Man accused of fatal hit-and-run in Port CharlotteScattered storms move inland this Wednesday afternoon
PORT CHARLOTTE Man accused of fatal hit-and-run in Port Charlotte The Florida Highway Patrol and the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man for a fatal hit-and-run that occurred in Port Charlotte.
THE WEATHER AUTHORITY Scattered storms move inland this Wednesday afternoon The Weather Authority is tracking scattered storms moving from the coastal lines and into the inland communities this Wednesday afternoon.
WINK NEWS Collier County Teachers Union to meet and negotiate salaries Collier County teachers brace for their third day of salary negotiations as those living within the area struggle financially.
Police report: witnesses say fatal Firestone tire explosion caused by overinflation The Cape Coral Police Department has released its report regarding a tire explosion that killed a man at a Firestone garage on Sunday.
NAPLES Voters meet with Collier County candidates It was a packed house at Seed to Table on Tuesday night as Collier County voters met with the candidates running to represent them.
FORT MYERS Texas Roadhouse honors memory of five teenagers lost in tragic crash It has been one year since the tragic crash that took the lives of five teenagers on Top Golf Way in Lee County.
CAPE CORAL Locals react to Wade Wilson jury recommendation Wade Wilson, the man found guilty of killing two innocent women, has his​ life in the hands of a jury and judge. In less than two hours on Tuesday – the jury came to their decision.
FORT MYERS Austan Cristiaan talks joining Bishop Verot and first D-1 offers Quarterback Austan Cristiaan talks about joining Bishop Verot for his freshman season and securing his first two D-1 offers.
FL researchers testing Zika virus to fight childhood brain cancer Neuroblastoma is one of the deadliest childhood cancers. Now, a team of researchers out of Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando are taking a novel approach to wipe out disease. Their studies involve the use of the Zika virus.
FORT MYERS Community Redevelopment Agency seeks public input for Cleveland Avenue project Mayor Kevin Anderson said Tuesday was an opportunity for the Community Redevelopment Agency and leaders to hear what the public thinks this redevelopment should look like.
FGCU professor agrees with US Surgeon General: gun violence is a public health crisis Gun violence: We’ve seen it here firsthand in southwest Florida. Many agree gun violence is a growing problem in the United States. Now, the U.S. Surgeon General is calling it a crisis.
Charlotte County Charlotte County now requiring condo and co-op inspections for building 25-years or older On the 3-year anniversary of the Champlain Towers South building collapse in Surfside, FL, many look to remember those lost and continue to learn from the tragedy.
FORT MYERS A third diamond interchange on its way to Southwest Florida The third iteration of a construction project that strikes fear into some drivers could be a tell-tell sign about the trends of Southwest Florida.
NAPLES Naples practice comes under fire from a former employee A Naples dermatology practice acknowledges it had issues when it first opened two years ago but says those issues are now behind them.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral hosts more FEMA hearings Red tags are rearing their ugly head. Cape Coral homeowners who were slapped with these tags and found non-compliant with city code permits are back to defend themselves.
PORT CHARLOTTE Man accused of fatal hit-and-run in Port Charlotte The Florida Highway Patrol and the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man for a fatal hit-and-run that occurred in Port Charlotte.
THE WEATHER AUTHORITY Scattered storms move inland this Wednesday afternoon The Weather Authority is tracking scattered storms moving from the coastal lines and into the inland communities this Wednesday afternoon.
WINK NEWS Collier County Teachers Union to meet and negotiate salaries Collier County teachers brace for their third day of salary negotiations as those living within the area struggle financially.
Police report: witnesses say fatal Firestone tire explosion caused by overinflation The Cape Coral Police Department has released its report regarding a tire explosion that killed a man at a Firestone garage on Sunday.
NAPLES Voters meet with Collier County candidates It was a packed house at Seed to Table on Tuesday night as Collier County voters met with the candidates running to represent them.
FORT MYERS Texas Roadhouse honors memory of five teenagers lost in tragic crash It has been one year since the tragic crash that took the lives of five teenagers on Top Golf Way in Lee County.
CAPE CORAL Locals react to Wade Wilson jury recommendation Wade Wilson, the man found guilty of killing two innocent women, has his​ life in the hands of a jury and judge. In less than two hours on Tuesday – the jury came to their decision.
FORT MYERS Austan Cristiaan talks joining Bishop Verot and first D-1 offers Quarterback Austan Cristiaan talks about joining Bishop Verot for his freshman season and securing his first two D-1 offers.
FL researchers testing Zika virus to fight childhood brain cancer Neuroblastoma is one of the deadliest childhood cancers. Now, a team of researchers out of Nemours Children’s Hospital in Orlando are taking a novel approach to wipe out disease. Their studies involve the use of the Zika virus.
FORT MYERS Community Redevelopment Agency seeks public input for Cleveland Avenue project Mayor Kevin Anderson said Tuesday was an opportunity for the Community Redevelopment Agency and leaders to hear what the public thinks this redevelopment should look like.
FGCU professor agrees with US Surgeon General: gun violence is a public health crisis Gun violence: We’ve seen it here firsthand in southwest Florida. Many agree gun violence is a growing problem in the United States. Now, the U.S. Surgeon General is calling it a crisis.
Charlotte County Charlotte County now requiring condo and co-op inspections for building 25-years or older On the 3-year anniversary of the Champlain Towers South building collapse in Surfside, FL, many look to remember those lost and continue to learn from the tragedy.
FORT MYERS A third diamond interchange on its way to Southwest Florida The third iteration of a construction project that strikes fear into some drivers could be a tell-tell sign about the trends of Southwest Florida.
NAPLES Naples practice comes under fire from a former employee A Naples dermatology practice acknowledges it had issues when it first opened two years ago but says those issues are now behind them.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral hosts more FEMA hearings Red tags are rearing their ugly head. Cape Coral homeowners who were slapped with these tags and found non-compliant with city code permits are back to defend themselves.
Gage Skidmore / CC BY-SA 2.0 CHICAGO (AP) – Marco Rubio’s “lean” presidential campaign is putting on weight. By every measure, the Florida senator’s bid for the Republican nomination has grown more robust in October, boosted again by a strong showing in Wednesday night’s debate. In preference polls and money flowing in, he’s ticking upward. The campaign’s fundraising, which lagged that of several competitors over the summer and early fall, just finished its best month yet. In the hours around the debate Rubio raised $750,000 online – more than on any previous occasion. The next day, Rubio was cheered at two fundraisers in Chicago, each of which had more attendees than organizers had planned. At a “young professionals” happy hour at a downtown sports bar, the 44-year-old Rubio told a rowdy group that he woke up that morning “still kind of wired” from the debate. “It’s becoming easier to get people to say yes,” said Chris Grozev, who said he sold a couple of hundred $100 tickets to the happy hour. Phil Rosen, a New York real estate lawyer who hosted one of the most lucrative fundraisers for the campaign a few weeks ago, said he’s since had “people come out of the woodwork and call me directly, asking for another event so that they can meet him.” Donor enthusiasm has given campaign leaders who have prided themselves on a slim and sleek operation – partly out of necessity because of low cash flow – the confidence to increase hiring. The staff grew by about one-third in October, making for crowded conditions in the Washington row house that serves as headquarters. Rubio is steadily adding resources in each of the first four voting states, and the campaign just signed an office lease in South Carolina, the third state voting in the primaries early next year. Volunteers there had been working out of a garage. “We’re definitely building,” said Terry Sullivan, Rubio’s campaign manager. “But we’re scaling at the right time.” With growth comes the potential for growing pains. Rubio’s competitors are sharpening their criticism of the freshman senator. In Wednesday’s debate, mentor-turned-rival Jeb Bush went after him for missing Senate votes while he campaigned for president. “You can campaign, or just resign and let someone else take the job,” Bush jabbed. The former Florida governor came to the debate after briefing his top fundraisers on a strategy that hinges on overpowering Rubio, whom his campaign sees as his most dangerous competitor for the voters and donors who want to see a traditional nominee. Rubio had a retort at the ready, pointing out that Bush hadn’t raised similar complaints about senators who’d missed votes to campaign in previous elections. But other contenders – from Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton’s allies to Florida newspapers – have seized on that line of attack, and it is likely to persist. Donald Trump, the celebrity real estate mogul who continues to lead in national GOP polls, also is increasingly scornful of Rubio. In an interview with Breitbart News published this week, Trump called Rubio “incapable of telling the truth.” However, Rubio-rippers have their work cut out for them: He was one of the best-liked candidates in an Associated Press-Gfk poll conducted this month, with 51 percent of registered Republicans viewing him favorably, second only to retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson. And Rubio has said he’s not going to make his nomination fight personal. He said Thursday on ABC’s “Good Morning America” that he has “admiration” for Bush and wants only to underscore policy differences between the two. Rubio has sketched out the basics of proposals on China, education and taxes among other issues; Saturday is the last day of his “31 Days of Policy.” But he’ll have to go deeper into detail as the race intensifies. Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Bush have articulated their perceived paths to the Republican nomination, with Cruz focusing on Iowa and Southern states that vote a few weeks later and Bush going all-in to win second-to-vote New Hampshire. But Rubio hasn’t. His campaign argues that he could do well in any of the first four states, a quartet that also includes his childhood home of Nevada. Accordingly, he has divided his time roughly equally among them and has six or so employees in each. Bush’s campaign, in its presentation last week to donors at a Houston gathering, noted 12 staffers in New Hampshire and another 25 spread among the other three early states. Rubio’s equal-attention approach to the early states also shows up in the television advertising plan. Campaign ads are to begin the week after Thanksgiving with plans to spend about $17 million through the early primary contests, according to information provided by Kantar Media’s CMAG advertising tracker. About the same amount of money is scheduled for Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina. There’s also a small buy already on the books in Nevada, which holds its caucuses near the end of February. A super PAC filled with Rubio allies follows a similar advertising strategy, CMAG shows, with about $2 million to $3 million in ad time reserved in each of the first three states. The campaign and super PAC are stepping up after a summer of silence. To date, the only Rubio-boosting commercials on television have come from a nonprofit group that keeps its donors secret. Conservative Solutions Project had spent $7.3 million through the end of this week. No other presidential candidate has benefited from so much advertising by a secret-money nonprofit, a potential liability with voters who have said in polls that they are tired of big donors and secret money flowing into elections.