The residents of unincorporated Lee County, the Town of Fort Myers Beach, Village of Estero and city of Bonita Springs are asked to set their trash, recycling and yard waste to the curb by 5 a.m. beginning Friday, May 1. This is 90 minutes earlier than the typical set-out time of 6:30 a.m. The ...
Six Cape Elementary students are traveling to Iowa at the end of May to participate in the Odyssey of the Mind World Finals competition. This is the second year Veronica Quackenbush has coached the school's Odyssey of the Mind team. “It’s entirely run by the kids, so I coach them, just be ...
Lee County Department of Transportation reminds motorists that temporary lane closures will begin soon in western Lee County as crews work to resurface sections of Burnt Store Road and Pine Island Road. Motorists are asked to use caution in the area. The individual projects are: • Burnt ...
The Florida Department of Transportation says the Wilson Pigott Bridge is on track to reopen as scheduled on Thursday, April 23, following the completion of critical maintenance work within the anticipated 10-day closure window. Crews will complete final overnight operations tonight, including ...
For the past decade, the Tommy Bohanon Foundation has raised nearly $2 million to help hundreds of young athletes of Southwest Florida improve their football skills, become responsible adults and get the equipment they need to excel on and off the playing field. In order to do that, the ...
The Lee County School Board was informed by school district administrators that the district will tap into the capital fund to offset an expected deficit of more than $92 million. The district will be utilizing $45.4 million from its capital fund to help offset the deficit. “This deficit we ...
Finally, a week of fishing with good tides and favorable winds, conditions that resulted in good catches inshore and off. Strong incoming tides kept the fish active across the inshore waters throughout the week. Inshore grass flats and bar edges attracted hard-hitting ...
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 ...