operation Dry Streets,” a specialized impaired driving enforcement initiative, from Friday through Sunday, May 22-24, across Southwest Florida. While weather forecasts are predicting rain ...
The annual Florida Python Challenge™ is back. The event kicks off on Friday, July 10 at 12:01 a.m., and runs until Sunday, July 19 at 5 p.m. Registered participants in this year’s challenge will get the chance to win a share of $25,000 in prizes while removing invasive Burmese pythons from ...
The North Georgia Wine Advisor normwine@bellsouth.net normwine@charter.net 2021 7 Deadly Cabernet Sauvignon Lodi Uno May - 2026 We enjoyed Coq Au Vin, (Sorta) for dinner the other night with a good bottle of Red wine. The dish was actually boneless chicken thighs cooked in red wine, ...
By School District of Lee County estimates, 3,400 students took part in walkouts last week in protest of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement actions. The walkouts took place at 13 of the district’s high schools — all but two — and at one middle school in south county. School ...