Gina Tomlinson

We learned divers who searched for the driver of a truck that went into a retention pond off I-75 in Lee County Monday swam with an alligator, and a law enforcement officer had to shoot at it to keep them safe. ”I knew he was following the alligator around with his rifle at the time,” […]

Authorities responded to a truck in a retention pond off southbound I-75 in Lee County Monday night. The driver was never found at the scene because they had already been taken to a hospital. Multiple law enforcement agencies were on scene along the on-ramp for I-75 at exit 128 of Alico Road, where a truck […]

A concerned mother says she found syringes where children wait for the school bus in North Fort Myers. The exposed needles were found at a bus stop along Old Bridge Road and Bayline Drive. “Needles laying right here in the middle of the pathway that they’re walking,” Jackeyy Martin. “Easily wearing flip flops, they can […]

A Good Samaritan says they were stabbed while trying to help a driver they believed had had car trouble. Cape Coral Police responded to the victim at 11:34 a.m. Wednesday after the report of a stabbing along Del Prado Boulevard S. According to CCPD, the unidentified victim said they left their home to drive to […]

Fire crews responded to a brush fire near Griffin Dr. and State Rd. 82 in Gateway, near the Lehigh Acres border Wednesday afternoon. The fierce fire has since been extinguished, but families are still worried it might rekindle overnight. The flames charred three acres and came extremely close to homes in a Lee County neighborhood. […]

A piece of history is in ruins. Tuesday night, construction crews began to demolish a century-old building in downtown Fort Myers. An audience filled the street to watch the historic building come down. “It is weird watching it come down,” Sean Iemma said. “But at the same time, it’s captivating.” Iemma, who works across the […]

Fort Myers Police Department will soon move into a new police headquarters along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard in downtown Fort Myers. And it’s a familiar place for many. City of Fort Myers approved a $9.2 million transaction for The News-Press building on MLK Monday, which will be updated to a state-of-the-art police station […]

After beginning an investigation in August, law enforcement agencies worked together to arrest a known drug dealer in Lee County. Fort Myers Police Department arrested “Manny” Tavaris Bernard Washington, 34, in an undercover drug bust in Fort Myers Thursday after Lee County Sheriff’s Office narcotics unit gathered evidence through the help of a confidential informant. […]

Health officials say there is too much bacteria in the water at Tarpon Bay Beach on Sanibel Island Thursday, making it unsafe for swimmer and an increase risk of disease. Luckily, for other beaches in Southwest Florida, local scientists say bacteria won’t really travel anywhere with low wind and still water, so it stays put. […]

The Lee County government website came back online Tuesday following a cybersecurity breach last week. On Friday, Lee County Manager Roger Desjarlais announced the incident and said the cyberattack is being actively investigated. In reaction to this incident, the county temporarily disabled access to the website leegov.com. As of Tuesday afternoon, the site appears to […]