Fort Myers Beach, Florida

It’s still months away from the peak of brush fire season, but already firefighters are on alert. They say there is no time like the present to start preparing for bush fire season.

Saturday morning, you have the chance to see an atmospheric event that only comes around once a year. A meteor shower will light up the night sky before dawn.

A fire commissioner on Fort Myers Beach is accused of partying a little too hard on New Year’s Eve. John Scanlon was arrested on cocaine and marijuana possession charges.

Have you made your New Year’s resolution? Or, have you already broken it? We found out statistics show only about 10 percent of Americans actually follow through with the goals they have set for the New Year. But health and money experts say taking it one day at a time is your best bet to stay on track.

Deputies are searching for suspects in a home invasion that happened at 8721 Ortiz Circle in Fort Myers.

Indicted Fort Myers Real Estate Agent Samir Cabrera was back in federal court Friday. His trial begins on Monday and we’ve learned he will take the stand in his own defense.

Deputies are searching for suspects in a home invasion that happened at 8721 Ortiz Circle in Fort Myers.

According to a news release, Cape Coral middle school student Kishelly Brown created the signature poster for the 2009 Southwest Florida Wine & Food Fest. The annual event to be held this February benefits children’s charities, including The Children’s Hospital of Southwest Florida. Kishelly is an ongoing patient of the hospital.

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office has officially identified the man who was found stabbed to death near Six L’s Farm in East Naples earlier this week as 51-year-old Roberto Avalos-Jasso, 11180 Laakso Lane.

Most everyone in Southwest Florida entered the new year peaceably. Collier County Sheriff’s Office supervisors reported a rash of noise complaints as the most notable occurrence from midnight Dec. 31 to noon Jan. 1. A total of 49 noise complaints were fielded over that 36-hour period, from all over the county. But a few others made their debuts to 2009 swinging, biting and shooting.

John Scanlon, Chairman of the Fort Myers Beach Fire Commission, was arrested on drug charges on Fort Myers Beach New Years Day.