FGCU president reflects on first year with graduating classLee County teachers bargain for new raises
FGCU FGCU president reflects on first year with graduating class Alico Arena was packed this weekend as Florida Gulf Coast University graduated 1,900 students in four ceremonies.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Lee County teachers bargain for new raises Kevin Daly is the voice of the Lee County Teachers Union, and he says he knows firsthand the struggle teachers experience across the state.
FORT MYERS New Starbucks off Colonial expected to add to traffic headaches It’s a venti-sized traffic nightmare. That’s how Gina O’Donnell envisions the future of this plaza.
NAPLES Feeding families through Meals of Hope They’re a Naples-based non-profit organization whose mission is to alleviate hunger both locally and throughout the country.
Family dealing with two losses in quick succession A teenager will not get to celebrate turning 21 years old with friends, can’t put a smile on his family member’s faces and will never get to see his mother again.
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah Israeli leaders approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces were striking targets in the area, officials announced Monday, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal.
FORT MYERS Middle school tech worker uses CPR skills to save pickleball player’s life It was the right place, at the right time, and that right place was near the pickleball court.
EVERGLADES Big Sugar’s lawsuit for control over Lake Okeechobee water There’s a battle for who controls the water in the State of Florida. Three major sugar companies have filed a lawsuit saying they are owed a specific amount of public water for irrigation from Lake Okeechobee.
NAPLES Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day program returns to Jewish Federation of Greater Naples Sunday was a day to remember the six million men, women and children lost in the Holocaust.
COLLIER COUNTY 13th dead Florida panther of 2024 found Saturday; deaths now match 2023’s annual total Wildlife officials discovered the 13 dead endangered Florida panther of the year, matching 2023’s total reported mortalities less than halfway into the year.
NORTH PORT Entryway work temporarily closes North Port Library The North Port Library will be closed through Saturday while work is being done to the entryway. During the closure books and other borrowed items can be returned to nearby locations.
FORT MYERS More changes near Colonial Blvd. and Six Mile Cypress in Fort Myers An already jam-packed, headache-inducing area for traffic is expected to get worse on Monday.
National Hurricane Preparedness Week: Preseason preparations With less than a month until the official start of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has designated May 5th to May 11th National Hurricane Preparedness Week.
CAPE CORAL Temporary closures planned for Cape Coral athletic fields Three athletic fields in Cape Coral will temporarily close in May and another in June.
FORT MYERS Influencer shooting victim ‘Hood Fishing’ is stable and recovering A local internet star injured during a shooting in broad daylight on Fort Myers Street is still recovering from what happened.
FGCU FGCU president reflects on first year with graduating class Alico Arena was packed this weekend as Florida Gulf Coast University graduated 1,900 students in four ceremonies.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Lee County teachers bargain for new raises Kevin Daly is the voice of the Lee County Teachers Union, and he says he knows firsthand the struggle teachers experience across the state.
FORT MYERS New Starbucks off Colonial expected to add to traffic headaches It’s a venti-sized traffic nightmare. That’s how Gina O’Donnell envisions the future of this plaza.
NAPLES Feeding families through Meals of Hope They’re a Naples-based non-profit organization whose mission is to alleviate hunger both locally and throughout the country.
Family dealing with two losses in quick succession A teenager will not get to celebrate turning 21 years old with friends, can’t put a smile on his family member’s faces and will never get to see his mother again.
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah Israeli leaders approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces were striking targets in the area, officials announced Monday, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal.
FORT MYERS Middle school tech worker uses CPR skills to save pickleball player’s life It was the right place, at the right time, and that right place was near the pickleball court.
EVERGLADES Big Sugar’s lawsuit for control over Lake Okeechobee water There’s a battle for who controls the water in the State of Florida. Three major sugar companies have filed a lawsuit saying they are owed a specific amount of public water for irrigation from Lake Okeechobee.
NAPLES Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day program returns to Jewish Federation of Greater Naples Sunday was a day to remember the six million men, women and children lost in the Holocaust.
COLLIER COUNTY 13th dead Florida panther of 2024 found Saturday; deaths now match 2023’s annual total Wildlife officials discovered the 13 dead endangered Florida panther of the year, matching 2023’s total reported mortalities less than halfway into the year.
NORTH PORT Entryway work temporarily closes North Port Library The North Port Library will be closed through Saturday while work is being done to the entryway. During the closure books and other borrowed items can be returned to nearby locations.
FORT MYERS More changes near Colonial Blvd. and Six Mile Cypress in Fort Myers An already jam-packed, headache-inducing area for traffic is expected to get worse on Monday.
National Hurricane Preparedness Week: Preseason preparations With less than a month until the official start of the 2024 Atlantic Hurricane Season, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has designated May 5th to May 11th National Hurricane Preparedness Week.
CAPE CORAL Temporary closures planned for Cape Coral athletic fields Three athletic fields in Cape Coral will temporarily close in May and another in June.
FORT MYERS Influencer shooting victim ‘Hood Fishing’ is stable and recovering A local internet star injured during a shooting in broad daylight on Fort Myers Street is still recovering from what happened.
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — Christian McCaffrey is a dynamic runner, returner and receiver. He can do a pretty good imitation of a quarterback, too. “This guy can really throw the ball,” Stanford coach David Shaw said after McCaffrey threw a touchdown pass on a trick play in No. 9 Stanford’s 42-10 rout of Colorado on Saturday. “There are not many positions the young man can’t play. I’d say offensive and defensive lines are it. He’s one of those phenomenal football players.” McCaffrey’s 28-yard touchdown toss to tight end Austin Hooper was the highlight of his homecoming in front of family and friends who drove up from nearby Denver, where he starred at Valor Christian High School and where his father, Ed, starred for the Broncos in the 1990s. McCaffrey’s TD toss came on the first play of the fourth quarter and was his last play of the game. Kevin Hogan, who surpassed Andrew Luck as the school’s winningest quarterback with his 32nd victory, told McCaffrey only to throw it if Hooper were wide open. “Hooper kind of nudged me and said, ‘Throw the ball,'” McCaffrey recounted. “We knew I was going to throw it.” Hogan needn’t have worried about his talented tailback throwing into tight coverage. “We came running up and our corner lost his eyes on the guy that he had and he came open,” Buffs coach Mike MacIntyre said. Before his beautiful spiral into the end zone, McCaffrey chipped in 220 all-purpose yards. “One day he’s going to be the governor here and he really wanted to put on a show and he did today,” Shaw said. His day might have been even better, but a 13-yard TD on Stanford’s opening drive was overturned upon review when he was ruled down a foot shy of the goal line, prompting McCaffrey to crack, “I wish the field was 99 yards. I think I would have a lot more touchdowns.” Hogan threw two TD passes and ran for another as the Cardinal (8-1, 7-0 Pac-12, No. 11 CFP) bounced back from a scare at Washington in which they escaped with a two-point win on a shanked field goal as time expired. Their final three games are all at home, against Oregon, Cal and Notre Dame. The Buffs (4-6, 1-5) wore throwback uniforms — gold helmets, black jerseys, gold pants — in honor of former coach Bill McCartney, who led Colorado to the national title in 1990, after watching ESPN’s 30-for-30 “The Gospel According to Mac” earlier in the week. They looked like that national championship team but sure didn’t play like it. After answering Stanford’s touchdown on its opening drive with one of their own, the Buffs gave up three consecutive touchdowns, including Hogan’s 1-yard run with 2 seconds left in the second quarter, and trudged to the locker room trailing 28-7 at halftime. The Buffaloes, who have lost 21 consecutive games to ranked teams, kicked a short field goal on their opening drive in the second half, then tried an on-side kick. Only, Rollins Stallworth, whom the Buffs expected to turn and run downfield as he’d been doing, instead stayed put and recovered the ball at the Colorado 47. Freshman running back Bryce Love scored on the next play to make it 35-10. Tedric Thompson’s 71-yard interception return gave the Buffaloes some hope and their offense the ball at the Stanford 3. But again they were stuffed and on fourth down they went for it. But Liufau threw incomplete. “That was the most disappointing part of the game to me,” MacIntyre said. “We score there, it’s 35-17, you get a little momentum, you never know. Definitely that was a big downer.” The Cardinal offense responded to the defensive stop with a 13-play, 95-yard drive that McCaffrey capped with his TD toss eight seconds into the fourth quarter. ___ Follow AP Pro Football Writer Arnie Melendrez Stapleton on Twitter: http://twitter.com/arniestapleton ___ AP college football website: collegefootball.ap.org