Days after the Town of Fort Myers Beach celebrated the planting of a gumbo-limbo tree at Bayside Veterans Park, a contractor working for Lee County was taking down cabbage palm trees at Crescent Beach ...

If you’ve been to Fort Myers Beach lately, then you’ve probably noticed — and maybe smelled — the piles of red algae washed up along the coastline.

Darden Restaurants is closing half of the Caribbean inspired grills and converting the rest. Here's where Fort Myers fits in ...

Health officials have lifted a water quality advisory for Lynn Hall Memorial Park in Fort Myers Beach. The initial warning was issued on Jan. 8 due to high levels of fecal bacteria found in water ...

The Town of Fort Myers Beach is seeking applicants to fill a vacant Town Council seat following Jim Atterholt's retirement. Candidates must be registered voters and have lived in the town for at least ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lee County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man in a Jan. 11 Fort Myers Beach shooting death. Lee County sheriff's deputies ...

Lee County sheriff's deputies have arrested a man in a Jan. 11 Fort Myers Beach shooting death. Lee County sheriff's deputies about 1:30 a.m. responded to a shooting in the 400 block of Madison Court.

Long before tourists flooded the island, Lee Melsek and his buddies had Fort Myers Beach pretty much to themselves. And it was a beautiful thing. “You had forests of palm and pine, a forest all over,” ...

Former detainees testified in Fort Myers about life inside Alligator Alcatraz, describing restraints, limited phone access ...

The Island Resort at Fort Walton Beach has opened a new restaurant called Cabana Cantina & Tequileria. The restaurant features a Mexican-inspired menu and a tequila-forward bar with over 50 selections ...

A teenager accused of fatally shooting another teen on New Year's Eve in Fort Lauderdale Beach was arrested, police said on Sunday. According to Fort Lauderdale Police, officers and U.S. Marshals ...