Lee County Board of County Commissioners Chairman Brian Hamman has announced that he has tested positive for COVID-19.Hamman made the announcement on his Facebook page Wednesday morning, stating that he is not certain how he caught the coronavirus. He received the positive test results on ...
The Second District Court of Appeal has ruled in favor of the Town of Fort Myers Beach in an appeal of a circuit court decision filed by Chris Patton and attorney Ralf Brookes over TPI's Margaritaville project.Fort Myers Beach Mayor Ray Murphy called the decision a "milestone." The town and TPI ...
As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, there are 223,783 cases of the new coronavirus confirmed in Florida, an increase of 9,989 since FDOH's last update Tuesday morning.More than 75,800 test results were reported to the Department of Health on Tuesday, July 7. Of those reported tests, 14.15 percent tested ...
The city of Cape Coral will not require face coverings in public places.Cape Coral City Council on Monday rejected an ordinance that would have required the wearing of masks in most public interactions, with the majority weighing in on the side of education and urging voluntary compliance with ...
The office of the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner has released its report on the death of Carsyn Davis, the 17-year-old honors student at Cypress Lake High School who passed away in Miami on June 23 from COVID-19 complications.Davis had a complex medical history, including bronchial asthma, ...
As the state reported the highest single-day increase of positive COVID-19 patients on Saturday, local health care officials spoke just 24 hours earlier of the worrisome number of COVID-19 patients in their care and urged the public to take proper precautions when in public areas."We are seeing ...
Cape Coral Police have reported that three people were arrested after causing a disturbance at a City Council meeting Monday and disregarding officers' multiple warnings and lawful orders.According to the CCPD report, yesterday, July 6, at a scheduled 4:30 p.m. council meeting, several officers ...
As Florida continues to try and recover from the economic, health and social effects of COVID-19, Gov. Ron DeSantis issued an executive order last week extending the moratorium on evictions and mortgage foreclosures for another month.The moratorium will expire on Aug. 1. There has been a ...
This past week, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed into law the Clean Waterways Act, which institutes new regulations on polluters and threats to water quality such as septic tanks, sewage disposal facilities, fertilizer and stormwater systems.According to the communications office of DeSantis, the ...
The Cape Coral City Council will hold a Special Meeting today, Monday, July 6, at 4:30 p.m. at City Hall, in Council Chambers, 1015 Cultural Park Boulevard, Cape Coral.The following will appear on the agenda: Emergency Ordinance 1-20 AN EMERGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL, FLORIDA, ...