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Local Moving Florida Forward program project timelines were released during a media briefing by Lt. Governor Jeanette Nunez in Fort Myers on Monday. The projects entail more than $700 million in investments for Lee and Collier counties, including expected construction timelines for: I-75 at Pine Ridge Road, I-75 from Golden Gate Parkway to Corkscrew Road, State Road 29 from County Road 846 East to New Market Road, and State Road 29 from New Market Road to State Road 82.

The properties affected includes real property, homes or businesses destroyed or rendered uninhabitable by Ian's impacts.

Two Lee County residents who were arrested after posting social media images of their alleged mid-September robberies are now facing charges of Hobbs Act robbery. The could receive up to 20- years in prison if convicted.A criminal complaint charging Taleah Williams, 21, North Fort Myers, and Javion Ward, 21, Fort Myers, with Hobbs Act robbery was filed Monday.

Additional measures to mitigate damage from Hurricane-related events might be in Collier County’s future if commissioners agree to a study conducted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Work now begins April 6 from Jobe Road / Kings Crossing to Daniels Parkway for utility and roadway reconstruction.

The Hendry County School District has generated thousands of dollars from fines collected from motorists speeding through school zones.But it’s money the district would rather not see.

As public schools in Lee County begin reopening this week for the first time since Hurricane Ian, the district’s counseling and mental health services teams are working to help students and staff reintegrate.

Local construction industry leaders took a crack this week at showing area high school students how building a future isn't just a play on words.

Officials in a Texas hill country community pummeled by deadly flooding July 4 said Saturday that just three people remain missing, down from nearly 100, after people who had previously been reported missing have since been accounted for.

Lee County is providing up to $450,000 dollars in funding from the $134.5 million dollars it received through the CARES Act for Florida Gulf Coast University to conduct a COVID-19 antibody study, similar to ones that have been conducted in Santa Clara County and New York State.