The NCAA is introducing a new eligibility model for Division I student-athletes. Athletes will have five years to play collegiately after high school graduation or their 19th birthday. The new model, ...

Free Red, White & Boom July 4 in downtown Cape Coral — 5–10 PM, fireworks, food & live music.

Tacos & Tequila Cantina opens in Cape Coral with Day of the Dead theme, soft-serve margaritas & Taco Tuesdays.

Feeling lucky? The Wednesday, July 1, 2026, Florida Lotto drawing was for a $6.75 million jackpot. A Publix in Fort ...

Four actors from the original movies are confirmed to return, though it is up in the air whether or not Demi Lovato will make ...

The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to repair damages from Hurricane Ian, including a $3.9 million contract for ...

Who is the best Southwest Florida girls basketball player of the past 25 seasons? Let the debate begin. The News-Press and ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed nearly $1.7 billion from the state budget, impacting several Lee County projects. Fort Myers lost $750,000 for a new fire station but received partial funding for wastewater ...

ECS girls basketball coach Dwayne Donnell was named the 2026 national girls basketball coach of the year. The award was presented by the National High School Athletic Coaches Association in Coralville ...

President Donald Trump spoke July 1 at the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in Medora, North Dakota. A procession of ...

A new 250’ flagpole has been installed at Bernice Braden Park in Cape Coral which will anchor a 6,000-square-foot American flag. It will be flying high above traffic flowing along Cape Coral Pkwy.

The details surrounding the murder of Julia Curvo have been released, revealing that she was choked to death days before police found her.