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To report a crime or any suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Lee County Sheriffa s Office at 477-1000 or you can remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at 332-5555 or 1-800-780-TIPS. a- Two women charged with stealing jewelry, car from mother DUI arrests a- Jose Antonio Pineda, 37, of the 27000 block of Imperial Oak Drive, Bonita ...

The Lee County Beach Conditions Report by Mote Marine Laboratory of Sarasota covers: Bonita Beach Park Bowditch Point Regional Park Bowman's Beach, Sanibel Island Cayo Costa State Park Little Estero Beach Lovers Key State Park Lynn Hall Memorial Park Newton Park Beach An enhanced beach conditions report is now available for Lee County although the ...

LEE COUNTY : A Fort Myers Beach resident returned home from vacation to find the locks on her apartment changed and jewelry and other belongings missing, according to the Lee County Sheriff's Office.

For tens of thousands of snorkelers and divers, Florida waters are now the scene of a massive two-day bug hunt.

Lee County Parks & Recreation invites visitors and residents to explore nature at beaches and shorelines.

Carolyn Mahon's memory is starting to come back. The 64-year-old remembers laying on the concrete as a 100-pound Rottweiler stood over her, licking its chops.

Kenny Conidaris, a 17-year-old Estero High School student, has a typical teenage life except for one thing - he needs a bone marrow transplant.

Name: Mcphillips, Erin Elizabeth Charge: Burgl Of Occupied Dwelling Unarmed Residence: Fort Myers Beach, FL Age: 47 Follow this case online: http://www.leeclerk.org/court_inquiry_Disclaimer.htm Please note: Most cases require 2-3 days to be inputted into the public court record.

Women's Legacy Fund of the Southwest Florida Community Foundation recently appointed its 2010-11 Executive Committee.

Aug. 1: The WWE comes to Germain Arena on the "Raw World Tour" Aug 13: Best-selling book "Eat, Pray, Love" comes to the big screen starring Julia Roberts Aug.

Seven loggerhead turtles are being carefully watched long after they laid their eggs on a local beach.

FORT MYERS BEACH: A new study reveals the potential long-term impacts of the oil spill to tourism along the Gulf Coast.

LEE COUNTY: The well is capped and there's no oil in Southwest Florida. Still, problems continue to flow this way.

Read Rose O'Dell King's blog. Chef Heath Higginbotham of Bistro 41 outcooked more than 20 other chefs Monday in the American Culinary Federation's first Great American Chili Cook-off, which was held at a rocking beach party at the Pink Shell Resort to benefit the Harry Chapin Food Bank.

Carolyn Mahon's scalp is gone. An 8-inch chunk of skin is missing from one of the 64-year-old's arms.

Three more bands have been booked for a benefit concert that will provide food and financial assistance for the Harry Chapin Food Bank.

While Lee County tourism and business officials and service providers are ecstatic that the gushing BP oil well in the Gulf of Mexico has been capped, they realize damage control is just beginning.

Sea turtles are crawling up on Southwest Florida beaches to nest, but returning to the Gulf without laying eggs, in record numbers this year.

The American Culinary Federation is drawing nearer to its first-ever chili cook-off and the response has been terrific.

A Lee County woman faces charges in the January shooting death of her great-grandson. Michelle Freiburger, 57, was charged with culpable negligence, a third-degree felony, on May 24 by the State Attorney's Office, but wasn't required to stay in jail, per the prosecutors' request.