LEHIGH ACRES FGCU softball team helps Habitat for Humanity build three homes The Florida Gulf Coast University softball team helped Habitat for Humanity build three homes Saturday.
ESTERO Home Base Golf Tournament helps SWFL Veterans Veterans hit the green at the Copperleaf Golf Course on Saturday. This was part of the Home Base golf tournament.
FORT MYERS At least one person dead after propane truck collides with golf cart Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that has left one person dead and another injured Saturday morning.
Scattered storms ahead for your Saturday plans The Weather Authority is tracking weekend temperatures in the low to mid-90s this weekend with a chance for scattered storms this afternoon.
WINK NEWS SWFL Scoreboard: High School Football Week 3 Thunderstorms tried to put a stop to week three of high school football on Friday Night, but gridiron action prevailed.
Man accused of plotting murder-for-hire denied bond A man suspected of being involved with a murder-for-hire plot will stay behind bars. Ryan Toranzo had his renewed motion to set bond denied today in Collier County Court.
LABELLE Two dead after crash on State Road 80 According to the Florida Highway Patrol, there was a crash on State Road 80 that has left at least one person dead Friday evening.
DeSoto County looks to recruit more teachers While it can sometimes be easy to fill a classroom with students, it is not so easy for teachers. Schools across the nation and locally in Southwest Florida are still dealing with the challenges of teacher shortages. With class back in session, so is teacher recruiting for DeSoto County schools. The assistant superintendent, Jake Reynolds, […]
IMMOKALEE ROAD Push for change after deadly crash on Immokalee Rd. We’re told the woman was driving with two kids in the car when a semi ran a red light and hit her Thursday morning.
FORT MYERS BEACH Mobi-Mats deployed on Fort Myers Beach A walkway to paradise! Brand new and blue, the Mobi-Mat is making things easier for Fort Myers Beachgoers.
NAPLES Women of Steel business conference inspiring and empowering women Focused, hardworking, empowered. These women have made a name for themselves as Women of Steel.
NAPLES Beloved Collier County bus driver retires after 20 years After 20 years of getting kids to school safely, a beloved Collier County bus driver is retiring.
Wade Wilson has new death row mugshot Convicted double-killer Wade Wilson has a new death row mugshot.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Sizzle Dining is back in SWFL It’s Sizzle Season! Local restaurants are ready to welcome new faces by offering exclusive menu deals to attract new customers.
LEHIGH ACRES FGCU softball team helps Habitat for Humanity build three homes The Florida Gulf Coast University softball team helped Habitat for Humanity build three homes Saturday.
ESTERO Home Base Golf Tournament helps SWFL Veterans Veterans hit the green at the Copperleaf Golf Course on Saturday. This was part of the Home Base golf tournament.
FORT MYERS At least one person dead after propane truck collides with golf cart Florida Highway Patrol is investigating a crash that has left one person dead and another injured Saturday morning.
Scattered storms ahead for your Saturday plans The Weather Authority is tracking weekend temperatures in the low to mid-90s this weekend with a chance for scattered storms this afternoon.
WINK NEWS SWFL Scoreboard: High School Football Week 3 Thunderstorms tried to put a stop to week three of high school football on Friday Night, but gridiron action prevailed.
Man accused of plotting murder-for-hire denied bond A man suspected of being involved with a murder-for-hire plot will stay behind bars. Ryan Toranzo had his renewed motion to set bond denied today in Collier County Court.
LABELLE Two dead after crash on State Road 80 According to the Florida Highway Patrol, there was a crash on State Road 80 that has left at least one person dead Friday evening.
DeSoto County looks to recruit more teachers While it can sometimes be easy to fill a classroom with students, it is not so easy for teachers. Schools across the nation and locally in Southwest Florida are still dealing with the challenges of teacher shortages. With class back in session, so is teacher recruiting for DeSoto County schools. The assistant superintendent, Jake Reynolds, […]
IMMOKALEE ROAD Push for change after deadly crash on Immokalee Rd. We’re told the woman was driving with two kids in the car when a semi ran a red light and hit her Thursday morning.
FORT MYERS BEACH Mobi-Mats deployed on Fort Myers Beach A walkway to paradise! Brand new and blue, the Mobi-Mat is making things easier for Fort Myers Beachgoers.
NAPLES Women of Steel business conference inspiring and empowering women Focused, hardworking, empowered. These women have made a name for themselves as Women of Steel.
NAPLES Beloved Collier County bus driver retires after 20 years After 20 years of getting kids to school safely, a beloved Collier County bus driver is retiring.
Wade Wilson has new death row mugshot Convicted double-killer Wade Wilson has a new death row mugshot.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Sizzle Dining is back in SWFL It’s Sizzle Season! Local restaurants are ready to welcome new faces by offering exclusive menu deals to attract new customers.
MGN Online CLEVELAND (AP) – Negotiations between Cleveland and the U.S. Justice Department over allegations that the police department has a pattern of excessive force are expected to begin next week. The city law director told a City Council committee on Wednesday that Mayor Frank Jackson’s administration is analyzing the Justice Department report made public last week that leveled harsh criticism at officers, supervisors and the administration for how the department is run and how poorly allegations of excessive force are investigated. Barbara Langhenry said Wednesday that the city will work the Justice Department to address legitimate issues raised in the report. “Cleveland has an opportunity at this time to honestly confront disharmony with the goal of creating a well-functioning city,” Langhenry said. The Justice Department is seeking an agreement that will lead to a court-ordered consent decree and the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee reforms of the police department. U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach told the council committee on Wednesday that the consent decree will help ensure that reforms are comprehensive and will be sustained over time. The Justice Department opened an investigation into the use of deadly force practices by Cleveland police in 2002, resulting in a voluntary, one-year agreement in 2004 that was supposed to address police training and the civilian complaint process. It’s unusual for the Justice Department to return to a city for a second police investigation, Dettelbach said. Dettelbach insisted that the investigation that began in March 2013 was not linked to any one incident, but the 58-page report referred to a November 2012 car chase that ended with officers firing 137 rounds into a car and killing two unarmed suspects. The police officer who fired the last 15 rounds faces charges of involuntary manslaughter, and five supervisors face charges of dereliction of duty. The Justice Department investigation also found instances when officers punched or used Tasers on people who were handcuffed in apparent retaliation for what they had said or did. The report said officers are poorly trained in subduing suspects and that some do not appear to know how to use their firearms. Dettelbach emphasized that the city needs to create a culture of community policing, a policy that calls for officers to engage rather than provoke people, something he said will make residents and police officers safer. “Community policing is not sufficiently embedded in the Cleveland police department,” Dettelbach said. He did laud the city for its work creating a new community policing plan. Councilman Mike Polensek later responded that he’d not heard about such a plan. “I don’t believe there is any community policing taking place here,” Polensek said.