CAPE CORAL

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' executive order, in part, will require audits of pharmacy benefit managers that provide services in the state’s Medicaid managed-care program and the state-employee health insurance program.

The war of words is growing between the Governors of the Sunshine State and Golden State.

Cape Coral, Fla., police said the boys’ arrests stopped a "critical incident” that could have happened in the stolen guns fell into the wrong hands.

The 10-year-old allegedly sent text messages about inciting violence at his elementary school.

The staff at a Cape Coral elementary school made a reading bet with their students, they were happy to lose.

Cape Coral police said when they told her her mother had died Mariya Lynn Kelly began to cry and told police she didn't intend to hurt her mother.

Cape Coral police officers arrested a man at a Waffle House on Wednesday after they received calls about a disturbance.

A man has been banned from United Airlines after boarding a plane in Fort Lauderdale wearing his signature thong as a mask.

Two big Florida Lottery winners are taking home a lot more than a large pillowcase full of candy this Halloween weekend thanks to scratch-off tickets.

A pair of lucky scratch-off winners from Cape Coral and Alachua were revealed by Florida Lottery.

The number of new COVID cases in Florida rose sharply again this week, with the test positivity rate rising to 18%, according to a report released late Friday afternoon by the Florida Department of Health.

Despite a surge of COVID-19 cases in the state of Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis held a news conference Friday morning and said he would not be deterred by “a movement to impose more restrictions on the American people.”

DeSantis said seven Publix locations in Martin County will also offer the vaccine. For Broward’s mayor, the issue right now isn’t the number of vaccination sites, but rather the number of doses available. Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava released a statement saying: “Miami-Dade is home to over 10% of all Florida seniors 65+. Earlier this month, DeSantis announced that several Publix locations in the state would serve as COVID-19 vaccination sites for seniors. Registration at the Publix vaccination sites in South Florida opens at 6 a.m. Wednesday and appointments will begin on Thursday.

A Cape Coral, Florida woman has reunited more than 1,000 lost pets with their owners. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company. All rights reserved.

Korey Potts, 23, of Cape Coral, told police he shot his dog, Gordo, while he was intoxicated. CAPE CORAL, Fla. - A Florida man was arrested Monday after he told police he shot his dog while he was intoxicated. Patrick O'Grady said officers dispatched to a shots-fired call Monday night found a large, light brown mixed-breed dog dead in a vacant lot next to the home. Witnesses said they saw the dog running around outside the house before hearing gunshots and seeing Potts laying near the dog in the vacant lot. Potts' roommate told police she saw him in the yard with a handgun, threw it into the vacant lot and helped him inside.

The Miami Stingrays 10U Black team, which plays at Palmetto Bay Park, is the 2019 South Florida state champions having won a recent tournament in Cape Coral. Team members are (l-r, bottom row) Brigitte Valdera, Charlee Arana, Abbie Baldwin, Demi Rivalta, Bella Whitby; (middle row) Maddie Baldwin, Mia Rivera, Julia Miranda, Brooke Valdera, Mya Rodgers, Erin Perez, and Lily Diedrick (not pictured); (back row) coaches Ryan Baldwin, Eric Perez and Gus Arana. Connect To Your Customers & Grow Your Business Click Here