Bokeelia News

The wind on Fort Myers Beach during the weekend may have been whipping away more than sand.

Investigators are trying to identify a pedestrian who died during a single-car collision in Lee County.

Florida Highway Patrol are investigating a fatal car crash in Bokeelia. Friday night around 11p.m. 23 year old Christopher Levy was driving north on Harbor Drive.

The Bokeelia Trading Company announced the opening of their online retail business Thursday at: www.bokeeliatradingcompany.com . The Company specializes in wearable art on T-shirts. Company owner Jim Griffiths said, "Our company has officially completed our Web site and is open for online and retail business.

The Pine Island Women of the Moose will host a charity golf tournament at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, Nov.

All his life, Robert Macomber has lived on islands or very close to the water. First, it was on San Carlos, then Cape Coral, Alva, Matlacha, Pine Island, Estero Island.

LEE COUNTY : Police are investigating a report that two armed men forced their way into a home and demanded money on Sunday.

Two robbers broke into a Bokeelia home and attacked a mother and son just to get a jar of coins and cash worth about $5.00. "They kept hollering, I want your jar of money, I want your jar of money," said victim Juanita Orriss, 67.

George Magee has been waiting 16 years for the final two pieces of his late aunt's estate, and now they're headed his way - part of a $1.2 million windfall for a big bunch of Southwest Floridians.

The pre-dawn sky Thursday - the first day of stone crab season - burned orange and pink, complete with the bright planet Venus and a thin crescent moon.

LEE COUNTY: As home values continue to depreciate more vacation homeowners in Southwest Florida are looking to put their second homes on the rental market.

Marjorie Virginia Swan, 93, of Route 394, Randolph, and Bokeelia, Fla., passed away Thursday, Oct.

With the winter season nearing, Pine Island art galleries are gearing up for the first in a series of Creative Coast Weekends.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office is investigating the theft of 300 gallons of diesel fuel from a Bokeelia business.

The literary fare is on the lighter side: '17 things I'm Not Allowed to do Anymore' and 'If You Take a Mouse to School' are favorites.

Representatives of the Florida Superior Small Lodging Association recently announced that 22 Lee County hoteliers have successfully qualified for the SSL designation.

LEE COUNTY: A Bokeelia man is in custody after deputies say he stole a commercial fishing boat from a local dock over the weekend.

More than 400 people -- including this throng along Williams Road -- registered for the Fast Cat 5K cross country race on Aug.

A 27-year-old Bokeelia man filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott and the jail's medical provider, alleging that he walked into the jail a healthy man and left paralyzed a month later.

This Gulf-side town has become a sophisticated retreat with boutiques, galleries, stylish restaurants, stately mansions and two Ritz Carltons.