Lee County News

By DREW WINCHESTER, dwinchester@breezenewspapers.co For incoming council member Kenneth "Marty" McClain, his hope for Cape Coral could be summed up with his ideology for the Community Redevelopment Agency's district.

A Lee County woman said she could help get two men released from jail on bond, but couldn't legally work as a bondsman.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office will offer residents a chance to anonymously discard unused prescription medications on Saturday.

But that's what Lee County Sheriff's officials said a North Port woman did Friday.

A Lee County employee shares the opinion Cape Coral voters had of the city incumbents Tuesday.

The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office announced they are searching a property in Punta Gorda related to missing 3-year-old Pilar Rodriguez, who was last seen in early 1999.

The Collier County School District will now join Lee County schools in looking into the district's relationship with Office Depot.

A Lee County Sheriff's Office deputy had a shotgun pointed at him and heard a shell being racked in the chamber as he entered a house near where gunshots reportedly had been fired Monday in Bonita Springs.

Deputy Anthony Rivera was determined guilty of untruthfulness and fired on Oct. 15. Deputy John Galewski was guilty of improper use of a stun gun, untruthfulness and conduct unbecoming an officer, according to an investigation.

Deputies also found a gun that is believed to have been stolen from the boy's house.

Members of the Lee County Sheriff's Office Sexual Predator/Offender Unit, Cape Coral Police Department, Fort Myers Police Department and State Probation Office conducted a Halloween operation Saturday aimed at verifying that sexual offenders on probation in Lee County were in compliance with the terms of their probation.

The three siblings from Lehigh Acres call themselves the Florida Kickin' Trio, and it's easy to see why.

A Cape Coral woman has been found guilty of manslaughter in the death of her young son.

Southwest Florida business owners are leery of sweeping legislation introduced Thursday in the U.S. House of Representatives that would extend health care coverage to millions who lack it, and create a new option of government-run insurance.

By 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, people had begun staking out their spots outside The Salvation Army on McGregor Boulevard in Fort Myers.

It started with four beachfront property owners in the Florida Panhandle questioning where their land rights ended seaward after a project to renourish beaches is completed.

The Lee County Health Department said today it will be ready to handle thousands of swine flu vaccine seekers when it opens the first two of its free clinics tomorrow in Fort Myers and Cape Coral.

NORTH FORT MYERS: Every mortgage rescue fraud case he's seen has had one common denominator, Chuck Holland told a room full of people in Lee County on Saturday.

They were friends and soldiers. They grew up together in Fort Myers Shores. They joined the Army the same day, and they died together after an argument somehow placed them in front of a 1992 Ford Mustang.

LEE COUNTY : Two Southwest Florida soldiers were hit by a car and killed Saturday night.