Alva News

Day after day, block by block, Henry Tuman has watched as a massive building takes shape across Yellowtail Canal Extension from his bedroom.

Christopher John Duffy, 28, of the 400 block of 11th Street Southwest, Golden Gate Estates, was arrested Sunday by Collier deputies at an undisclosed location.

Too many fire commissioners throughout the county failed for years to be good stewards of taxpayer money by allowing fire district budgets to balloon.

A group of north Olga property owners received a $50,000 grant and approval from the Lee County Commission on Tuesday to move forward with a planning effort some say will increase the number of houses and businesses and detract from the area's rural nature.

Lee County's Historic Preservation Board agreed today to consider designating the Alva Library as a historic resource.

Thrill-seekers and conservationists someday soon may be zipping across the wilds of Caloosahatchee Regional Park on a steel cable strung high above the palmettos.

Seven local sailors earned medals in their respective racing fleets during the U.S. Junior Olympic River Romp Regatta last weekend on the Caloosahatchee River and hosted by the Edison Sailing Center.

Two Communities in North Lee County want $100,000 dollars of tax payer money. North Olga and Alva want the money to help plan the futures of there communities and to settle a border dispute.

A Lee County park advisory board voted 5-2 to recommend to the state a zip line attraction be allowed in the Caloosahatchee Regional Park.

Deputies have four people in custody after a burglary call and a high-speed chase on SR-80. Deputies we spoke to say they got a call about a burglary at 18791 River Estates Lane in Alva.

To hear Jim English tell it, modern-day carpetbaggers and scalawags are conspiring to flood his north Lee County orange groves.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit today will target at least one of the following three locations for enforcement: College Parkway at U.S. 41, south Fort Myers North River Road , Alva 23rd Street S.W., Lehigh Acres Residents can help by letting the traffic unit know if they observe problem areas, aggressive or impaired drivers and ...

The Lee County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a Florida Gulf Coast University student from Wellington whose body was found at a park in Alva.

FORT MYERS: Deputies have identified a body found in an Alva park Monday as a 21-year-old FGCU student.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office is investigating a body found in Caloosahatchee Regional Park Monday.

All the problems of Chinese drywall but with American made products! A Southwest Florida couple says that is the nightmare they're living with in Alva.

Lee County Commissioner Frank Mann wasn't there to greet Thomas Edison the day he sailed up the Caloosahatchee River and docked at Fort Myers for the first time in 1885.

A 31-year-old woman, who admitted she started a sexual affair with a 13-year-old boy that lasted three years, was today ordered to prison for 2 A1 2 years.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office is reviewing what happened Monday when the incarcerated father of a murder victim was placed in the same holding cell as his son's convicted killer, just before the killer's sentencing.

Homeowners looking desperately for answers on what to do about toxic, defective drywall got a message Sunday: the wait might be a long one.