Annette Montgomery

Southwest Floridians are weighing in on some big primary races, including who takes on Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio in November, and many local races on Tuesday. The Florida Democratic Party primary, for example, will pick between former Gov. Charlie Crist and Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried to challenge DeSantis. In Southwest Florida races, […]

At 7 a.m. on Tuesday, doors to polling places around Southwest Florida will open for people to cast their ballots. What do you need to know before the primary election? Voters in Southwest Florida need to know they’ll be voting in several partisan and non-partisan races, meaning political party affiliation will be irrelevant for some […]

In less than a month, several Southwest Floridians will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro as the final step in a fundraiser to help raise money for orphaned children. Haven of Hope International, a local nonprofit, is raising money for their Klimbing for Kids campaign. Now the team is preparing for the climb. Megan Garcia, along with […]

Valerie’s House is raising money by allowing sponsors to leave a mark on the organization’s new Forever Home in Fort Myers, putting their names on the house’s rooms. It’s predicted that one in eight kids in Florida will lose a parent or sibling, and Valerie’s House wants to provide a healthy and safe way to relieve […]

Lee County is prepared to hand out $3 million to cover past-due water and utility bills for families in need, with applications for two different assistance programs opening up Monday. These two Lee County programs will help households with past-due bills, if said households have an income at or below 150% of the federal poverty […]

Haven of Hope International, a local nonprofit, is raising money for their Klimbing for Kids campaign. As part of that campaign, they will climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. The money raised is for Future of Hope, a vocational program that provides funding for employable vocation training or college tuition for children in orphanages across the […]

As your children head back to school, don’t forget about their lunch: In Lee County, every student is served free breakfast and lunch, but Collier County students will need a certain form filled out by Tuesday night. Free breakfast and lunch were benefits every Collier County student received because of the pandemic, but the benefit […]

A Tuesday night fire destroyed an RV and an SUV, almost ruining a nearby home on Cypress Drive in Pine Manor. According to the South Trail Fire Department, the Iona McGregor Fire District and the Fort Myers Fire Department helped respond to a home where an RV and SUV were engulfed in flames, putting the […]

Teachers are back in Lee County classrooms on Tuesday, with 450 new teachers joining the school district before classes start next Monday. Leaders with the School District of Lee County say nearly 100,000 students will be heading back to school next week. Teachers are getting their classrooms ready, and many feel a sense of premature […]

Fort Myers police are investigating the death of a 33-year-old man in a homicide encompassing at least two separate crime scenes Friday morning. Police have identified the victim as Craig Dujuan Truttling. His body was found inside a pickup truck on the side of Highlands Circle. It appeared the truck crashed into a fence and […]