PETE BISHOP

The doggy bag concept took on a whole new meaning during Wednesday’s Bonita Springs City Council meeting. The council unanimously adopted an ordinance that will allow restaurants with outdoor seating to apply for permits that would let patrons bring their ...

Bonita Springs supports a soup kitchen's plan to build a park where it can feed the hungry.

The Bonita Springs City Council agreed Wednesday night to move ahead with a franchise agreement between the city and dog track, which would give the city a share of all slot machine profits if slots come to Bonita Springs

The city council on Wednesday directed City Manager Carl Schwing and City Attorney Audrey Vance to continue negotiations with the dog track’s owners on a development agreement that would go into effect if th

“We have to make sure that everyone in law enforcement has the tools to enforce our laws and help our victims, and that’s what these bills do,” Scott said before signing four bills. “These are four pieces of

"We want people to register to vote and we want people to vote,” Scott said. “But the law of this land is only individuals who are eligible should register to vote.”

Adrian Morgan, a 195-pound 6-foot-tall resident of Louisiana, will make his second trip to the national hot dog eating finals, held in Coney Island on July 4. He won the Naples qualifier on Saturday.

Cargill Incorporated’s top executive told a Naples audience Friday afternoon that fears about worldwide food shortages are unfounded, as long as governments and international organizations make wise decision

The president and CEO of St. Matthew’s House says complaints from some Bonita Springs residents and a possible moratorium on processing permits for homeless shelters in the city does not necessarily affect the charity’s plans to establish a shelter off ...

A decade after plans were first announced, Zoomers Family Amusement Park south of Fort Myers is back on track to open as early as this summer.

Erich Mann and Tammy Smith once distributed local maps and gave directions to baseball fans who parked in downtown Fort Myers. The fans would walk up Hendry Street to City of Palms Park for Boston Red Sox spring training games.

Ed Daly had perfect vision when he entered a Miami hospital for back surgery in May 2009. During the procedure, plummeting blood pressure and a lack of oxygen destroyed Daley’s optic nerves, and he left the hospital legally blind. Adjusting ...

The transaction will make IberiaBank one of the larger lenders in Southwest Florida, with the sixth largest deposit market share in Lee County.

They are blaming everything for the increase, citing President Barack Obama, the lack of media pressure on the president, oil fields’ low supply and Wall Street speculators.

Faster, safer, more private. That’s the motivation behind the installation of new body scanners at Southwest Florida International Airport, officials from the Transportation Security Administration said Frid

Developer Syd Kitson said this week that he is transforming the 450-plus-acre Tuscany Reserve on Livingston Road into Talis Park, a community that will reflect a more “contemporary interpretation of the good

The Lee County Metropolitan Planning Organization on Friday concurred with a Florida Department of Transportation plan to erect a 1,450-foot sound barrier along the highway. “Yes, it is a done deal,” said F

Although some may know him best for his dire political predictions, conservative radio talk show host Glenn Beck told a Naples audience Saturday night that the time is ripe for citizens to reclaim a sense of empowerment.

The Shangri-La Hotel & Resort opened to the public for the first time in eight years Wednesday evening, allowing visitors to tour the grounds and lobby of the historic resort in downtown Bonita Springs.

“We are replacing a number of vehicles that have reached the end of their useful life,” Haley said. “We stressed in our grant application that we were replacing less efficient vehicles with newer technology,

The placement of a billboard in a roadside culvert is causing heads to turn at the intersection of Bonita Beach Road and Imperial Parkway in Bonita Springs.

“At this point, yes I am still surprised,” said Holly Schober, the organization’s treasurer. “We are a great water ski show team and now we’re looking for another lake to ski on.”

“We have a beautiful little town and should honor our veterans,” said Bob Gillette, who helped bring the memorial to Bonita Springs. “This helps pull the town together.”

With a circuit that now includes five electrical meters, 7,000 feet of electrical wiring, hundreds of extension cords and more than 2 million lights, Flesher family members will jump-start Christmas season when they open their annual light display to the ...

“It’s an excuse to wear boots and jeans to work one day a year,” she joked. “Actually, I like to buy some vegetables because they’re delicious, but you also get to see folks you haven’t seen in maybe a year.”

Volunteers helped plant 12,714 American flags - representing the number of soldiers from Southwest Florida who have deployed or are presently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan - in Cambier Park in downtown Naples.

With the Boston Red Sox' new $85 million JetBlue Park complex nearing completion, Lee County officials are turning their attention to improving the other county stadium housing Major League Baseball spring training.

When Army Pfc. Raymond Hendrickson was injured by North Vietnamese mortar fire on June 29, 1968, he decided he could wait for medical care.

Lawyers representing three partners in the development group, Basil Street Partners, argued in a Fort Myers federal courthouse that the four-star resort can continue to operate under the guidance of a court-

Thousands of zombies flooded the streets of downtown Fort Myers on Saturday night to revel in a celebration of the living dead.

Lee County will soon decide whether to hire a law firm to sue oil company BP for losses incurred due to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010, Commissioner Frank Mann reported on Friday.

Several representatives from the Dunbar community and the Lee County NAACP attended the meeting to voice their concern that the plan ignores the Dunbar community’s needs.

“It is probably one of the worst calls I’ve had and it is probably one of my best calls,” said Lt. Keith VanGelder, one of the Bonita Springs firefighter-paramedics who helped revive Calero. “Basically all the training kicks in,” he ...

Hundreds of Southwest Florida women gathered at Germain Arena in Estero on Saturday morning for the final day of the first Women Today Expo.

Couponing guru Kasey Trenum, a stay-at-home mom who began couponing in earnest when the economy went south, led the 45-minute workshop

Celebrity chef Jon Ashton's "Relish Cooking Show" mixed audience participation, humor, pop culture and practical cooking tips.

Bonita Springs residents will pay more for fire protection next year, unless their homes have lessened in value. Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District Commissioners on Monday adopted a $26.3 million budget and set the millage rate at $2.23 ...

The 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks was a day to remember the past, but it’s also a day to appreciate what Americans have.

The Bonita Springs City Council is poised to purchase a loan at a low interest rate that would make the savings possible. A fixed low interest rate of 2.21 percent on the loan would save Bonita Springs an average of ...

Ronny Scheiner was a happy customer of BC’s Furniture Consignment in Bonita Springs until one day in early June, when he drove past the store off U.S. 41 and noticed it was closed. Once he pulled into the parking lot ...

One week after raising rates for residents who use the county’s ambulance and emergency air transport services, Lee commissioners on Tuesday agreed to write-off $8.2 million in uncollected EMS fees and debts.

An emergency trip to the hospital just got more costly for Lee County residents. Commissioners agreed Tuesday to raise fees on emergency medical services for the first time since 2005. A patient’s cost for ambulance and helicopter transport services will ...

“Humility” and “service” were the two most repeated words Monday afternoon as hundreds gathered to celebrate and pay honor to the life of Lee County Commissioner Bob Janes. Janes, 78, died March 10, one day after serving in his last ...

A Lee County property purchase for the planned Boston Red Sox spring training complex should be finalized April 15, Public Works Director Jim Lavender said Thursday.

Lee County’s government cut spending by some $30 million but also saw revenues decrease by over $100 million in the fiscal year ending Sept. 31, according to a report.

From fiber sculptures to hand-blown glass and an industrial-sized menagerie of kinetic metal animals, the array of art displayed at this year’s Bonita Springs National Art Festival was more diverse than ever.

Lee County commissioners on Tuesday OK’d some budgetary belt-tightening, some at the expense of county employees. Board members passed one resolution that will require employees to use vacation days while county offices close to save money on Friday, April 2, ...

The Pewter Mug, now known as Pewter Mug 41, could open as soon as the end of this month.

The klezmer music was joyous and the line for kosher treats was long, but a strong dose of sunny spring helped draw a near record crowd to this year’s Israel Fest celebration in Fort Myers.

Lee County commissioners Tuesday decided to settle a complaint challenging a South Florida Water Management District permit for the developers of Babcock Ranch Community. The settlement calls for the completion of three integrated water studies that may help alleviate possible ...