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Man causes chaos in Naples restaurant Oliver Oxenham was arrested Saturday afternoon after creating chaos at Vergina in Naples.
CAPE CORAL Global Flag Football League is revolutionizing professional sports ownership Fifteen years ago, Cape Coral native Jay Lawrence hatched a plan. After more than a decade of workshopping the idea, the Global Flag Football League is finally here.
Unlocking the secrets to super-aging Most people’s goal is to live long and in good health. Experts say it is possible to do both. In fact, more people are living at an advanced age with a good quality of life than ever before.
PORT CHARLOTTE Free legal help for Hurricane Ian survivors Maybe a contractor stole your money, you’re battling insurance or can’t find your important legal documents. Whatever it is, Florida Rural Legal Services can help, and they do it for free.
PORT CHARLOTTE Former Charlotte County MLB player accused of decades-long sexual abuse A woman is accusing a former Major League Baseball player from Charlotte County of sexually abusing her for years.
LEHIGH ACRES 2 arrested after road rage shooting in Lehigh Acres A person is fighting to recover after being shot in Lehigh Acres, and we now know that this was a road rage shooting.
FORT MYERS Caloosahatchee bridge: Timeline, traffic and 4th of July impact As the Fourth of July holiday approaches, construction on the Caloosahatchee River Bridge continues to progress ahead of schedule. According to the latest update from the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) on June 19th, the project is currently 103 days ahead of schedule.
Saw palmetto berry bandits facing harsher punishments A new law is cracking down on saw palmetto berry bandits, who are known for stealing the berries and selling them by the pound.
Cape Coral removes ribbons honoring veterans from Jaycee Park People with the Support Jaycee Park organization are outraged after the ribbons and decorations they placed on trees in Jaycee Park were taken down by the City of Cape Coral.
WASHINGTON (AP) Judge delays Trump’s hush money sentencing until at least September after high court immunity ruling Former President Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush-money case has been postponed until at least September after the judge agreed Tuesday to weigh the possible impact of a new Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
NAPLES WINK News speaks with victim in Uber high speed chase The chase started on Davis Boulevard shortly after 2:30 A.M. On Sunday and ended on Goodlette-Frank Road.
FORT MYERS No plan for flooding relief on Palm Beach Blvd. until 2027 If you don’t like driving through flooded roads and you use Palm Beach Boulevard in Fort Myers, it’ll be a while before there’s any relief.
Air show to brings in millions in revenue to Charlotte County There were 22,750 people from outside Charlotte County who attended the air show in November 2023, which produced an economic impact of $5,310,800, according to a study from Tallahassee-based market-research firm Downs & St. Germain.
SANIBEL Rescuers search for missing teen swimmer; woman who called 911 speaks out A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter is circling over Blind Pass Beach in search of a missing teenage swimmer.
Benderson Development acquires retail center in Naples Built in 1994, Carillon Place is 92% leased and home to national retailers, such as Walmart Neighborhood Center, T.J. Maxx, Bealls, Ross, OfficeMax, DSW and Dollar Tree.
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) – Rescuers used a crane to hoist the fuselage of a wrecked TransAsia Airways plane from a shallow river in Taiwan’s capital late Wednesday as they searched into the night for 17 people missing in a crash that killed at least 26 others. Flight 235 with 58 people aboard – most of them travelers from China – banked sharply on its side shortly after takeoff from Taipei, clipped a highway bridge and then careened into the Keelung River. Rescuers in rubber rafts pulled 15 people alive from the wreckage during daylight. After dark, they brought in the crane, and the death toll was expected to rise once crews were able to search through submerged portions of the fuselage, which came to rest a few dozen meters (yards) from the shore. Dramatic video clips apparently taken from cars were posted online and aired by broadcasters, showing the ATR 72 propjet as it pivoted onto its side while zooming toward a traffic bridge over the river. In one of them, the plane rapidly fills the frame as its now-vertical wing scrapes over the road, hitting a vehicle before heading into the river. Speculation cited in local media said the crew may have turned sharply to follow the line of the river to avoid crashing into a high-rise residential area, but Taiwan’s aviation authority said it had no evidence of that. Taiwanese broadcasters repeatedly played a recording of the plane’s final contact with the control tower in which the crew called out “Mayday” three times. The recording offered no direct clues as to why the plane was in distress. It was the airline’s second French-Italian-built ATR 72 to crash in the past year. Wednesday’s flight had taken off at 11:53 a.m. from Taipei’s downtown Sungshan Airport en route to the outlying Taiwanese-controlled Kinmen islands. The crew issued the mayday call shortly after takeoff, Taiwanese civil aviation authorities said. TransAsia director Peter Chen said contact with the plane was lost four minutes after takeoff. He said weather conditions were suitable for flying and the cause of the accident was unknown. “Actually this aircraft in the accident was the newest model. It hadn’t been used for even a year,” he told a news conference. Thirty-one passengers were from China, Taiwan’s tourism bureau said. Kinmen’s airport is a common link between Taipei and China’s Fujian province. Taiwan’s Civil Aeronautics Administration said 26 people were confirmed dead, 15 were rescued with injuries and 17 were still missing. It said two people on the ground were hurt. Wu Jun-hong, a Taipei Fire Department official who was coordinating the rescue, said the missing people were either still in the fuselage or had perhaps been pulled down the river. “At the moment, things don’t look too optimistic,” Wu told reporters at the scene. “Those in the front of the plane are likely to have lost their lives.” Rescuers could be seen pulling luggage from an open plane door to clear the fuselage. Ten inflatable dinghies also searched for the missing. As a drizzle fell around nightfall, military crews took portable bridges to the scene, where rescue workers were building docks for easier access to the wreckage. About 300 rescue personnel and members of the media stood along the banks of the narrow river. Part of the freeway above it was littered with debris and was closed after the crash. Relatives of the victims had not reached the scene by dusk Wednesday but some were expected to arrive Thursday, including some flying from Beijing. The plane’s wing hit a taxi on the freeway, and the driver and a passenger were injured, Chen said. Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said it had sent 165 people and eight boats to the riverside rescue scene, joining fire department rescue crews. Another ATR 72 operated by the same Taipei-based airline crashed in the outlying Taiwan-controlled islands of Penghu last July 23, killing 48 at the end of a typhoon for reasons that are still under investigation. ATR, a French-Italian consortium based in Toulouse, France, said it was sending a team to Taiwan to help in the investigation. The ATR 72-600 that crashed Wednesday is manufacturer’s best plane model, and the pilot had 4,900 hours of flying experience, said Lin Chih-ming of the Civil Aeronautics Administration. Greg Waldron, Asia managing editor at Flightglobal magazine in Singapore, said the ATR 72-600 is the latest iteration of one of the most popular turboprop planes in the world, particularly favored for regional short-hop flights in Asia. It has a generally good reputation for safety and reliability and is known among airlines for being cheap and efficient to operate. While it’s too early to say what caused the crash, engine trouble or weight shifting were unlikely to be causes, Waldron said. Other possible factors include pilot error, weather or freak incidents such as bird strikes. “It’s too early now to speculate on whether it was an issue with the aircraft or crew,” Waldron said. The accessibility of the crash site should allow for a swift investigation, and an initial report should be available within about a month, Waldron said.