Bonita Springs News

Cardiologist Zannos Grekos of Bonita Springs, whose license to practice medicine in Florida was revoked by the state board of medicine April 5, is appealing the decision.

Lee County Commissioners gave the green light to a private ambulance company to continue servicing patients outside county lines - something Bonita Springs Fire and Rescue has been fighting for years.

Lee County EMS workers process patients to be transferred in ambulances from the Southwest Florida Regional Medical Center.

The Lee County Solid Waste Division will recommend to commissioners today that the county's garbage rates decrease by 1.44 percent in 2014.

The Estero Community Planning Panel will get more details tonight about Hertz's plans to build its 300,000-square-foot corporate headquarters on a 34 1/2-acre site at Williams Road and U.S. 41. Matt Uhle, attorney for Bonita Springs-based CP Land Investment, which is under contract to sell the vacant land to Hertz, will give a presentation ... (more)

In the likely event that Lee Memorial Health System appeals a state decision blocking its plans for an 80-bed hospital in south Lee County, history shows that it may have a fair -- though, not overwhelming -- shot of winning in the end.

Airman Brian Xenes graduated from basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio.

Scott McIntyre/Staff Leonadra Lopez, 26, left, bows her head as she begins to cry during a vigil for immigrant families who have lost their fathers to detainment and deportation on Sunday in Immokalee.

Minto Communities has started construction on the Island Club at Bonita Isles, a resort-style community located on Bernwood Parkway, a half-mile east of U.S. 41 in Bonita Springs.

William DeShazer/Staff Shannon Pounsberry, second from right, has breakfast with her daughters, Carlie, 8, from left, Caroline, 6, and Carmen, 16, at Sweet Odin's Danish Bakery on Wednesday June 12, 2013.

DiVosta Homes has opened two new model homes in VillageWalk of Bonita Springs on Umiak Court priced starting in the mid-$200.

A food pantry that serves an estimated 700 people a week may be shutting its doors for good because of parking violations.

Corey Perrine/Staff Flags burn in the flames Friday, June 14, 2013 at American Legion Post 303 in Bonita Springs, Fla.

The Center for the Arts Bonita Springs announced Friday it will establish a 28,000-square-foot performing arts center campus on Bonita Beach Road early next year.

Doors will open tomorrow for a new and improved Southwest Florida treasure. Everglades Wonder Gardens in Bonita Springs has been an attraction since the 1930s.

The mother of a murdered young woman is speaking out tonight. Darla Miller's body was found in January in Bonita Springs, and the man charged with her death has been caught.

Three Hialeah residents arrested Thursday had nearly 50 counterfeit gift cards used to buy high-end liquor, cartons of cigarettes, baby clothes and other items, Lee County sheriff's deputies said.

This story is contributed by a member of the Naples community and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with Naples Daily News The prestigious Barron's Business and Financial Weekly has named Naples' Kim Ciccarelli Kantor, CFPA CAPa , President of Ciccarelli Advisory Services, Inc., to its "Top 100 Women Financial Advisors" for 2013.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office is searching for a suspect who robbed Advanced Auto Parts on Bonita Beach Rd. The Sheriff's Office says the suspect took money from the cash register and fled.

An emergency helicopter ambulance may finally start serving Lee County again. It's been nine months since MEDSTAR shut down and the fallout was huge.