ALVA Woodpeckers build home in Alva 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 Alva 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.
FORT MYERS, Fla. (FGCU Athletics) – The FGCU baseball team (5-6-1) took a 4-0 lead in the first but was unable to tack on any more runs as Minnesota (2-7) was able to chip away and eventually come away with a 5-4 win at Swanson Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles will return for the series finale with Minnesota tomorrow with a Noon start scheduled. Josh Dye (Deland, Fla./Deland HS) made his second start of the season on Saturday and was pretty good through the first two innings but struggled mightily in the third, giving up four-consecutive hits and two runs with one out before being replaced by Sterling Koerner (Fort Pierce, Fla./John Carrol HS). The sophomore would strikeout a career-best eight batters over 5.2 innings of work, giving him a team-best 26, but he would allow seven hits and three runs to earn his first loss of the season. Jake Noll (Punta Gorda, Fla./Charlotte HS) was the lone Eagle to collect multiple hits in the game, going 2-5 with a double while it was Adam Eggnatz (Tampa, Fla./Middle Georgia College) who drove in the only runs of the afternoon when he lifted a bases-loaded single to left in the bottom of the first that would clear the bases. Three other Eagles would pick up a hit to account for the team total of six. “We can’t rely on one big inning against good teams,” head coach Dave Tollett said. “We did everything we were supposed to do in the first; we put runners on with two outs and found a way to drive them all in but that can’t be enough for us. We have another chance to play tomorrow.” Dye would surrender a leadoff single to start the game but he bounced back with a strikeout and retired the next two batters to work a relatively clean first. With two outs in the bottom half Nick Rivera (Cape Coral, Fla./Bishop Verot HS) and Colton Bottomley (Parkland, Fla./Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS) put together back-to-back singles. Tyler Selesky (Estero, Fla./Estero HS) later walked after a wild pitch put both runners in scoring position. With the bases loaded, Eggnatz came to the plate and lifted a single to left and the rolling ball found its way under the glove of the Minnesota leftfielder allowing Selesky to score all the way from first and letting Eggnatz slide safely in to third. Matt Reardon (Palm City, Fla./Martin County) then came to the plate and actually struck out but the third strike escaped the grasp of the Gopher catcher allowing Reardon to reach first safely and bring in Eggnatz for the fourth and final run of the frame. Dye sat down the Gophers in order in the second then picked up a fly-out to start the third before giving up four-consecutive singles that led to two runs. Koerner took over at that point and struck out the only two batters he faced in the inning to halt the rally. The sophomore gave up a leadoff single in the top of the fifth then served up a two-run homerun to left to tie the game 4-4. He would work out the fifth and toss an uneventful sixth before heading to the seventh. With one out, Matt Fiedler tripled to deep center then it was Michael Handel singling to left to drive in the go-ahead run for Minnesota. Koerner would strike out the next batter and induce a groundout to end any further threat. The Eagles would get a runner on third in the bottom of the seventh but that would be as close as they would come to scoring the rest of the way as Minnesota was able to hang on for the 5-4 victory. FGCU would strand six runners on Saturday afternoon and run its total for the weekend up to 17 runners left on base.