The 32nd Annual American Sand Sculpting Championship presented by the Seminole Casino Hotel has announced the winners from the doubles division and advanced amateur competitions. The annual 10-day sand sculpting event concluded Sunday. The winners from the Master Sculptor Doubles Division were: 1st Place – “Return to Oz” by Bruce Phillips & Jihoon Choi. 2nd…
A married couple was arrested for public nudity on a Sanibel beach Saturday afternoon. According to Sanibel Police officers, they received a call that a woman was skinny dipping in the Gulf. Witnesses at the scene said they saw a couple having what appeared to be sex in the water, along with being fully nude…
Homeless students in Lee County are getting a little help during this holiday season. Cape Coral Police Department is teaming up with 3H Exchange: High Schools Helping the Homeless program for the fifth consecutive year to bring food and gifts to homeless students and their families Friday, Nov. 23 through Friday, Dec. 14. To donate,…
A man and a woman were arrested after shooting at a man in Fort Myers early Friday morning. Officers with the Fort Myers Police Department were on patrol at approximately 2:06 a.m. near Golfview and Cleveland Avenues when they heard gunshots, FMPD said. The officers immediately searched the area and were flagged down by a…
In 2016 a parent pleaded by email the superintendent of the School District of Lee County to look into a teacher working at Varsity Lakes Middle School for the safety of the children there. She claimed he sexually abused her son from 2007 to 2008 while working for the New Jersey Division of Youth and…
Two pit bulls got loose in Cape Coral Tuesday and killed a neighbor’s pet. A man called 911 after seeing the two dogs running without their owners in their neighborhood, and was worried about kids and other animals nearby. The man who called says he is keeping an even closer eye on his pets after…
While Hurricane Irma was inching closer and closer to southwest Florida last year, the Krastel family decided evacuating to Boston where Keri Krastel’s family lives was the best decision for them. “She’s (Keri) like, ‘it’s (Hurricane Irma) coming right for us,” said Keri’s husband Tommy Krastel. “So we packed at 5 p.m. on Thursday, got…
It sounds like thunder as it reverberates in the sky. “They started working and there was a really loud boom,” Amanda Spencer said, a neighbor. “The appliances in the house screeched,” Cynthia Roney said, one of the neighbors along side her husband, David. “Then we had a digital read on this that said bad line.” Nearly…
The only thing sweeter than a Fort Myers freshman’s baked goods are the reason she makes them. 14-year-old Summer Kates created a special recipe for giving back, and each ingredient she adds is a part of her goal to raise money for Golisano’s Children’s Hospital. “I was still in the hospital when I decided I…
With just 31 shopping days left until Christmas, more than 60 million people are taking advantage of Small Business Saturday. People are urged to shop at independently owned stores to support those small business owners. Local small business owners took initiative on Facebook to get people to shop in downtown Fort Myers at an event…