Paying tribute to Deshia Arthur: Community unites in grief and hopeFinal day for Sanibel storm debris collection
Paying tribute to Deshia Arthur: Community unites in grief and hope Family and friends affectionately called her ‘DD,’ describing the 18-year-old Deshia Arthur as caring and sincere ahead of her funeral service on Sunday.
SANIBEL Final day for Sanibel storm debris collection Sunday is the last chance for Sanibel residents to sort and place any remaining storm debris for collection by the city’s contractor.
Seasonal Sunday in store with temps reaching the upper 70s The Weather Authority is forecasting blue skies, sunshine, and seasonal temperatures in the upper 70s on Sunday.
FORT MYERS BEACH Precautionary boil water notice lifted for Fort Myers Beach A precautionary boil water notice was in effect for all residents of Fort Myers Beach due to a water main break on Estero Boulevard that has been resolved.
Man injured after stabbing in Immokalee According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, one man is injured after being stabbed in the lower back on Saturday night.
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach hosts 36th annual Christmas Boat Parade Christmas is right around the corner, and celebrations are underway. The Fort Myers Beach Boat Christmas Boat parade took place on Saturday.
ESTERO Elevate Kava Bar and Lounge hosts grand opening Elevate Kava Bar and Lounge held its grand opening in Estero on Friday Night. The kava bar held its soft opening on Black Friday.
FORT MYERS Man charged with homicide for fatal shooting in Fort Myers According to the Fort Myers Police Department, a man was charged with homicide on Friday for a fatal shooting in October.
FORT MYERS Golisano Children’s Hospital hosts Porsche & Friends Parade Sports cars lined up like Santa’s reindeer, delivering presents to Golisano Children’s Hospital on Saturday.
Man sought for attempted robbery at CVS in Lee County Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is seeking information on a man for attempting to rob a CVS Store in Lee County.
immokalee Pedestrian dies after being hit by 2 vehicles in Immokalee A fatal hit-and-run on Friday night in Collier County left a pedestrian dead, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Beautiful Saturday in store with temps in the low to mid 70s The Weather Authority says it will be another beautiful weekend across Southwest Florida.
ORLANDO Naples falls to Jones in state semifinals One win stood in between the Golden Eagles and a trip to the state title as Naples competed in its 12th state semifinal.
ESTERO 1 dead after crashing into tree in Estero According to the Florida Highway Patrol, one person is dead after crashing into a tree in Estero on Friday night.
NAPLES Vigil held for teen shot and killed at Collier party Family, friends and loved ones gathered at a candlelight vigil to remember and honor the life of 18-year-old D’eisha Arthur.
Paying tribute to Deshia Arthur: Community unites in grief and hope Family and friends affectionately called her ‘DD,’ describing the 18-year-old Deshia Arthur as caring and sincere ahead of her funeral service on Sunday.
SANIBEL Final day for Sanibel storm debris collection Sunday is the last chance for Sanibel residents to sort and place any remaining storm debris for collection by the city’s contractor.
Seasonal Sunday in store with temps reaching the upper 70s The Weather Authority is forecasting blue skies, sunshine, and seasonal temperatures in the upper 70s on Sunday.
FORT MYERS BEACH Precautionary boil water notice lifted for Fort Myers Beach A precautionary boil water notice was in effect for all residents of Fort Myers Beach due to a water main break on Estero Boulevard that has been resolved.
Man injured after stabbing in Immokalee According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, one man is injured after being stabbed in the lower back on Saturday night.
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach hosts 36th annual Christmas Boat Parade Christmas is right around the corner, and celebrations are underway. The Fort Myers Beach Boat Christmas Boat parade took place on Saturday.
ESTERO Elevate Kava Bar and Lounge hosts grand opening Elevate Kava Bar and Lounge held its grand opening in Estero on Friday Night. The kava bar held its soft opening on Black Friday.
FORT MYERS Man charged with homicide for fatal shooting in Fort Myers According to the Fort Myers Police Department, a man was charged with homicide on Friday for a fatal shooting in October.
FORT MYERS Golisano Children’s Hospital hosts Porsche & Friends Parade Sports cars lined up like Santa’s reindeer, delivering presents to Golisano Children’s Hospital on Saturday.
Man sought for attempted robbery at CVS in Lee County Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is seeking information on a man for attempting to rob a CVS Store in Lee County.
immokalee Pedestrian dies after being hit by 2 vehicles in Immokalee A fatal hit-and-run on Friday night in Collier County left a pedestrian dead, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Beautiful Saturday in store with temps in the low to mid 70s The Weather Authority says it will be another beautiful weekend across Southwest Florida.
ORLANDO Naples falls to Jones in state semifinals One win stood in between the Golden Eagles and a trip to the state title as Naples competed in its 12th state semifinal.
ESTERO 1 dead after crashing into tree in Estero According to the Florida Highway Patrol, one person is dead after crashing into a tree in Estero on Friday night.
NAPLES Vigil held for teen shot and killed at Collier party Family, friends and loved ones gathered at a candlelight vigil to remember and honor the life of 18-year-old D’eisha Arthur.
Photo: Hillary Clinton / MGN CLEVELAND (AP) – When Hillary Clinton dueled with Barack Obama for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2008, their slog eventually yielded to a largely unified party. Obama said the process made him a stronger candidate and he later persuaded Clinton to become his secretary of state. Eight years later, Clinton is again in a lengthy primary that seems certain to extend longer than most people imagined. But how the fight against Bernie Sanders positions her for what’s expected to be an ugly fall election remains far less clear. Clinton aides insist there’s little they will do to push Sanders from the race, but they are beginning to show signs of impatience with what they perceive as the increasingly negative tone of his campaign. “We would like to wrap it up as soon as possible,” Clinton communications director Jen Palmieri said hours before Sanders’ startling victory in Michigan last week. “You don’t want to let them have a head start on the general.” Clinton and her allies had hoped to switch much of their focus to the general election after Tuesday’s primary contests, but that plan was thrown into doubt after her loss in Michigan. Democratic strategists wanted to use the spring to settle on early lines of attack against GOP front-runner Donald Trump, the brash billionaire who successfully has deflected nearly all Republican efforts to undermine his candidacy. Top Clinton donors had expected the campaign to begin raising money for the general election beginning in April, a transition they now say has been pushed off. Aides say upcoming contests in Ohio, Missouri and Illinois look tighter than they did just days ago, forcing them to keep focus on the primary despite a sizable advantage among the delegates that determine the nomination. Victories on Tuesday would give Sanders fresh momentum and grant him months to continue criticizing Clinton’s positions on issues that Trump wants to focus on in November. Sanders is demanding that Clinton release transcripts of her paid speeches to Wall Street banks, citing her past support for trade deals and trying to make the argument that most Washington politicians are bought and paid for by campaign contributors. In addition, Sanders and his supporters are also bringing a similar case against Clinton backers with ties to Wall Street, expanding his critique to a broader swath of the party. Some Clinton allies worry that such lines of attack could aid Trump in the general election. Sanders on Saturday charged Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, a Clinton ally, with being “indebted to Wall Street and big money interests.” Trump is seizing on such criticism as he increasingly turns his focus to the general election and a potential campaign against Clinton. “She’s not going to bring back trade, she’s not going to bring back businesses,” said Trump, in an interview with CNN. Clinton carries an edge of more than 200 pledged delegates into Tuesday’s contests in Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Illinois and Missouri and could effectively foreclose Sanders’ path to victory with a sweep of the large states. While the delegates will be awarded proportionately, Clinton’s support with superdelegates – elected officials and party leaders free to back whomever they’d like – puts her in a strong position to win the nomination. According to an Associated Press analysis, Clinton holds 1,231 of total delegates, more than half the amount needed to clinch the nomination. Sanders has 576. In 2008, Clinton stayed in the race until the bitter end, buoyed by wins in nine of the final 16 contests. But Sanders senior strategist Tad Devine says he sees no scenario where the Vermont senator gets out of the 2016 race before the party convention in July. “If he’s not the nominee, then I think Hillary will benefit as did Barack Obama when she challenged him all the way to the end,” Devine said. Clinton aides involved with Obama’s election effort said the long primary contest helped their campaign by forcing them to establish operations in every state. “If you would have asked us in June how we felt about it, as opposed to earlier on in the process, I think we would have said there was a benefit to it,” said Joel Benenson, a senior strategist for both Obama and Clinton. Some Clinton backers worry that Sanders, long a self-identified independent, won’t feel the same obligation to support the party the way Clinton claims to have done for Obama in 2008. “It wasn’t easy to convince a lot of my supporters to immediately move” to backing Obama, “but I made the case,” Clinton said in a Fox News forum in Detroit. “When you get through a primary, despite the emotions that are engineered in your supporters, you have to take stock of where you are and who is running on the other side.”