Fort Myers News

Today, outgoing Lee County School Board Superintendent Dr. Joseph Burke is giving his last speech before retirement.

Diplomat Elementary principal Linda Caruso was standing outside in the school's courtyard, with a camera pointed at her, trying to feel comfortable.

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Sierra Armour rode her motorcycle down Cypress Lake Drive in Fort Myers strapped with a camera.

Relaxing and watching the Miami Heat game, that's what 67-year-old Barry Smith says he was doing last night at his Fort Myers home when someone knocked at his window.

LEE COUNTY, Fla. - You've probably seen those "For Sale by Owner" signs on cars all throughout southwest Florida.

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla.- Lee County Sheriff's deputies are searching for two vehicles involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a pedestrian seriously injured Wednesday just before 11:15 p.m. Deputies responded to the crash near the intersection of Pine Island Road and Old US 41.

We have been to Key West before and we have also taken the Key West Express passenger ferry before; it was my birthday and we thought it would be fun to go to Key West for lunch! It was fun but we both agreed that we should have made plans to stay over for a few days.

A Florida man died and his wife was critically injured after their vehicle was struck by a dump truck in New Jersey.

"Eat, Pray Love" Mary Love, digital photograph on aluminum, 2011. Juror's Choice Award in the Naples Art Association's "Words, Signs and Symbols" exhibition, a depiction of a cross found in a kitchen in a small restaurant in Mexico Five Naples Art Association members took awards in the Naples Art Association's "Words, Signs and Symbols" exhibition ... (more)

AAA expects fewer people to take to the air, predicting that 2.3 million Americans will fly, an 8% dip compared to last year.

North Fort Myers High School was second to none at the Barbara B. Mann High School Musical Awards at the Mann Performing Arts Hall in Fort Myers last Monday.

Police have released the name of a woman found dead in a Fort Myers home - but they say the cause of her death is still under investigation.

Lee County Sheriff's Office is responding to an active scene on Lakeland Circle in the Gateway area.

The fire is currently at 61 acres, but is now 60 percent contained. It's burning within a Lee County preserve.

Fire crews are working on putting out a half acre brush fire in the Island Park area of South Fort Myers.

Naples High School Principal Nancy Graham takes a tour of the Lee County Public Education Center with William Moore, right, the district's executive director of school support, as one of four finalists interviewing for superintendent on Friday, May 13, 2011, in Fort Myers .

Former Space 39 Terry Tincher has joined UNIT A Contemporary Art Space , where he will work directly with Marcus Jansen as his exclusive "artist agent." Terry will be at the UNIT from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Friday beginning June 1, as Jansen and his team open UNIT A to the public during the week.

Images of the aftermath are hard to look at. Homes decimated--leaving some possibly trapped alive underneath the rubble.

Around 11 p.m. Monday, a Cape Coral man says he watched as a coyote attacked his little dog.

After ten years at its Marco Walk location, Aqua Beachwear has taken over the space formerly used by Island Drug in Marco Town Center.