Fort Myers News

11:35 p.m. Pablo Argueta is first in the line of five people in the back of the Walmart Super Center on Collier Boulevard to get a $298 HP laptop.

The Lee County Property Appraiser's Office will file $458,396 in liens against Charles and Barbara Parsons for back taxes and penalties as the State Attorney investigates the couple for homestead fraud.

Individuals of all ages, along with many dog breeds filled the parking lot and adjacent areas of the Cape Coral Hospital Thursday morning to participate in the 30th Annual Turkey Trot.

FORT MYERS: Authorities are looking for 29-year-old Manuel Rodriguez in connection with a shooting that killed one man and injured another in Fort Myers Thursday.

INFO BOX To donate to Toys for Tots, there are four locations affiliated with the Bayshore Fire Department.

And growing toward 200 as the minutes tick on at the start of a chilly Black Friday morning.

A woman accused of punching and kicking her boyfriend in Cape Coral was arrested this past weekend.

A random sample of Lee County households will be receiving a postcard this week, notifying them that they will soon be receiving a Lee County citizen survey and asking them to complete the survey.

Beginning at 8 a.m. on Saturday, certain streets in the downtown Fort Myers River District will be closed for the Holiday Stroll opening festivities that will be held in the evening from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. From 8 a.m. until 11 p.m., First Street will be closed between Dean and Jackson streets, and Hendry Street will be closed between Bay and First ...

The DasHuh Basketball Foundation for young women will hold an auction at 7 p.m. Friday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, at 13501 Bell Tower Drive, south Fort Myers.

A North Fort Myers man has been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a Bank of America branch on Monday.

NORTH FORT MYERS: One of the suspects in Monday's violent robbery at a North Fort Myers bank is now in custody.

The annual Lee County Delegation meeting, along with the deadline for local bill and community budget requests for the 2010 Legislative Session, has been set for December by the chairman of the Lee County Legislative Delegation, state Rep.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office is asking the public for help in finding the suspects of a bank robbery in North Fort Myers.

COLLIER COUNTY: There are disturbing accusations of anti-Semitism at a Collier County school.

LEE COUNTY: A unique court battle is shaping up in Lee County. A man is facing third degree felony charges for shooting an endangered black bear in his back yard and wants to use the "Stand Your Ground" law as his defense.

LEE COUNTY : H1N1 has been good news for local orange growers. The scare of the flu has orange juice flying off the shelves and the push to buy OJ has citrus growers giddy.

The Cape Coral Public Works Annex hosted a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day Saturday to collect household chemicals and other products that are harmful to the environment if they aren't disposed of correctly.

One person is dead after school bus collided with a motorcycle at McGregor Boulevard and John Morris Road Monday morning.

LEE COUNTY: More than a thousand people piled into Borders Books at Gulf Coast Town Center in Estero Saturday morning.