Rasmussen College in Fort Myers graduated its first complete class Aug. 15, honoring 17 students during a commencement ceremony at Riverside Community Center.

A convenience store manager accused of stealing more than $7,300 admitted to his boss he gambled it away.

LEE COUNTY: Lee County deputies are on the hunt for two men they say kidnapped a 19-year-old mentally challenged woman from Edison Mall and raped her.

FORT MYERS: Joshua Pollock was killed after being struck by two cars in Fort Myers.

The New York Mets will send perhaps 30 to 40 minor-league players and coaches to Fort Myers for a fall instructional program starting in mid-September. They will share City of Palms Park and the Boston Red Sox player development facility for a few weeks with minor-league counterparts from the Red Sox.

Follow this case online: http://www.leeclerk.org/court_inquiry_Disclaimer.htm Please note: Most cases require 2-3 days to be inputted into the public court record.

A Fort Myers man convicted of participating in a 2008 triple murder in Bonita Springs was sentenced to three consecutive life sentences today.

The first time Lewis B. Chaikin, 60, agreed in May 2007 not to see patients anymore, it didna t stop him from writing hundreds of prescriptions for narcotics for personal use in the two years that followed, according to state records.

Detective William Lucas, of the agency's eastern district, was transferred from detective to road patrol, removed from the sergeant's examination list and placed on probation for six months.

Chinese restaurant employees were robbed at gunpoint as they pulled into their driveway Saturday, the fifth such similar incident since May.