The Lehigh Acres Blue Devils wrapped up 2018 by coming out to show their community support via a student-athlete driven clean-up effort.It was the first month of the organization's LBD Cares program, where the basketball team members worked to clean up local parks in the Lehigh Acres ...
Last year, we opened 2018 urging those who had not yet received a flu shot to get one.This year, for much the same reason, we are repeating that advice.Lee County has again experienced a sharp increase in flu cases in December with Lee Health reporting a jump from fewer than 90 cases during the ...
To the editor:The Lee county Department Of Transportation recently revealed plans to redesign Joel Boulevard from "Country Club" to "East 17th" street, ostensibly in an effort to improve safety. The plan specifies a reduction of lanes from 4 to 2 (with a center turn lane), and to dedicate the ...
To the editor:The Wall is doing a job of dividing the country. What would Ronald Reagan think about the U.S. wanting to build a concrete wall when he went to Germany and told them to "Tear down this wall"? They did and have a united country today.Did the Berlin wall work? Does the Korean wall ...
To the editor:And so, once again we have another loser trying to tell a winner how to win. Mitt Romney is like the poster child for second-place finishers. Instead of being an asset to both the Republican Party and to this country, he seeks to find a crack in President Trump's armor so that he ...
Drew Russell knew the Suncoast Credit Union arena would be the perfect spot for Intersport and Lee County's inaugural Fort Myers Tip-Off college basketball tournament, before it was ever fully constructed.A couple of years ago Russell, the vice president of Intersport, saw it when it was "just ...
It was a tale of two halves in Lehigh Friday night as the Lightning (4-1) edged out Cape Coral (5-1) in a closely contested bout, leaving the Seahawks scoreless after surrendering 21 first half points for a 26-21 victory.Lehigh's defense flipped a switch in the final 24 minutes, holding Cape ...
"Speak up! Be a disrupter. Some people think that's a bad thing, but it's not. It wakes people up. Make those phone calls."What I don't want you to do is to sit here and wait for them to come and tell you. I want you to start sending them the message. They need to hear from you. If you are ...
The upcoming Nov. 6 election ballot includes an item that will impact all of Lee County for years, maybe decades to come.The School District of Lee County is projected to grow between 1,500 to 2,000 students per year over the next ten years. That is the equivalent of one new high school each ...
It was a tale of two halves in Lehigh Friday night as the Lightning (4-1) edged out Cape Coral (5-1) in a closely contested bout, leaving the Seahawks scoreless after surrendering 21 first half points for a 26-21 victory.Lehigh's defense flipped a switch in the final 24 minutes, holding Cape ...
