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 […]