• Neighbors: Bodies found in Lehigh Acres home - Deputies have swarmed a Lehigh Acres neighborhood after neighbors say bodies were found in a home on East Lake Drive.
  • Bonita Springs fire commission candidate apologizes for 'erroneous' statements - Robert Sharkey, a candidate for Seat 1 on the Bonita Springs fire commission board, apologized on Thursday for e-mails he sent that contained false information about his opponent, Ed FitzGerald.
  • Woman who lived with dead mom for 14 months trying to save home - Gail Andrews admits she lived with her dead mother's body for 14 months in a run-down home, but contends that's no reason for Lee County Code Enforcement officials to raze her Fort Myers home and leave her homeless.
  • South Lee County Police Beat: Sept. 2, 2010 - To report a crime or any suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 477-1000 or you can remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at 332-5555 or 1-800-780-TIPS.
  • Some south Lee County businesses hit with counterfeit bills, deputies say - Four businesses in Estero and the San Carlos Park area have received counterfeit bills on Tuesday. According to Lee County Sheriff’s Office reports: At 1:33 p.m. Tuesday, Grande Oaks Liquor, 20301 Grand Oak Shoppes, Estero, reported a man went into the store and wanted to buy a Lotto ticket.
  • MUG SHOTS: Bonita Springs family accused of making fake IDs - A sting operation using an undercover detective and another person resulted in the arrests Wednesday of three members of a Bonita Springs family accused of making fake resident alien and Social Security cards.
  • Higher education briefs for the week of Sept. 5 - Two professors at Edison State College have been honored with national awards. Humanities Chairman Russell Swanson and English professor Marty Ambrose were both selected for a National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development award.
  • Bonita to consider BSU request to raise fees - The city denied Bonita Springs Utilities request for a 3.5 percent rate increase last month and now it will consider whether the utility can increase its fees for services such as hook ups.
  • Bonita Springs Council supports fire department takeover of ambulatory services - The Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue District received unanimous support for the efforts to take control of ambulatory services in the city.
  • Bonita Springs considers program to support businesses and market area - The Bonita Springs Area Chamber of Commerce presented a proposed structure and focus for a new economic development council with the goal of filling in vacant space and growing jobs.
  • VIDEO: Samir Cabrera may get out of prison with possibility of retrial - Federal prosecutors want to retry convicted Fort Myers real estate agent Samir Cabrera in light of a recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
  • Foreclosure deficiency judgments on the rise in Lee County - Homeowners beware. Even after losing your home to foreclosure, the lender or a debt collector may come knocking at your door, looking for money. In Lee County, deficiency judgments are on the rise. Nationally, they have been too.
  • 8 participants in local heroin, cocaine ring enter plea deals - David Brener, Hector Roman-Baez’s attorney, said his client’s operation wasn’t especially sophisticated. He said Baez was addicted to heroin and began dealing the drug. “What does it take?” Brener said. “For someone to go to Miami, buy the drugs, cut it up, come back and sell it? It’s not that sophisticated.” “This is a pretty run-of-the-mill distribution ring,” he said.
  • YOUR SCHOOLS: College Night scheduled - These are the Collier education briefs for the week of Sept. 4
  • South Lee County Police Beat: Sept. 1, 2010 - To report a crime or any suspicious activity in your neighborhood, call the Lee County Sheriff’s Office at 477-1000 or you can remain anonymous and call Crime Stoppers at 332-5555 or 1-800-780-TIPS.