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At Tuesday night’s school board meeting, speakers took to the podium during the public comments period to voice their disapproval of a district board member’s comments regarding Guatemalan students. During a Zoom community forum, board member Chris Patricca was discussing the difficulties administrators face when figuring out placement for incoming international students based on their age and education level.

The Lee County ordinance bans “outdoor burning ignition sources,” including campfires, bonfires and trash burning. Grills for food and backyard fire rings are not included. Officials ask all county residents to be mindful of dry conditions and to use good judgment to mitigate potential for significant wildfires.

A 1,733-acre wildfire was being fought in the Picayune Strand State Forest in Collier County Monday afternoon. The fire was south of Alligator Alley and prompted a warning from the Florida Highway Patrol.

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."

At 6:30 a.m. on Wednesday Lee County officials tweeted all three COVID-19 vaccination sites in the county had reached capacity.

Lots of trash — collection — news from Lee County:Beginning Monday, April 29, residents of the City of Bonita Springs and the Town of Fort Myers Beach only have to put their trash, recycling and yard waste to the curb once a week. And:Village of Estero residents may safely and responsibly dispose of household chemical waste (HCW) such as leftover paints, cleaners, herbicides, pesticides, automotive fluids and pool chemicals on Wednesday, April 17. The collection event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Estero Community Park, 9200 Corkscrew Palms Blvd.

A data breach of Florida Virtual School put tens of thousands of Leon County school teachers and students’ personal information at risk.

The Lee County Operations Center is urging people to find a safe place to be by 11 p.m. Saturday night. But with shelter space running out in Lee County,…

The Duval County School Board is set to discuss the contract for hiring its new superintendent pick, Christopher Bernier, Tuesday.Days before he abruptly resigned as Lee Schools superintendent in April, Bernier was the subject of a previously unreported whistleblower complaint that accused him of “bullying” and “racial profiling” of an employee, according to public records reviewed by Jacksonville Today and interviews with Lee County district employees and community stakeholders.

Some 24,000 TRIM notices for the wrong year were mailed Friday to Lee County homeowners, by mistake.Property Appraiser Matt Caldwell says the error was made when a batch of the notices did not get overwritten with the current year's data.