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?
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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.
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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.
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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 NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) – Sandy Hook Elementary School teachers told top union leaders on Tuesday they are worried what will happen once various pots of funding for mental health services run out in 2016. Connecticut and national leaders of the American Federation of Teachers met privately Tuesday with about a half dozen teachers who worked at the Newtown school, the scene of the deadly Dec. 14, 2012, shooting rampage that left 20 first-graders and six educators dead. The teachers told union officials they believe additional funding will be needed for years to come to provide mental health services, given the traumatic nature of the mass shooting. “Things are hugely different today than what obviously happened two years ago,” said Randi Weingarten, the AFT’s national president. “But at the end of the day, we need to make sure that students, their families and teachers have the supports they need on a long-term basis to ensure that they can lead productive lives.” Weingarten pledged that the teachers union is committed to lobbying for continued federal mental health funding to help teachers, students and their families. The federal Department of Education has already awarded Newtown with about $6.4 million to help support the recovery effort. About $3.1 million of the funding is dedicated to providing services to students and staff directly impacted by the shooting, such as trauma- and grief-focused counseling services. The grant expires June 30, 2016. Newtown Federation of Teachers President Tom Kuroski said the grants help pay for services, both in and out of school, that regular health insurance doesn’t cover. “It’s those services that are being provided not only to themselves, but they were equally concerned about the services that were being provided to the members of the community as a whole because not only is it for them, but it’s also for the children, for the families of the children,” he said. “If that were to be taken away, even if it may not directly affect them, it could affect the students that they’re going to be having in their classrooms, the families of the students they’re going to be having in their classrooms,” he said. Besides securing additional funding, Weingarten said the union also plans to revisit proposed Connecticut legislation requiring workers compensation coverage for mental health conditions, such as post-traumatic stress. Similar legislation, which has also been touted by the Newtown police union, died in recent years. In announcing the latest federal grant in September, the Education Department said an assessment by the district shows a belief that school is unsafe “still pervades the community.” Severe post-traumatic stress, anxiety, depression and grief continue to affect students’ performances in and out of the classroom, the agency said. Newtown education officials have said half the students who were at Sandy Hook the day of the shootings have moved on to middle school, which now requires attention for possible counseling and other services. At a school board meeting Tuesday, Weingarten was to present a collage as a tribute to the six educators slain in the massacre. She toured the temporary Sandy Hook Elementary School earlier and credited the surviving Newtown teachers with trying to make life as normal as possible for their students. “If you walk into that school and you didn’t know what happened, you would never know what happened,” she said. “That’s how remarkable that school is.”