The applicant and owner Distressed Capital II, LLC is trying to rezone 4401- 4409 Lee Blvd…
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‘Hometown Hero’: Lehigh Kiwanis Club Searching For Someone Special For Award
The Lehigh Acres Kiwanis Club is looking for its Hometown Hero 2017 and is asking the…
Body Found In Hendry County Identified As Missing Alberta Harris
A body found in a wooded area along the Lee-Hendry county line last week has been…
Dog Loses Eye After Being Hit By Garbage Man
Two young children witnessed the moment a garbage truck driver attacked the family dog with a…
Tampa Woman Killed In Car Crash
A 53-year-old Tampa woman was killed in a crash Sunday morning. Marlene Mendoza was a passenger…
Lehigh Elementary School Wins Colors of the Rainbow
Dancing Classrooms was launched in 1994 as a not-for-profit project of the American Ballroom Theater Company.…
Healthy Harvest Community Farms Breaks Ground on its 7th Farm
Healthy Harvest Community Farms broke ground on its 7th farm in Lee County at St John…
More Wasted Tax Dollars At The Lehigh Acres Fire District
Editorial – Lehigh Acres Gazette Editorial Staff Fire Dept pays $2000 a month of your tax…
4-Wheelers and Trucks Get Ticketed For Illegally Using Private Property
A group of 4 wheelers and two 4 wheel drive trucks owners were ticketed and trespassed…
Fatal Crash Reported
A fatal crash was reported in Lehigh Acres Sunday morning. It occurred at Gunnery Road North and…
Three Separate Brush Fire Saturday
Lehigh Acres firefighters were kept busy Saturday putting water on three separate brush fires. A person at…
Here We Go Again — NO Lehigh Acres Parade But We Will Have Float In The Edison Parade Instead.
The Greater Lehigh Acres Chamber of Commerce received a $5,000 donation from Lehigh Regional Medical Center…
Chief Wayne Wants To Spend Over 1 Million Fire Fee Assessment Dollars
Fire Chief John Wayne wants the Fire Board to purchase two new 2016 E-One Custom Rescue…
Missing Woman’s Family Gathers At Crime Scene
FDLE agents established an “active crime scene” near Wheeler Road and 14th Place in a rural…
Body Found Off Wheeler Rd
A body has been found in a wooded area off Wheeler Road and 14th Place on…
Fire Dept Spends Nearly $750,000 of Fire Fee Assessment Money
The voters approved the Fire Fee Assessment in November of 2014 and the current fire board…
Another Family Dollar Heading to Lehigh Acres
Lehigh Commercial Partners is building a new Family Dollar 5011 Lee Blvd Lehigh Acres Fl 33971…
New CVS Coming To Lehigh Acres
CVS is looking at 4925 Lee Blvd Lehigh Acres Fl 33971 to build a 13,200 sq…
Teen Gets Juvenile Detention After Arson Arrest
The 15-year-old who Lee County sheriff’s deputies say who admitted starting a brush fire in Lehigh Acres appeared…
Arrest Made in Brush Fire
A teenager is under arrest this evening, charged with starting a brush fire in Lehigh Acres…
3 Brush Fires, 2 Days, 1 Home Destroyed
One home was destroyed in a 50 acre brush fire near Nacelle Avenue South and Ravenswood Street East…
1 From Lehigh Acres Arrested In Sarasota County Predator Sting
A Lehigh Acres man was arrested as part of an online predator sting conducted by the…
Lockdown at G. Weaver Hipps Elementary School Canceled
G. Weaver Hipps Elementary School off Homestead Road was placed on lockdown due to ‘neighborhood activity,’…
Mudding Is Illegal and Destructive
Written by USDA Mudders, take note: It is against the law to tear up forest roads…
Wade Heads To Prison For Home Invasion
Shortly after 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 25th, an unknown black male approached a residence on 12th Street SW…
A SW Florida Pay It Forward Group May Have Serious Liability Issue
The ultimate idea of Pay it Forward or PIF is a great idea. And an act…
2016 Relay For Life Exceeded Goal
The Leadership Committee of the Relay For Life of Lehigh Acres would like to express our…
Lehigh Acres Bass Club
Battling high winds for 2 days, Lee County Bass Anglers had a great 2 day tournament…
Man Falls Off Balcony
A man was injured Saturday afternoon when he fell from a second-story balcony at a Lehigh…
Crash Sends 3 To Hospital
A two-vehicle crash sent three people to this hospital Saturday afternoon in Lehigh Acres. The crash…
12 Busted During Prostitution Operation In Port Charlotte Includes 1 from Lehigh Acres
A dozen people were arrested during a prostitution operation conducted by the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office…
Suspect Sought In Lehigh Acres Home Invasion Robbery
Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help identifying and tracking down an unknown…
Death At Concrete Company Prompts Major Investigation
Update as of 12:45 pm Lee County deputies are investigating a “workplace death” at a Lehigh…
Has Elaine Been Discriminated Against by The Lehigh Acres Fire Dept?
Though her name is NOT Elaine, she is 82 years young and does live in Presbyterian…
Increased Rents Will Be Happening in Presbyterian Homes
If Presbyterian Homes files suit against Lehigh Acres Fire Department we have no other recourse then…
Brush Fire Extinguished
A brush fire scorched about five acres in Lehigh Acres Sunday afternoon. A person at the…
Two Hospitalized After Bee Attack
Two women were taken to the hospital Friday after a bee attack in Lehigh Acres. A…
Is The Fire Chief Clairvoyant or Is He Trying to Cover He’s Own Ass Now
Commentary by Robert Anderson Publisher Lehigh Acres Gazette Chief Wayne must be clairvoyant, Holy Shit! Wayne…
Bus Crash Sends 1 To Hospital
A two-vehicle crash involving a school bus in Lehigh Acres sent one to the hospital Thursday…
DCF Investigates Father After Children Found Wandering
A father is facing a DCF investigation after his two children were found dirty, scared and…
Closest Fire Engine Was
OUT OF SERVICE During A Fire
On Saturday April 2, 2016 around 9 pm the Lehigh Acres Fire Department responded to a…
Spray Painting Suspect Sought In School Vandalism
Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is asking for the public’s help tracking down one or more suspects…