Fort Myers Beach News

Thousands of Florida homeowners facing dramatic increases in their federal flood insurance premiums won a crucial reprieve Thursday when the Senate voted overwhelmingly to cap rate hikes and provide other relief.

In less than a year, the man changed young Patrick Driscoll's life. "I was the original wild child," says Driscoll, 44, about his 11-year-old self: smoking, fighting and running the streets of Fort Myers' gritty Pine Manor neighborhood.

Curling irons, makeup brushes and hairspray bottles covered tables outside Coconut Point mall in Estero on Friday while breast cancer survivors got glam.

One step at a time is the mindset of a 75- year-old Vietnam veteran who is walking across America.

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla.,- The Fort Myers Beach election went to the ladies! For the first time ever, three women celebrated a victory win after the beach community voted them in to serve on council.

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was hundreds of miles off course, traveling in the opposite direction from its original destination and had stopped sending identifying transponder codes before it disappeared.

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla.- It's Election Day on Fort Myers Beach! There are 5,145 registered voters on the island, and they are encouraged to head to the polls and vote to fill the spots for Town Council.

Five candidates are vying for three seats. One of the biggest factors in this election is traffic specifically, Estero Boulevard.

This weekend is full of fun, from the Southwest Florida Reading Festival and Disney On Ice's "Rockin' Ever After" to a book reading by local sleep specialist and child neurologist Dr. Jose Colon.

Link: Visit the spring break page for more stories, videos and galleries. Five years ago, Brad Hoffman got his first chance to torch up Fort Myers Beach as one of the Greater Cincinnati Firefighters show group dancers.

The Greater Cincinnati Firefighters Show group dancers performed Sunday for spring break crowds at Fort Myers Beach.

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla.- The Fort Myers Beach Shrimp Festival is taking the spotlight for the weekend! It's one of the beaches biggest events of the year, giving people the chance to come and taste some of the best shrimp straight from the Gulf.

The annual Drug House Odyssey will once again highlight for local students and the public the potential consequences of combining alcohol consumption and drug use with driving.

On Wednesday, coed.com released it's top 20 trashiest destinations for this years' spring break.

The device does many of the same things as your smart phone. When it's in recode mode, it's completely hands-free.

Recent rain brings back barely healed memories of last summer -- an abundance of rain forced heavy fresh water releases from Lake Okeechobee which polluted the Caloosahatchee River.

The bill, called the Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, brings relief for individuals.

The college oriented website named its 20 trashiest spring break destinations. Fort Myers landed at #9.

Lee County deputies today will target at least one of the following three locations for enforcement: 1. Estero Boulevard, Fort Myers Beach 2. 3rd Street East, Lehigh Acres 3. Hart Road, North Fort Myers Preliminary results from their cumulative activity Monday are as follows: Citations Issued: 62 Written Warnings Issued: 155

A muddled brown pelican perched and preened on the starboard of the Kayla Nicole shrimping boat, docked at Trico Shrimp Co.