Lehigh Acres News

The Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District could avoid layoffs of its firefighters because taxable property values did not fall as much as originally estimated.

General surgeon Capt. Pat McGraw is used to operating in the sterile atmosphere of Lehigh Regional Medical Center.

In the not too distant past, it was a warren of dirt and paved roads where homes were often located a quarter or half mile apart.

Firefighters in Lehigh Acres have moved into station 104. Thanks to the temporary certificate of occupancy granted by Lee County, firefighters are now spending the night at the new station.

The News-Press and news-press.com are following developments in a Lehigh Acres grow house bust.

A video developed with the help of Mirror Lakes Elementary School students to impress children with the serious consequences of arson is getting good play within the Lee County School District.

Three Take Aim At Sen. Aronberg Ron Bukley 04.JUL.08 In what has normally been a safe seat, State Sen.

Grow house operations in Lehigh Acres result in eight arrests, confiscation of nearly 190 marijuana plants In maintaining a commitment to rid the community of grow houses, the Lee County Sheriff's Office ...

FORT MYERS: A suspected bank burglar is in custody after a break in at the Royal Palm Bank at 7040 Winkler Road around 3:45 a.m. Friday morning.

A Lehigh Acres man accused of beating to death a 3-year-old boy in Cape Coral last year won't face the death penalty.

Deputies arrested eight people and confiscated 189 marijuana plants in busts on three Lehigh Acres grow houses on Wednesday.

Don't let her floppy ears and spotted tongue fool you. Behind her furry exterior, LC has the makings of a persistent, pot-sniffing drug dog.

A special thanks The family of Mary Gori would like to thank everyone at Heartland Manor Care for their professional handling and loving care given to our mother while she was a resident.

A 44-year-old Lehigh Acres man previously charged with dozens of burglaries and grand thefts was indicted today on 11 counts of larceny in federal court.

Lee County sheriff's deputies knew they would encounter a disturbance when they were called to a south Fort Myers gas station early Monday morning.

Two of the four men indicted in June on federal charges of smuggling Cubans into the country have pleaded not guilty.

Bob Jent's home was a tribute to time. Every inch of wall and shelf space in Jent's Lehigh Acres home was covered by every kind of clock you could imagine.

A Lehigh Acres man accused of beating to death a 3-year-old boy in Cape Coral last year won't face the death penalty himself.

A Lehigh Acres man was arrested Thursday night after Lee County Sheriff's deputies discovered 17 marijuana plants in his Calvin Avenue home.

After months of delays Lehigh Acres Firefighters are finally moved into Station 104 at 3102 Sunshine Blvd.