No. 12 North Carolina spoils Beamer’s finale in OT, 30-27

BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — Marquise Williams hit Quinshad Davis with a 5-yard pass in overtime and No. 12 North Carolina spoiled coach Frank Beamer’s final home game at Virginia Tech with a 30-27 victory on Saturday. The Tar Heels (10-1, 7-0 ACC, No. 17 CFP) won their 10th in a row and clinched the Coastal […]

Northern Iowa stuns No. 1 North Carolina 71-67

CEDAR FALLS, Iowa (AP) — Wes Washpun scored 21 points and Northern Iowa stunned top-ranked North Carolina 71-67 on Saturday for its first win over the nation’s No. 1 team. The Panthers used a 29-8 stretch over 12 minutes of the second half to turn a 50-34 deficit into a 63-58 lead, and held on […]

Pilot in Ohio plane crash is Florida man

AKRON, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio medical examiner has identified the pilot and co-pilot who were killed along with seven passengers when a small jet crashed into an Akron apartment building. The pilot was identified Friday as 40-year-old Oscar Chavez, of North Bay Village, Florida, while the co-pilot was 50-year-old Renato Marchese, of Boynton Beach, […]

Midwest gets up to 20 inches of snow

People fired up snowblowers and dug out their shovels Saturday after a storm system dumped anywhere from three to 20 inches of snow across parts of Iowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana. The first significant snowstorm of the season created hazardous travel conditions and caused more than 500 flight cancellations. The National Weather Service said the […]

2 Lee County men hurt in crash

A Cape Coral man and Fort Myers man were seriously hurt in a crash Saturday morning. The men were headed southbound on Interstate 75 near mile marker 178 when it happened. State troopers said the driver drifted into the right lane, then over corrected and crashed the car. The driver, 27-year-old Jose Perez, is in serious […]

Davis’ big game in return lifts Pelicans over Spurs, 104-90

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The moment Anthony Davis rose to block LaMarcus Aldridge’s 15-foot jump shot marked the beginning of the end for the San Antonio Spurs. Davis had 20 points and 18 rebounds in his return from a sore shoulder, and the New Orleans Pelicans beat the San Antonio Spurs 104-90 on Friday night […]

Curry leads Warriors to 14-0 start as they hold off Bulls

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Stephen Curry scored 27 points and the defending champion Golden State Warriors moved within one victory of matching the best start in NBA history, holding off the Chicago Bulls 106-94 on Friday night to improve to 14-0. The league’s last undefeated team ran its franchise-record home winning streak to 26 games […]

Lee Co. School District bus driver arrested on drug charges

FORT MYERS, Fla.- A bus driver for the Lee County School District has been arrested on drug charges after Fort Myers police raided a home on Price Street. Claunesha Irons, 26, was taken into custody, Friday morning. According to her arrest report, officers found cocaine, a gun, and ammunition inside the home, along with two […]