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Fort Myers' Elevate Studios is taking "Lord of the Flies" outdoors to Caloosahatchee Regional Park. Every audience member will be greeted by a search and rescue guide and given brief instructions on how to find the lost kids that went down in a plane.

There are an estimated 250,000 feral and community cats on the loose in Lee County on any given day. To raise awareness about the magnitude of the problem - and to inspire people to adopt some of the shelter's cats and kittens, Lee County Animal Shelter has collaborated with Broadway Palm on its production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "CATS."

The High School Musical Theatre Awards take place at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 8 at the Barbara B Mann Performing Art Hall at FSW. Patterned after the Tony Awards, the evening features performances by each participating school, along with awards in a number of categories, including Best Overall Production, Best Ensemble and Best Actor and Supporting Actor in both Male-Identifying and Female-Identifying roles.

Polls were open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. today with a number of races decided now or up for selection for the General Election in November.An issue arose shortly after the polls closed Tuesday night when many supervisor of elections web sites were slow to update and even stopped working.

Sanibel Island took a direct hit when Hurricane Ian made landfall two weeks ago. It was about 10 days before any residents were able to make it back to the island, but efforts are now underway to begin the process of removing the contents of water-soaked homes that experienced up to 12-feet of storm surge in some areas. And, the process is also underway to begin filing insurance claims. We get a glimpse into the issues around insurance that barrier island residents like those on Sanibel are facing right now with Chris Heidrick, he is Agency Principal at Heidrick & Co. Insurance on Sanibel Island.

In 2023, Florida received $205.7 million dollars as part of a multistate settlement with the Sackler family and Purdue Pharma. It was distributed by the Florida Department of Children and Families and Lee County received about $5,500,000. Last summer, the Lee County Board of Commissioners approved a pilot phase of what's called a Paramedicine Program using some of that opioid settlement funding. That program was a success and last month, Lee Commissioners approved an agreement with Lee Health to create an expanded Community Paramedicine Program. It provides in-home care to individuals to reduce ambulance trips to emergency departments at hospitals for illnesses or injuries that are less likely to progress or develop complications.

Sanibel Island took a direct hit when Hurricane Ian made landfall two weeks ago. It was about 10 days before any residents were able to make it back to the island, but efforts are now underway to begin the process of removing the contents of water-soaked homes that experienced up to 12-feet of storm surge in some areas. And, the process is also underway to begin filing insurance claims. We get a glimpse into the issues around insurance that barrier island residents like those on Sanibel are facing right now with Chris Heidrick, he is Agency Principal at Heidrick & Co. Insurance on Sanibel Island.

Governor Ron DeSantis Wednesday put his signature on two bills that will impact Lee County.The legislation signed into law involves single-member voting districts and a mosquito control consolidation.

A one-eyed cat named Kevin was euthanized in less than two hours after arriving at a Lee County animal shelter as a "stray." His owner is demanding to know how this could happen.

A plan to use treated wastewater to freshen Florida Power & Light’s troubled nuclear cooling canals will move forward, for now, without meeting...