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City of Cape Coral rescinds burn ban

CAPE CORAL, FL – The Keetch-Byram Drought Index has fallen below 600 and drought conditions are improving due to recent and forecasted rainfall. Therefore, today, May 26, the city of Cape Coral has rescinded the temporary burn ban issued on Jan. 2. Residents are urged to continue to use ...

Tree removal under way along Cape Coral Parkway

Tree removal is under way along Cape Coral Parkway today. Joshua Tree Inc., subcontracted by Back Bay Construction, is removing 33 southern live oak trees along the parkway as part of an ongoing public safety and infrastructure improvement initiative. The large-scale removal was set to ...

Traffic Advisory: Periodic road closures along S.E. 47th Terrace 

The city of Cape Coral was notified Tuesday that Southeast 47th Terrace is currently closed near the LCEC substation at the corner of Southeast 8th Court and Southeast 47th Terrace, near Coronado Parkway. The closure is due to ongoing work by LCEC subcontractor crews, who are digging a ...

CCPD chief: ‘Justice was served for Kayla’

In the wake of a jury verdict finding Thomas Roy Stein guilty of first-degree felony murder in the shooting death of a 15-year-old Cape girl during an attempted robbery, Cape Coral Police Chief Anthony Sizemore said justice was served. "Last night, in the murder trial of Kayla ...