A Southwest Florida company has submitted the low bid to demolish City of Palms Park in Fort Myers. The city administration confirms it now plans to ask the council to award a contract on April 6.

Michael Lee King, 54, was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday evening at Florida State Prison in Starke for the 2008 murder of a North Port woman that resulted in changes in state law regarding 911 operators. King was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. by the state Department of Corrections. The announcement came several hours after the U.S. Supreme Court denied his latest application to stay the scheduled execution.

Officials in Cuba report an islandwide blackout in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen. The Ministry of Energy and Mines notes a “complete disconnection” of the country’s electrical system and says it is investigating. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel on Friday warned that the island had not received oil shipments in more than three months and that it was operating on solar power, natural gas and thermoelectric plants. Cuba has blamed its woes on a U.S. energy blockade. U.S. President Donald Trump warned in January of tariffs on any country that would sell or provide oil to the island.

The annual Taste of the Islands brings food and an opportunity to support wildlife care on Sanibel.

The FP&L "Power to Care" project was one of 30 across the state recently

February 20th is the most important date in the history of Fort Myers.

Dragon's Den Books is hosting a grand-reopening event in its new space on Feb. 21.

Lee County motorists should be alert on three dates in February and March when Spring Training games will be played at the same time and same day by the Red Sox and the Minnesota Twins.

Two Sarasota County projects won 2026 Heritage Awards earlier this month. Given to individuals, organizations and buildings by the Sarasota Alliance for Historic Preservation, the Awards honor efforts to maintain pieces of local history.

The shooting of a Minneapolis woman and mother was the focus of protest events in Southwest Florida.