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Everglades Wonder Gardens in downtown Bonita Springs will reopen in June as a botanical garden and museum under the operation of internationally recognized photographer John Brady and his family. Gatorland in Orlando, one of Florida’s last remaining roadside attractions, bought more than 70 animals from Everglades Wonder Gardens and transported the first 18 giant gators Tuesday.
No job posting. No need to submit a resume. No application and no formal interviews. In one week, Lee County school board members could appoint a new top administrator to take over the ninth-largest school district in the state — a district with a $1.3 billion budget.
Sheriff Mike Scott's plan to hire 52 deputies for policing Lee County's elementary schools hit a stumbling block Tuesday as commissioners struck down his bid for federal dollars.
Photos: Lee County Schools superintendent candidates 2013
With marching bands, singers and street theater, 300 Southwest Florida farmworkers and supporters are in New York City to urge Wendy's to join the Fair Food movement.
It's almost time for summer reading and exciting programs at the East County Regional Library!
Union negotiations representing a new level of cooperation between firefighters and administrators are nearly complete in the Lehigh Acres Fire Control & Rescue District.
Fort Myers police arrested a Lehigh Acres man Sunday, May 12, after they said he broke into a minor's room and sexually assaulted her.
It was a journey through the history of Southwest Florida from the 1930s through the 1970s.
State investigators have returned to Lee County this week as the investigation into the school district’s top administrator continues.
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved far-reaching immigration legislation that gives a chance at citizenship to millions living in the country illegally.
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The victims of a fatal January crash off Alligator Alley were not wearing seat belts when their car plunged into a canal off the interstate, according to a Florida Highway Patrol report released today.
Taiwan rarely is mentioned when discussing the world’s best education systems. Its scores on the 2009 Program for International Student Assessment came in at a mediocre No. 23 in reading and a much better ranking of No. 12 in science. As for math, however, Taiwan ranked No. 5.
Chuck Watlington, the father of Jesse Watlington, 11, who was struck and killed by lightning last year told WINK News another judge has stepped down and recused himself from the lawsuit against McGregor Baptist Church.
Lee County could have a new top administrator by next week. That’s the plan school board members are moving with after meeting this morning to discuss replacing Superintendent Joseph Burke, who will retire June 19.
Lee County commissioners Tuesday refused to vote on Sheriff Mike Scott’s grant application, because it would have obligated taxpayers to pick up a $10.6 million tab for stationing sheriff’s deputies at every elementary school without a decision by either commissioners or Lee’s school board.
Editor’s note: Nancy Graham was one of the names discussed today for the Lee County superintendent’s job. This is a profile that was written when she was a finalist for the job in 2011
U.S. Rep Trey Radel, R-Fort Myers, will host his first conference call tonight from 6-7 p.m.
“Pink Smoke Over the Vatican,” a documentary about the Roman Catholic woman priest movement, will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at All Faiths Unitarian Congregation in Fort Myers, 2756 McGregor Boulevard.
Back-to-school shoppers can now buy personal computers and accessories up to $750 during tax free weekend Aug. 2 to Aug. 4.
Do you have family, friends who have been affected by the tornado that ripped through Oklahoma City on Monday?
The Florida Highway Patrol says two people suffered serious injuries early this morning after their SUV rolled over on State Road 82.
On Sunday there were several reports of tornadoes in five states. Overall, tornadic activity has been slow this May, the typical peak of the severe weather season.
Commissioners Tammy Hall and Frank Mann disagreed Monday over proposed budget cuts that would slash parks, human services and transit.
Lee County School Board members will start looking for the district's next leader this morning.
Today, the Lee County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit will target at least one of the following three locations for enforcement:
At points on Monday night, it got personal for the Councilmember Marty McClain, who was put under the magnifying glass after he admitted last week to not living in his district.
Gov. Rick Scott sliced $18.7 million out of Southwest Florida's portion of the budget pie Monday, including $7.5 million for FGCU's Innovation Hub.
Wild lands got a booster shot Monday after Gov. Rick Scott's agreed to set aside $70 million for Everglades restoration and another $70 million for Florida Forever, the nation's flagship conservation program.
Students know an effective teacher when they see one — and they know when they're being challenged in the classroom.
The Senate Monday unanimously confirmed Sheri Polster Chappell of Fort Myers to serve as a U.S. district judge in Florida's Middle District almost a year after President Barack Obama first nominated her.
Everglades Wonder Gardens in downtown Bonita Springs will reopen in June as a botanical garden and museum under the operation of internationally recognized photographer John Brady and his family.
A massive mile-wide tornado roared through southern Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, devastating homes, schools and other buildings. A massive mile-wide tornado roared through southern Oklahoma City and its suburbs Monday afternoon, devastating homes, schools and other buildings.
Applause followed a speech by Councilman Marty McClain that accused certain council members on the dais of attempting to purposely distract the city from its business. McClain proposed that if he does not find a home within his district before the hiatus, he will step down.
Florida Gov. Rick Scott, who had a tough time winning cooperation this past year from the Republican-led Legislature, struck back on Monday by vetoing nearly $400 million from the state's new budget.
Lee County commissioners today will consider $13.6 million in budget cuts staffers came up with as options to close a $30 million operating deficit.
Cape Coral City Council members are expected to talk tonight about Councilman Marty McClain’s admission last week that he has not been living in his district.
Lee County commissioners today will consider $13.6 million in budget cuts staffers came up with as options to close a $30 million operating deficit.
A new law aimed at closing Internet cafes could have an unexpected casualty: games run by the senior-advocacy group AARP.
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up a case that tested the constitutionality of part of Florida's system for imposing the death penalty.
When high school students in the U.S. graduate at the top of their class, they have a host of opportunities for postsecondary education: public or private institutions, regional or national in scope, local or out-of-state. In Taiwan, there really is only one choice for the academic elite.
Even if you didn't nab that grand prize, players should check their tickets to see if they won one of the lesser prizes, which could be as high as $2 million.
A truck carrying mulch rolled over this morning on Plantation Road near Colonial Boulevard in Fort Myers.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office is investigating an early morning shooting in the Suncoast Estates neighborhood in North Fort Myers.
Fort Myers Beach businesses could face mandatory recycling if the town council decides to pursue an ordinance it will be discussing today.
None of the eight senators behind a controversial immigration reform proposal has pitched the measure harder than Marco Rubio. The bill, he repeatedly tells reporters, constituents and conservative radio hosts, is the best opportunity in a generation to fix a 'broken' system. But is there a chance that Rubio, whose support is seen as vital to the bill's passage, could bail on it?
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