WGCU Staff

Lee County Utilities alerts customers to scheduled water outage and upcoming precautionary Boil Water Notice in parts of North Fort Myers. Interruption due to necessary valve and pipe upgrades.

Motorists are asked to use caution during temporary lane closures on Burnt Store and Pine Island roads.

Traffic resumed over the Wilson Pigott Bridge Thursday, a Florida Department of Transportation notice said.

The Collier County Supervisor of Elections office began mailing a Notice of Elections to all active registered voters for the 2026 Primary and General Elections.

Some areas of county will see trash, recycling and yard-waste pickup begin 90 minutes earlier.

Southwest Florida International Airport posted some history-making numbers in March. During that month there were 1,521,149 passengers who traveled through Southwest Florida International Airport — also known by the FAA's airport identification letters as RSW — that’s a historic monthly record.

A Cessna airplane that crashed on take-off from the Salty Approach Air Strip on Upper Captiva on March 21 was inspected, repaired and tested 10 days prior to the crash, the preliminary National Transportation Safety Board aviation investigation report says.

Work is progressing on the installation of new decking for the Wilson Pigott Bridge — State Route 31.

A burn ban automatically went into effect for Sarasota County due to local drought conditions and an increased chance of fire hazards.

A wildfire being identified as the Jetport fire is located near the Alligator Alcatraz detention facility in eastern Collier County.