CAPE CORAL A car hit a pedestrian in Cape Coral on Del Prado Boulevard S and Viscaya Parkway Friday. Cape Coral Police Department is responding to the scene. Northbound lanes of Del Prado Blvd S are blocked. Police ask drivers to avoid the area and seek an alternate route. The lane closures are expected to…
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral Police apprehended a Leesburg, Indiana, man who is suspected of stealing a vehicle. Dylan Espinoza, 22, has been arrested for Motor Vehicle Theft and Resisting Arrest Without Violence Wednesday around 4 a.m. Espinoza and another man pulled into a Cape Coral Seven Eleven at the 700 block of Burnt Store Rd. N., parking…
FORT MYERS Fort Myers Police Department were on scene of a death investigation on the 1400 block of Floral Drive off in Fort Myers Thursday. Police confirm Kenya Ellis, 41, and her son Julian Ellis, 10, were found dead at the residence off Michigan Avenue and Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard. Ellis was not responding to calls…
BOKEELIA Matlacha/Pine Island Fire Control District as well as Lee County Sheriff’s Office are responding to a boat fire near Bokeelia in Jug Creek. R.I.P. to one of our Mariner neighbors. ..Prayers to his family & friends. .God Bless Him Posted by Brian Wambolt on Friday, January 18, 2019 Photo via WINK News Photo via WINK…
SANIBEL Setting sail to tackle one of the biggest issues for our state, J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge is launching a marine lab to get answers in hopes to end the water quality crisis. A research boat, a new lab, and a high-tech look at our water quality crisis, all launched despite the partial…
FORT MYERS Questions are swirling around the Lee County School Board and its leadership. This comes after discontent between board members and questions about the future of the superintendent. The board held a workshop at the School District of Lee County in Fort Myers Thursday to allow for open communication between the board and Superintendent…
FORT MYERS/DUNBAR The federal lawsuit filed against the City of Fort Myers for the sludge that still remains at a Lee County sludge site looks to either be headed to trial or thrown out of court. Negotiations in court between neighbors and Fort Myers over the Dunbar sludge site on South Street have stalled, unable…
FORT MYERS BEACH A man died while carving wood at a shop on Pine Ridge Road in Fort Myers Beach. The sheriff’s office says it was an accident. Lee County Sheriff’s Office confirmed David Keithley, 38, died Wednesday at at Meinke Custom Woodshop after he was electrocuted by the equipment he was working with. “It’s…
BONITA SPRINGS Bonita Springs’ first medical marijuana dispensary, Curaleaf, opened Thursday on Bonita Beach Road. “It’s definitely changed my life.,” Laura Miller said. For many clients like Miller, the new dispensary provides easier access to medical marijuana in all its forms. Miller is a Curaleaf client, and she made the drive from Naples to get…
FORT MYERS Fort Myers Police Department were on scene of a death investigation on the 1400 block of Floral Drive off in Fort Myers Thursday. Police confirm Kenya Ellis, 41, and her son Julian Ellis, 10, were found dead at the residence off Michigan Avenue and Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard. Ellis was not responding to calls…