Police investigate homicide in front of Fort Myers beauty salonWINK Neighborhood Watch: road rage, domestic violence and camper fire
FORT MYERS Police investigate homicide in front of Fort Myers beauty salon The Fort Myers Police Department is investigating a homicide after police found a man’s dead body in the parking lot of a Fort Myers beauty salon.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: road rage, domestic violence and camper fire This weeks segment of WINK Neighborhood watch features: An angry driver, a posterior puncture, and a family camper up in flames.
OCALA Memorial held for migrant bus crash victims A memorial was held in Ocala Friday night after a bus crash left eight people dead and 45 injured this past Tuesday.
IMMOKALEE ROAD 3 injured in deadly crash on Immokalee road The Florida Highway Patrol is currently investigating a deadly crash on Immokalee road.
NAPLES Collier deputies investigating car submerged in water The Collier County Sheriffs Office is investigating the scene of a submerged vehicle in Naples.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball reflects on season and team’s legacy FGCU softball reflects on the historic season following their elimination doubleheader Saturday as well as what made this team special.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The Weather Authority: Scattered storms in the forecast for your Sunday Expect sun and clouds throughout the day, along with scattered rain. Some of the storms have the potential to become severe.
CAPE CORAL Do we need a federal gun database for mental illness? One family says yes One family is on a mission to create a new national gun database. It would require medical professionals to enter mental health information.
ALVA Three dead in triple drowning near the Franklin Lock in Olga The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a scene of a water rescue where three people were recovered.
PUNTA GORDA The Weather Authority helps you prepare for the hurricane season at the 2024 Charlotte County Hurricane Expo With hurricane season less than two weeks away, it’s important to start preparing.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball senior balances EMT training and Regional play Ahead of NCAA Regional play, FGCU senior outfielder Riley Oakes started EMT training as she works toward being a trauma surgeon.
PUNTA GORDA Homes For Our Troops grants veteran new home Through all the cheers and a community-wide escort, it’s a ‘welcome to your forever home for army sergeant veteran Brandon Rethmel and his family.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Beat the Heat: Stay safe during extreme weather The Weather Authority has issued a heat advisory for portions of South, Southeast, and Southwest Florida from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday.
FORT MYERS Leaders discuss possibility of shutting down Caloosahatchee Bridge Should residents endure two years of partial lane closures, or fully shut the Caloosahatchee bridge down for 10 weeks?
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball parents cherish NCAA Tournament experience The parents of the FGCU softball team are relishing seeing their daughters play in the NCAA Tournament.
FORT MYERS Police investigate homicide in front of Fort Myers beauty salon The Fort Myers Police Department is investigating a homicide after police found a man’s dead body in the parking lot of a Fort Myers beauty salon.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: road rage, domestic violence and camper fire This weeks segment of WINK Neighborhood watch features: An angry driver, a posterior puncture, and a family camper up in flames.
OCALA Memorial held for migrant bus crash victims A memorial was held in Ocala Friday night after a bus crash left eight people dead and 45 injured this past Tuesday.
IMMOKALEE ROAD 3 injured in deadly crash on Immokalee road The Florida Highway Patrol is currently investigating a deadly crash on Immokalee road.
NAPLES Collier deputies investigating car submerged in water The Collier County Sheriffs Office is investigating the scene of a submerged vehicle in Naples.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball reflects on season and team’s legacy FGCU softball reflects on the historic season following their elimination doubleheader Saturday as well as what made this team special.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The Weather Authority: Scattered storms in the forecast for your Sunday Expect sun and clouds throughout the day, along with scattered rain. Some of the storms have the potential to become severe.
CAPE CORAL Do we need a federal gun database for mental illness? One family says yes One family is on a mission to create a new national gun database. It would require medical professionals to enter mental health information.
ALVA Three dead in triple drowning near the Franklin Lock in Olga The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a scene of a water rescue where three people were recovered.
PUNTA GORDA The Weather Authority helps you prepare for the hurricane season at the 2024 Charlotte County Hurricane Expo With hurricane season less than two weeks away, it’s important to start preparing.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball senior balances EMT training and Regional play Ahead of NCAA Regional play, FGCU senior outfielder Riley Oakes started EMT training as she works toward being a trauma surgeon.
PUNTA GORDA Homes For Our Troops grants veteran new home Through all the cheers and a community-wide escort, it’s a ‘welcome to your forever home for army sergeant veteran Brandon Rethmel and his family.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Beat the Heat: Stay safe during extreme weather The Weather Authority has issued a heat advisory for portions of South, Southeast, and Southwest Florida from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday.
FORT MYERS Leaders discuss possibility of shutting down Caloosahatchee Bridge Should residents endure two years of partial lane closures, or fully shut the Caloosahatchee bridge down for 10 weeks?
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball parents cherish NCAA Tournament experience The parents of the FGCU softball team are relishing seeing their daughters play in the NCAA Tournament.
Fundraising halted for missing teens, but search continues TEQUESTA, Fla. (AP) – The families of two Florida boys who went missing at sea say they’re continuing their search but have stopped collecting donations. More than $480,000 in online contributions flowed in to help in efforts to continue looking for Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos, who went missing on a fishing trip July 24. […]
Search for missing boy turns up body of sailor in pond JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) – The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office say a body found during a search for a missing toddler has been identified as a U.S. Navy sailor missing since 2003. The Florida Times-Union (http://bit.ly/1P68q12 ) reports the body of Yaroslav Victorovich Iventyev was found inside a car in a pond as authorities searched for missing […]
Brady testimony in NFL ‘Deflategate’ released NEW YORK (AP) – Tom Brady denied under oath to NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell that he tampered with footballs before the AFC title game, and investigator Ted Wells said in a transcript that he never warned the New England Patriots quarterback he would be punished if he didn’t turn over his cellphone. In a 457-page […]
Longtime North Port firefighter loses battle with leukemia NORTH PORT, Fla. – The North Port Fire Department has announced the passing of a longtime firefighter EMT. Christina Doyle, a NPFD nine-year veteran, battled leukemia for the past year and a half. The 36-year-old passed away Monday surrounded by family and her North Port Station 84 crew in Houston, Texas, where she had been undergoing advanced […]
92-year-old registers to vote for the first time to cast ballot for Trump KNOX COUNTY, Tenn.- A 92-year-old woman who recently registered to vote for the very first time says she is casting a ballot for Donald Trump. Beada Corum has never shopped online, searched the web, or even logged on to a computer. “I don’t have one, I’ve never used one.” So you can imagine, to her, social media is […]
FHP: Passengers were not wearing seat belts in deadly church van crash MOORE HAVEN, Fla.- Passengers in a deadly church van crash were not wearing seat belts, a new report released by the Florida Highway Patrol shows. The group of 18 was driving back to Fort Pierce after taking part in Palm Sunday services in Fort Myers. Troopers say the driver ran a stop sign at State Road […]
Dunkin’ Brands fights hunger in Southwest Florida FORT MYERS, Fla. – Employees from Dunkin’ Donuts and Baskin-Robbins across the country, are helping fight hunger this first week of August in their annual week of service. That includes service and volunteer work right here in Southwest Florida. More than 20 employees form local franchise stores in Lee, Charlotte and Sarasota counties spent Wednesday […]
FDLE investigates fifth inmate death at CCI PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- An inmate found dead inside the Charlotte Correctional Institution on Tuesday is the third reported death at the prison this year and the fifth investigated by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement within the past two years. Authorities have not said how Quonta Howard, who was serving time for second-degree murder, died. Howard’s death comes after correction officers at the Oil […]
Lee County Commissioners deny rehab center zoning request FORT MYERS, Fla.- Lee County Commissioners voted against allowing a controversial drug rehab center to move into a mansion on Winkler Road. Neighbors in the area say they don’t want a rehab center in the middle of their neighborhood and so close to schools, but the developer says he will run the center responsibly with 24 hour […]