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Count us among those excited for the start of the new school year Monday. Not because we have kids, tweens or teens who — though we love them the muchest — may have, ummm, pushed our parental patience a time or two during this long, hot and humid summer. But because the district has ...

Lee County voters will get an opportunity in 2026 to decide whether to make a substantive change in how Lee County commissioners are elected. Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday signed HB 4001: Lee County, which will bring to referendum a proposal to elect our county commissioners by district ...

Congratulations to the Class of ‘25

Here’s to the Class of ’25. Graduations in Lee County wrapped up two weekends ago with nearly 6,200 graduating from the Lee County School District’s 15 high schools, many of them with not only a diploma but with various advanced academic program and industry certifications. Hundreds ...

Here’s to the Class of ’25. Graduations in Lee County wrapped up two weekends ago with nearly 6,200 graduating from the Lee County School District’s 15 high schools, many of them with not only a diploma but with various advanced academic program and industry certifications. Hundreds ...

In memory, in gratitude

As many of us gear up for the three-day weekend ahead, let us remember, if only for a moment, the sacrifice behind our Monday holiday. Memorial Day says to those who served and did not come home, you are remembered, you are missed. Memorial Day says to the families of the fallen, we, as a ...

On Wednesday we got a release that members of our newsroom — pet owners, all — have come to loathe: Kitten season is still in full swing. Here in Southwest Florida, kitten season is perpetually, it seems, in “full swing” with spring being particularly bad for “outdoor cats,” ...