Lacey Lee

1 week ago | gulfcoastnewsnow.com | Lacey Lee

As Southwest Florida welcomes the summer heat, some residents in northeast Cape Coral are also saying hello to snails invading their property. These pests are on their fences and on the walls of their homes. For homeowner Wayne Jarvis, who has lived in the area for just two years, the explosion in the snail population has been hard to ignore. “They must make a lot of babies, that’s all I can say,” Jarvis said.

2 weeks ago | gulfcoastnewsnow.com | Lacey Lee

Amanda Mullens had been searching tirelessly for her family's 10-month-old kitten, Oliver. She even posted on Nextdoor, Ring, Pawboost and unfortunately got scammed by a fake pet recovery service. "Unfortunately, you will do anything you can when you have children, and they're crying every night for their cat," Amanda Mullens said. She finally spotted a post of Oliver on a lost pets Facebook page.

1 month ago | gulfcoastnewsnow.com | Lacey Lee

FEDERAL PROGRAMS AND DEPARTMENTS ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE. >> AMANDA AND THREE-YEAR-OLD RECOVERING AFTER A DRIVER HIT THEM AS THEY WALKED HOME FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAYGROUND IN FORT MYERS SHORES. GULF COAST NEWS REPORTEDLY SEALY SPOKE TO THE VICTIM'S FAMILY AND NEIGHBORS TODAY AND LACEY, THEY WANT BETTER SAFETY MEASURES IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD. I UNDERSTAND. >> KELLY, CERTAINLY IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AROUND THE AREA HERE WHERE THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED WERE HERE AT 5TH STREET IN WEST CYPRESS AVENUE.

1 month ago | gulfcoastnewsnow.com | Lacey Lee

When driving around the Burnt Store Village community, you'd see spacious, well-kept homes and construction. But recently, some of the lawns are being destroyed, and neighbors told Gulf Coast News it's being trampled on by hogs. This hog madness is leaving many residents to fork up thousands of dollars to get their lawns fixed. However, many of the people who live in the community say it's the cause of evolution that's not helping this situation. "You know, I feel bad for the homeowner.

1 month ago | gulfcoastnewsnow.com | Lacey Lee

Lake Kennedy Racquet Center was not only years behind in the making for the massive project, but it's also now been revealed in an Official Audit that it was 148% over budget. Originally, the project was slated to cost $5 million, and according to the official audit, it took $12.4 million to build. The project was supposed to be done in two phases, with 16 pickleball courts and 6 tennis courts, but it then doubled in size to 32 pickleball courts and 12 tennis courts.