LCSO: Lehigh Acres investigation underwayRock for Equality: SWFL non-profit hosts benefit concert for Palestine
lehigh acres LCSO: Lehigh Acres investigation underway The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a scene in Lehigh Acres early Saturday morning.
Rock for Equality: SWFL non-profit hosts benefit concert for Palestine A Southwest Florida non-profit hosted a benefit concert on Friday night to help with humanitarian aid in Palestine.
Warm, breezy Saturday with a few showers possible The Weather Authority is forecasting a breezy, warm weekend in store across Southwest Florida, with the chance of a few showers, particularly on Saturday.
CAPE CORAL Active investigation underway in South Cape Coral Cape Coral police are investigating at a home on Southwest 49th Terrace in South Cape Coral early Saturday morning.
16 transported after 2 airboats crash in Collier County According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, two airboats crashed south of U.S. 41 east between mile markers 74 and 75, leaving well over a dozen people injured.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA New bill filed: Auto shop and law enforcement must work together to solve hit-and-run crashes There could be new detectives on the block, located in your nearest auto shop. A new state bill aims at trying to stop hit-and-run drivers from getting away.
CAPE CORAL New leash on life; Cape Coral shelter dog beats cancer with drug being tested for humans A drug now being studied in human trials to kill cancerous tumors, is already approved and helping animals.
CAPE CORAL City of Cape Coral planning a new interchange with I-75 The city of Cape Coral is in the early stages of planning a new interchange with I-75, an idea that has been discussed for more than a decade.
Tracking invasive species after hurricanes Hurricanes Helene and Milton didn’t just bring wind and rain, they brought new threats to southwest Florida’s ecosystem.
PUNTA GORDA Woman in Punta Gorda shooting charged with 2nd degree murder A woman in a homicide investigation on Nasturtium Drive in Punta Gorda has been charged with 2nd-degree murder.
Lee County mother continuing fight to get children a bus stop The school district already told her she lives too close to the school to qualify for a bus route but she has not given up.
NORTH NAPLES Grant Thornton Invitational returns to Tiburon Golf Club Stars on the PGA and LPGA Tours are back in Southwest Florida for the Grant Thornton Invitational at Tiburon Golf Club.
FORT MYERS Black Flag brings classic punk energy to The Ranch in Fort Myers Legendary punk band Black Flag made their mark in Southwest Florida during the Fort Myers stop of their “First Four Years” tour.
Charlotte Technical College breaks ground on aviation facility The Charlotte County School District is flying high and keeping its “Space Academy” designation with a new aviation training facility for students.
CAPE CORAL Man arrested in connection with Cape Coral home invasion The Cape Coral Police Department has announced the arrest of one of three men suspected in a home invasion that took place earlier this month.
lehigh acres LCSO: Lehigh Acres investigation underway The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a scene in Lehigh Acres early Saturday morning.
Rock for Equality: SWFL non-profit hosts benefit concert for Palestine A Southwest Florida non-profit hosted a benefit concert on Friday night to help with humanitarian aid in Palestine.
Warm, breezy Saturday with a few showers possible The Weather Authority is forecasting a breezy, warm weekend in store across Southwest Florida, with the chance of a few showers, particularly on Saturday.
CAPE CORAL Active investigation underway in South Cape Coral Cape Coral police are investigating at a home on Southwest 49th Terrace in South Cape Coral early Saturday morning.
16 transported after 2 airboats crash in Collier County According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, two airboats crashed south of U.S. 41 east between mile markers 74 and 75, leaving well over a dozen people injured.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA New bill filed: Auto shop and law enforcement must work together to solve hit-and-run crashes There could be new detectives on the block, located in your nearest auto shop. A new state bill aims at trying to stop hit-and-run drivers from getting away.
CAPE CORAL New leash on life; Cape Coral shelter dog beats cancer with drug being tested for humans A drug now being studied in human trials to kill cancerous tumors, is already approved and helping animals.
CAPE CORAL City of Cape Coral planning a new interchange with I-75 The city of Cape Coral is in the early stages of planning a new interchange with I-75, an idea that has been discussed for more than a decade.
Tracking invasive species after hurricanes Hurricanes Helene and Milton didn’t just bring wind and rain, they brought new threats to southwest Florida’s ecosystem.
PUNTA GORDA Woman in Punta Gorda shooting charged with 2nd degree murder A woman in a homicide investigation on Nasturtium Drive in Punta Gorda has been charged with 2nd-degree murder.
Lee County mother continuing fight to get children a bus stop The school district already told her she lives too close to the school to qualify for a bus route but she has not given up.
NORTH NAPLES Grant Thornton Invitational returns to Tiburon Golf Club Stars on the PGA and LPGA Tours are back in Southwest Florida for the Grant Thornton Invitational at Tiburon Golf Club.
FORT MYERS Black Flag brings classic punk energy to The Ranch in Fort Myers Legendary punk band Black Flag made their mark in Southwest Florida during the Fort Myers stop of their “First Four Years” tour.
Charlotte Technical College breaks ground on aviation facility The Charlotte County School District is flying high and keeping its “Space Academy” designation with a new aviation training facility for students.
CAPE CORAL Man arrested in connection with Cape Coral home invasion The Cape Coral Police Department has announced the arrest of one of three men suspected in a home invasion that took place earlier this month.
Via U.S. Coast Guard FORT MYERS, Fla. – The search for a family reported missing in the Gulf of Mexico has been suspended, Coast Guard Capt. Gregory Case said in a press conference Saturday. Case also confirmed two bodies recovered from the Sarasota family of four belonged to Ace Kimberly, 45, and daughter Rebecca Kimberly, 17. Ace Kimberly’s sons — 14-year-old Roger Kimberly and 16-year-old Donny Kimberly — are still missing. The search, which began Tuesday, covered more than 33,830 square nautical miles, according to the Coast Guard. A Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission investigation will continue. “I made the very difficult decision to suspend the active search operations for the Kimberly family,” Case said. “It is with a heavy heart and sincere condolences to the family and friends that I do this. This is probably the most difficult decision I ever have to make in this position.” Case said in a Thursday morning press conference that the Coast Guard believes they saw a flare sent out at about 2:30 a.m. that morning from the search area for the family that went missing after their 29-foot sailboat disappeared while traveling to Fort Myers. He cautioned that flare sightings can be tricky and that the possibility exists that what they saw might not have been a flare. Still, they’re working off the assumption that it was, Case said. A Coast Guard official said Thursday that the agency never received a distress call. “We are doing everything we can and throwing everything we have at this search,” Case said this week, before the search was suspended. Crews recovered several items in an area about 35 miles off Sanibel, including a cell phone, birth certificates, a wallet, as well as kayaks and wetsuits. They found what they thought at one point was a sailboat mast, but it was just a bucket of fishing gear. Earlier, the brother of Ace Kimberly told Coast Guard officials that a tarp, four water bottles, tennis shoes, a basketball, a propane tank and six life jackets belonged to the family. “Rebecca had a life jacket on but Ace, the father, did not,” Case said. Maj. Roger Young of the wildlife commission says state investigators will evaluate all the debris recovered from the five-day search in the waters off southwest Florida. It remains unclear whether the boat sank where the debris was found, or if the family had to abandon ship. Young says investigators will “try to get to the bottom of what happened.” The boaters had set out to visit the brother, Fort Myers resident Lawrence Joseph Browning, and have repairs done to the boat. Staff at Marina Jack, where the family would on occasion stop to get fuel, described their boat as “rickety.” The boat was outfitted with many of the tools necessary for the trip, but it lacked a VHF marine radio, which is more reliable than a cell phone, and an emergency position indicating radio beacon device, which allows rescue authorities to track the location of a vessel in distress, the Coast Guard said. Authorities are trying to figure out how much boating experience Ace Kimberly had. The last anyone heard from him or his children was at about 3 p.m. Sunday, when he called Browning and told him he was struggling in 6-foot seas off Englewood, the Coast Guard said. “A brother said he was experiencing rough seas and thunderstorms and he was worried and wanted his brother on land to send him some weather reports and that’s the last that he heard from him,” Case said. Browning alerted the agency on Tuesday, Case said. The Coast Guard officials wouldn’t speculate when asked why Browning waited two days to contact them. Cangemi said earlier in the week, before the search was suspended, that he was optimistic that survivors would be found. The Coast Guard has searched an area stretching from Boca Grande to Fort Myers, deploying multiple crews: HC-130 Hercules fixed-wing rescue aircrew MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew 45-foot Response boat-medium boat crew 45-foot response boat-medium boat crew A Coast Guard cutter The Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the Iona-McGregor and Cape Coral fire departments, the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission and customs and border protection were all involved in the search. Anyone with information about the family is asked to contact the Coast Guard at (727)824-7506 or FWC at 1-888-404-FWCC (3922). Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.