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Cape Coral man sentenced to 27 months for assassination threat

A Cape Cape man has been sentenced to 27 months in federal prison for claiming to have “orchestrated the most daring presidential assassination that this country has ever seen” in a letter sent to a Charlotte County jail official last year. Christopher Davies, 32, was sentenced by U.S. ...

FWC issues executive order regarding cold-stunned green iguanas

Find a cold-snapped iguana lying comatose in your yard? If you don't want the invasive reptile waking up and scurrying along your seawall once the weather warms up, you can drop it off at a collection point in Fort Myers today. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued an ...

Shutdown of citywide reuse irrigation system

The city of Cape Coral’s reclaimed water (reuse) irrigation system is experiencing an unplanned shutdown due to a reported reuse main break. City crews are actively working to complete repairs. During this time, residents should expect significantly reduced or complete loss of irrigation ...

CCPD: Growth driving need for additional officers

The Cape Coral Police Department plans to ask for 24 more sworn officers, one deputy chief and nine professional staff in the Fiscal Year 2027 budget. Right now, the agency should have 198 officers on the street and are 57 short, Police Chief Anthony Sizemore said at Wednesday’s budget ...

More freezing weather on the way

The extreme cold weather conditions that have spread across the United States over the past few days arrived in the Sunshine State this week.  Southwest Florida saw a low of 38 degrees on Tuesday night, and a low of 39 Wednesday evening. Add in wind chills, temperatures felt like below ...

In a special meeting during which school board members clashed with each other and some even with Supt. Dr. Denise Carlin, the School District of Lee County School Board appointed a new interim board attorney and general counsel, following the resignation of longtime attorney Kathy ...