FORT MYERS, Fla. — Travelers should pay better attention to their surroundings and baggage claim areas need tighter security, according to recommendations from Dan Costoulas, CEO of Fort Myers-based Global Security Group International.
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DeSantis campaign will receive $500K raised by super PAC, a source says. Campaign finance experts call it “unprecedented”
A super PAC backing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential run has raised $500,000 into a separate draft committee that is expected to be transferred directly to his campaign in the coming days

More than two dozen drug traffickers arrested in SWFL-wide investigation
State Attorney Amira Fox announced the arrest of 24 drug traffickers and their associates after a joint undercover operation between Southwest Florida law enforcement agencies.

More Thursday afternoon storm chances for inland SWFL
Chances for rain and storms hold off until the late afternoon and evening nearly exclusively for our inland areas Thursday afternoon

Crisp & Green opens Estero restaurant, more planned in SWFL
This week, Crisp & Green’s 31st restaurant and the second in the region opened at 10171 Estero Town Commons Place, unit 306, in the new Estero Commons shopping center off Corkscrew Road, just west of Interstate 75. It joins the location that opened last summer in The Pointe at Founders Square in the Naples area.
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Wrong-way driver accused of killing 2 in Collier County crash
Two died in a wrong-way crash in Collier County.

Drier weather returns for the holiday weekend
It’s going to be a beautiful holiday weekend across Southwest Florida as drier air moves in behind a late week cold front.

‘COVID Class’ graduates from Lely High School
High school students graduating in 2023 are nicknamed the “Covid Class” because they had to go through masking and quarantine.