A picture taken by an eagle-eyed photographer who spotted a monofilament line around a baby osprey’s neck, helped lead to the bird’s rescue from a potentially fatal threat, in a nest near the Pink Shell Beach Resort on Fort Myers Beach. Jeff Gabel, a local bird enthusiast who takes ...
A two-year long investigation called Operation Red Light has resulted in 10 arrests in connection to alleged brothels in Cape Coral and Fort Myers. The Southwest Florida Inter-Agency Child Exploitation and Persons Trafficking Task Force known as INTERCEPT announced the results of an operation ...
Goodwill Southwest Florida will host the 15th Annual Rick Evanchyk Memorial Golf Classic on Thursday, May 14, with proceeds supporting local programs that empower individuals with disabilities and other barriers to employment throughout Southwest Florida. This annual signature fundraising ...
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 ...
LeeTran – Lee County Transit – will again offer free rides on all fixed-route buses for Try Transit Day on Earth Day, Monday. LeeTran Director Dominic Gemelli said Try Transit Day has been an annual event for more than five years. “LeeTran’s annual ridership averages approximately ...
The Lee County School Board was told Tuesday that the district will tap into the capital fund to offset an expected multi-million dollar deficit. “This deficit we are anticipating for next year we will offset with an increase transfer from capital funds,” Chief Financial Officer Sarah Cox ...
Dear Mr. Feichthaler, I write today about bad tax news, and its not just that April 15 is rapidly approaching! I inherited my home two years ago from my mother, who lived there since 2010. Due to the homestead exemption, and the Save Our Homes cap that was low back from the recession, my ...
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 ...