Fort Myers Beach News

The sidewalk sizzles with excitement as throngs of people bounce around between tiki bars, ice cream bars, pizza joints, and tropical restaurants.

If you want to celebrate the new year, you can always sit home and watch the ball drop on live television feed from New York City.

In most places, utilitarian concrete parking garages blight rather than enhance urban environments, but Parallel Park has transformed the 5-story Lee County Justice Center Parking Garage into a work of fine art that has first time visitors asking "Is this the fine art museum?" Today is the third anniversary of the 30,000-square-foot public art ... (more)

Sawicki was invited to the Seminar on Transition and Leadership for Newly-Elected Mayors, a non-partisan program for incoming mayors of large U.S. cities.

History and honor will merge with holiday tradition today as the Fort Myers Beach Christmas Boat Parade, which falls on Pearl Harbor Day this year, honors a veteran of the attack.

The red carpet walks begin at 9 a.m. Saturday for the debut of "Safe," a short film made by Manatee County students in the summer program Inspired Minds.

It concerns elevated pools -- massive structures angering some residents who say they block their views of the water.

Abe Waterman works on a sand sculpture in Fort Myers, Florida in this photo from the Facebook page of the While Islanders curse the surprise nature of Wednesday's winter storm, Island sculptor Abe Waterman is basking in the warmth of a major win.

Live: Traffic information Today, the Lee County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit will target at least one of the following three locations for enforcement: 1. San Carlos Boulevard, Fort Myers Beach 2. Santa Barbara Boulevard, Cape Coral 3. Three Oaks Parkway, Fort Myers / Estero On Friday, deputies issued 65 citations and 141 warnings.

The rush of cooking for hundreds in the span of a few hours or devising imaginative pairings of food is all part of giving back for chefs.

Leaders on Fort Myers Beach held a public hearing Monday morning to figure out a solution for what's been a contentious issue -- elevated pools.

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla.- It's your money, and $645,000 of it is being poured in to a construction project on Fort Myers Beach.

Whether you're looking to lend a hand to a charity gala, peruse art galleries and museums or relax at some of the best fishing and shelling spots in the world, there's something in Lee County for you.

For signs of economic hope, one needn't look further than Southwest Florida's restaurant scene.

Very low to medium concentrations of the algae that causes red tide events here are still present in Southwest Florida, mostly in south Lee and north Collier counties, according to the latest Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission report.

This blacklight mask dance/theater troupe performs wearing huge, brilliant, mysterious masks that glow like magic under ultra-violet light.

Old and outdated parking meters reaching the end of their lifespan may be replaced soon in downtown Fort Myers.

As if on cue, a mouthwatering stream of molten cheese came pouring from the just-cut veal.

Lee County Sheriff's investigators say a Volvo and an Acura were driving south on San Carlos Boulevard over the Hurricane Pass Bridge when the Acura suddenly accelerated crashing into the rear bumper of the Volvo.

A 58-year-old man was rescued by the Coast Guard after his 26-foot boat capsized in the Intracoastal Waterway near Pine Island Sound on Wednesday.