FORT MYERS Fort Myers quoted in range of $60,000 to remove Robert E. Lee pedestal It could cost $50,000 to $60,000 for the City of Fort Myers to remove the controversial pedestal of the once-present bust of Confederate general Robert E. Lee. Mayor Kevin Anderson told us Tuesday that estimate is a preliminary quote for now, so that cost could go up or down. But one thing is for sure: […]
LEE COUNTY Lee County deputies investigate fatal shooting The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a fatal shooting south of Tice on Monday night. Deputies say at least one person was killed on Ortiz Circle off Ortiz Avenue. The sheriff’s office has not confirmed the number of victims either killed or sent to the hospital with injuries. There is no confirmation of an […]
FORT MYERS Fort Myers will spend $22,000 to house homeless in hotels for 2 weeks Fort Myers city leaders continue to discuss the future of the homeless population. After being kicked out of Centennial Park, they migrated to Lions Park. Now, leaders say they can’t stay there either. Fort Myers City Council voted Monday to allocate $22,000 to help house people experiencing homelessness in the city in hotels for two […]
FORT MYERS Fort Myers city council to reconsider moving homeless to Salvation Army Fort Myers Mayor Kevin Anderson will once again try to win approval for a plan to move homeless people from Lions Park to the Salvation Army. Anderson hopes a presentation from a Cape Coral council member can convince city leaders to approve his plan during their meeting on Monday. Cape Coral Councilwoman Jennifer Nelson said […]
LEHIGH ACRES SUV hits and kills landscaper in Lehigh Acres An SUV hit and killed a landscape worker while he was working near a Lehigh Acres road on Saturday. It happened on SR-82 between Bell and Eisenhower boulevards. The SUV was traveling east in the inside lane on SR-82. The 68-year-old worker was inside of the dashed lane dividers separating the inside and outside lanes. […]
FORT MYERS Homeless face removal from Fort Myers park; fate in city council’s hands Where will the homeless go? Earlier this month, Fort Myers rejected 4-3 a plan that would give homeless people a new space ahead of moving them out of Lions Park near Lee Memorial Hospital. Now, Councilman Liston Bochette is bringing the Rapid Transition Collaboration back for discussion. “I don’t feel that putting this off is […]
WINK NEWS ‘Miracle on the Gulf’: 4 rescued after small plane lands in water Four people were pulled from the Gulf after their plane landed in the water. They were all lucky to be found by rescuers who were at the right place at the right time. The plane took off from Fort Myers originally, with one of the couples being from the area. We spoke to them about […]
EAST FORT MYERS Woman run over in Cracker Barrel parking lot, hit-and-run suspect wanted Monday, a woman was run over by a pickup truck in the Cracker Barrel Old Country Store parking lot near Palm Beach Blvd and I-75. According to an FHP report, a woman, 49, from Cape Coral, was kneeling in the parking lot near a parked pickup truck towing a flatbed utility trailer. The driver of […]
NORTH FORT MYERS Lee County Sheriff’s deputies make arrest in morning home invasion in North Fort Myers Lee County Sheriff’s Office announced via Facebook it arrested suspects in a home invasion in North Fort Myers Monday. Deputies responded to a home on Foxlake Drive in the Foxmoor Lakes neighborhood, where investigators say two armed men broke into a home, robbed and pistol-whipped a victim. A neighbor at the Foxmoor Lakes community is […]
FORT MYERS Celebration of life held for beloved Southwest Florida restaurant owner The death of Tim Mankin was sudden and unexpected. His friends never truly got to celebrate his life. So, on Sunday they held a celebration to do just that. Tim Mankin was the owner of BurgerQuE. He died in a terrible crash in Texas last year that also claimed the lives of two women. So, […]