Michael Braun
Managing editorMike Braun is a formerly with the Fort Myers News-Press and Naples Daily News where he worked for 17 years as a page designer/copy editor and breaking news reporter.
He also worked for 25 years at The Vindicator in Youngstown, Ohio, serving as a general assignment reporter, rewrite editor, copy editor, Sunday edition editor, outdoors columnist, designer and chief of the design desk.
He graduated in 1977 with a degree in media communications from Youngstown State University where he was editor-in-chief of the school newspaper The Jambar.
He lives in Fort Myers and is originally from Peoria, Illinois.
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A group of about 50 people who had been attending a Christian conference in Fort Myers came to the FGCU campus to share their religious fervor but ran up against a decidedly uninterested audience of students. -
Lee County is working to get signage back in place after Hurricane Ian damaged much of the coast in September. -
The Broadway Palm Dinner Theater in Fort Myers is giving Captiva's The Bubble Room to use their kitchen facility to bake and sell the restaurant's popular menu of cake .. including the deliciously sought-after orange crunch cake. -
A blog had reported that a candidate for the position of Collier County School Board school attorney had prior and potentially unethical email contact with a board member, including sending the board member a proposed employment agreement in November. That information was discounted by board officials, who said nothing below-board had taken place. -
Funds distributed to educators in SWFL and to Florida Department of Children and Families. -
Rather than remodel a Fort Myers woman's dilapidated home, Builders Care and Christopher Alan Homes requested permission to demolish the entire structure and rebuild a new, accessible home that will provide the woman with greater safety and comfort for years to come. -
The FWC filed charges against eight individuals Thursday, ranging from second degree misdemeanors to third-degree felonies related to the illegal trafficking of venomous and prohibited snakes. The FWC has been receiving intelligence reports and complaints indicating that a black market exists for the sale and purchase of illegal and highly dangerous venomous reptiles in Florida. In 2020, the FWC initiated a long-term investigation with undercover investigators to determine the extent of this illegal activity and hold violators accountable. -
Three search firms will be interviewed; Search committee to clarify if a candidate found independent of a firm could be acceptable. -
The death of five black skimmers on a Marco Island beach prompted an investigation by the Florida Fish & Wildlife Commission and Marco Island police and the arrest of a Bonita Springs man. -
The FAA said it is working to restore its NOTAM, Notice to Air Missions System, which provides a notice to pilots of something they need to know at an airport like weather or a runway closure.
