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Cape Coral Parkway expansion work to begin

Motorists traveling Cape Coral Parkway can expect lane closures starting next week. The city will begin a six-lane improvement project on Cape Coral Parkway with lane closures beginning the week of Monday, May 11. The lane closures will be on Cape Coral Parkway East between Southeast 15th ...

City to look to a ‘plan B’ for rowers

As of Wednesday’s Cape Coral City Council meeting, the Cape Coral Rowing Club’s new home will not be Tropicana Park, leaving the club’s future still in flux. Saundra Weston, Cape Coral Rowing Club youth coach, and director for youth rowing, said their stay at their current location is ...

City sets Grand Reopening Celebration for Jaycee Park on Saturday

The ribbon-cutting for Jaycee Park will take place at 10 a.m. today with a movie in the park celebration to follow on Saturday. The May 9 Grand Reopening Celebration will take place from 4 p.m. to approximately 9:30 p.m. The fest, also in celebration of the park’s 50th anniversary, will ...

Why gasoline costs 52% more in the US than it did before the Iran war

NEW YORK (AP) — The price of a gallon of regular gasoline in the U.S. climbed 31 cents in the past week, spiking to an average of $4.54 per gallon Wednesday, a price 52% higher than before the war with Iran began, according to AAA data. The main reason drivers are paying more at the pump is ...

NETFORCE drug trafficking investigation leads to 15 arrests

A multi-year, multi-agency effort to infiltrate and dismantle a large-scale drug operation that involved drugs being trafficked from Mexico and Puerto Rico to Southwest Florida has resulted in 15 arrests and the confiscation of drugs, guns and cash. The State Attorney’s Office and NETFORCE ...