Samantha Johns

A Burnt Store Marina man has been arrested after the Lee County Sheriff’s Office says he stabbed someone multiple times on Monday. Deputies say Edmond Clarke, 36, was inside The Trading Post in Burnt Store Marina just before 7 p.m. on Monday when he grabbed scissors from a cup near the register and began stabbing […]

Getting a letter in the mail isn’t as common as it used to be, but getting a letter from Queen Elizabeth II is even rarer. Over the summer, a 5-year-old girl wrote a letter to the queen after the queen’s jubilee, and to her shock, she got a response. It started out as a simple […]

A woman, tired of the flooding by her front door, decided to fix the problem on her own with stepstones. Now the City of Cape Coral wants those stones removed. Sierra Szalay lives on Northwest 15th Street in Cape Coral. She said the flooding happens almost every day in front of her home. In August, […]

The Cape Coral City Council discussed a new code on Wednesday to treat mobile food vendors the same as restaurants. In turn, this will create a standard for all food trucks in Cape Coral to be held to. The days are numbered for seating areas like the one at the Paraiso food truck in Cape […]

A dog attack turned deadly in downtown Fort Myers on Monday night. Philip Warner says he was walking his chihuahua Chapo with his wife when a pit bull came out of nowhere. Chapo, 4, didn’t make it, and had to be put down. Warner says Chapo was the nicest dog who never barked. Now, the […]

The sunken boat owner in the Bimini Basin received a notice to appear in court. The owner identified by Florida Fish and Wildlife as William Debruine is under investigation. The boat originally sunk on September 1, and bystanders were out at the basin trying to get the boat out of the water. The boat named […]

A 45-year-old man was given a notice to appear in front of a judge after he confessed to looking through a young girl’s window as she was undressing on Sanibel. Scott Garvin Shankster was caught on Aug. 22 at a home on the island after the victim’s father caught him wandering outside the girl’s window, […]

The City of Cape Coral wants to add a wider sidewalk in a busy area. The proposal is for a five-foot-wide sidewalk from the west side of SW Santa Barbara Place from Nicholas Parkway to SW 20th Street. The goal is to improve safety by accessing a high school as well as businesses. Neighbors in […]

Cape Coral Hospital is celebrating a record for its maternity ward. In the month of August, 189 babies were delivered, a record for the 34-year-old ward. Hospital staff worked extra shifts to handle the birth spirit. The previous record was 137 babies birthed in a month. “We are very proud and very excited every day […]

Gator Mike’s Family Fun Park in Cape Coral is being renovated to make way for a new project. At first glance, the park looks only like a construction site but the park is still open for business. The amusement park is planning a $15 million renovation. The newest additions are already under construction. Laurel Collier, […]