ALVA Woodpeckers build home in woman’s house You may have heard of squatters, but this woman is dealing with squawkers. Who needs a rooster to wake up when you have woodpeckers?
FORT MYERS Man claims he was trapped in a high-rise for 5 days A 77-year-old man wants justice after he claims he spent days trapped on the 24th floor of a high-rise apartment building.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte Correctional prisoner arrested for death of another inmate State Attorney Amira Fox convened a grand jury, which decided to move forward with a case against a Charlotte Correctional inmate.
SANIBEL Construction near Dairy Queen eagle nest on Sanibel raises concerns While many eagle nests may be a bit difficult to see, one nest has always been a favorite for Sanibel residents and tourists.
The environmental effects of artificial sweeteners Experts are studying how the foods we eat affect the environment, especially after we flush our waste down the toilet.
Victim reacts to man exposing himself to her Ring camera You get a notification on your phone from your ring camera app that someone is at the door, only to find out it is someone exposing themselves. It’s the last thing victim Maria Kivi wanted or expected to see last week.
LEE COUNTY The art of capturing your eye and drawing you in How do you capture young, hip, trendy, fun, movers and shakers, all in a pose? We take you behind the scenes of a Gulfshore Life cover shoot.
FORT MYERS The lives of two SJC Boxers changed in the ring Two SJC Boxers, Mario Nunez and Arbon Kurtishi, help each other in the ring as each of them had their lives changed because of boxing.
FORT MYERS Chlamydia cases rising sharply in Lee County If you think about a crowded space- something with more than 250 people- if it’s in Lee county, statistically one person has chlamydia.
SANIBEL Sanibel resort day passes hope to get more business on the island A pass will allow vacationers to hang out at a Sanibel beach club for a day in hopes of drumming up some business.
Voting equipment tested ahead of Lee County elections Voting equipment is being tested in Lee County. This is to ensure all ballots are printed and counted correctly for the upcoming election.
Collier County teen assaulted after leaving party The teen has been charged and the sheriff’s office said they’re aware that many believe felony charges are in order, but under Florida law, there are very specific criteria that must be met for felony charges to be filed.
WINK weather team watching tropical wave over Atlantic Ocean The Weather Authority is watching a tropical disturbance over the Central Atlantic Ocean.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral drug bust leads investigators to fake fentanyl, cash and guns Cape Coral man arrest on drug charges. Investigators said they found, guns, drugs, and more than $32,000 in Richard Riley’s home.
NAPLES Naples youth flag football team to compete in Ohio tournament This weekend, the Naples Lunatics Green will compete in the Superhero Sports tournament in Canton, Ohio.
ALVA Woodpeckers build home in woman’s house You may have heard of squatters, but this woman is dealing with squawkers. Who needs a rooster to wake up when you have woodpeckers?
FORT MYERS Man claims he was trapped in a high-rise for 5 days A 77-year-old man wants justice after he claims he spent days trapped on the 24th floor of a high-rise apartment building.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte Correctional prisoner arrested for death of another inmate State Attorney Amira Fox convened a grand jury, which decided to move forward with a case against a Charlotte Correctional inmate.
SANIBEL Construction near Dairy Queen eagle nest on Sanibel raises concerns While many eagle nests may be a bit difficult to see, one nest has always been a favorite for Sanibel residents and tourists.
The environmental effects of artificial sweeteners Experts are studying how the foods we eat affect the environment, especially after we flush our waste down the toilet.
Victim reacts to man exposing himself to her Ring camera You get a notification on your phone from your ring camera app that someone is at the door, only to find out it is someone exposing themselves. It’s the last thing victim Maria Kivi wanted or expected to see last week.
LEE COUNTY The art of capturing your eye and drawing you in How do you capture young, hip, trendy, fun, movers and shakers, all in a pose? We take you behind the scenes of a Gulfshore Life cover shoot.
FORT MYERS The lives of two SJC Boxers changed in the ring Two SJC Boxers, Mario Nunez and Arbon Kurtishi, help each other in the ring as each of them had their lives changed because of boxing.
FORT MYERS Chlamydia cases rising sharply in Lee County If you think about a crowded space- something with more than 250 people- if it’s in Lee county, statistically one person has chlamydia.
SANIBEL Sanibel resort day passes hope to get more business on the island A pass will allow vacationers to hang out at a Sanibel beach club for a day in hopes of drumming up some business.
Voting equipment tested ahead of Lee County elections Voting equipment is being tested in Lee County. This is to ensure all ballots are printed and counted correctly for the upcoming election.
Collier County teen assaulted after leaving party The teen has been charged and the sheriff’s office said they’re aware that many believe felony charges are in order, but under Florida law, there are very specific criteria that must be met for felony charges to be filed.
WINK weather team watching tropical wave over Atlantic Ocean The Weather Authority is watching a tropical disturbance over the Central Atlantic Ocean.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral drug bust leads investigators to fake fentanyl, cash and guns Cape Coral man arrest on drug charges. Investigators said they found, guns, drugs, and more than $32,000 in Richard Riley’s home.
NAPLES Naples youth flag football team to compete in Ohio tournament This weekend, the Naples Lunatics Green will compete in the Superhero Sports tournament in Canton, Ohio.
MGN Online ROLLING Alabama is No. 1. This is not a recording. Each of the last seven college football seasons Alabama has been the No. 1 team in The Associated Press college football poll at some point. That’s each season Nick Saban has been the coach in Tuscaloosa, save for his first. It’s the longest such streak since Miami’s great teams did it from 1986-92. The Tide (11-1) took the top spot in the rankings away from undefeated Florida State (12-0) on Sunday in a move that doesn’t happen much in the AP rankings. The last time an undefeated team was No. 2 behind a team that had lost this late in the season was 1993. Florida State fans will remember that season well. The Seminoles vaulted back into the top spot past No. 2 and unbeaten Nebraska at the conclusion of their regular, despite losing to Notre Dame a few weeks before. Florida State went on to beat Nebraska in the Orange Bowl and win coach Bobby Bowden’s first national championship. This Florida State (12-0), which racked up its sixth victory in a one-score game Saturday night against Florida, will try to flip that script and win its second straight national championship under coach Jimbo Fisher. But back to ‘Bama and why this edition of the Tide represents another example of Saban’s greatness — as if we didn’t already have enough. Alabama has been viewed as the last bastion of old-school football. Run the ball. Stop the run. Control the ball and the game. Alabama’s old-schoolness gets overplayed in these days of high-speed spread offense — Saban’s teams have been plenty explosive offensively while winning three national titles — but there has been a difference this season. The highest-scoring Iron Bowl exemplified Saban’s decision to keep with the times. The days of winning with defense are done in college football. That 9-6 overtime Game of the Century between LSU and Alabama in 2011 seems like decades ago. The Southeastern Conference has finally succumbed to the spread offense revolution, with Auburn coach Gus Malzahn leading the way. Last season, Malzahn’s team beat the Crimson Tide. The Kick-6 will live on forever, but the bigger issue for Alabama was its inability to stop the Tigers, who ran for a shade under 300 yards. Earlier in the season, Texas A&M went up and down the field on the Tide in a 49-42 Alabama victory. Johnny Manziel and the Aggies put up 628 yards that day, the most allowed by Saban’s Alabama teams. On Saturday, Auburn matched it. Saban hired former USC coach Lane Kiffin in the offseason to run the offense and Blake Sims, a more experienced and more mobile quarterback, won a competition with Florida State transfer Jake Coker to start. Alabama’s offense will not be mistaken for Oregon’s hyper-speed spread anytime soon, but the Tide is going no-huddle, getting its a dual-threat quarterback involved in the running game, and is generally better equipped to win games in this new era of football. Games such as Saturday’s in Tuscaloosa. Not a day to play field position. In the third quarter, down by 12, Alabama went for it on fourth-and-3 only 8 yards into Auburn territory. “One of the things that comes into my mind when we make those kind of decisions is if we were playing really, really well on defense, I probably wouldn’t have made that decision,” Saban said. “But the fact is I thought we needed to score to change the momentum of the game — you have to take some chances.” Alabama can still ground and pound with the best of them and even after the Iron Bowl the Tide ranks 10th in the nation in yards per play allowed (4.63). And now Alabama is No. 1 again, a victory against Missouri in the Southeastern Conference title game from reaching the new College Football Playoff and playing for another national title. Some things never change. IN AND OUT Marshall went from unbeaten to unranked after losing a wild one, 67-66 in overtime on Friday against Western Kentucky. Also falling out of the rankings this week were Colorado State and Minnesota. Moving back in were No. 23 LSU, No. 24 Utah and No. 25 Nebraska, which also fired coach Bo Pelini after seven seasons of being good but not good enough for the Cornhuskers. UP AND DOWN Georgia Tech moved up to No. 12 after snapping a five-game losing streak to Georgia on Saturday. The Yellow Jackets go to the Atlantic Coast Conference title game against Florida State with their best ranking since they were ninth heading into the 2009 bowls. No. 15 Georgia and No. 16 UCLA each dropped seven spots this week. FROM THE ARCHIVE Florida State received more first-place votes 29-25 from the AP poll media panel this week and trailed Alabama by only three points. The last time No. 2 had more first-place votes than No. 1 this late in the season was Nov. 25, 1968 when Ohio State was top-ranked with 21 1/2 first-place votes and No. 2 USC had 24 1/2. Florida State is also the first team to drop from No. 1 twice in a season after winning a game since Penn State in 1997.