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ALVA Woodpeckers build home in Alva woman’s house You may have heard of squatters, but this woman is dealing with squawkers. Who needs a rooster to wake up when you have woodpeckers?
FORT MYERS Man claims he was trapped in a high-rise for 5 days A 77-year-old man wants justice after he claims he spent days trapped on the 24th floor of a high-rise apartment building.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte Correctional prisoner arrested for death of another inmate State Attorney Amira Fox convened a grand jury, which decided to move forward with a case against a Charlotte Correctional inmate.
SANIBEL Construction near Dairy Queen eagle nest on Sanibel raises concerns While many eagle nests may be a bit difficult to see, one nest has always been a favorite for Sanibel residents and tourists.
The environmental effects of artificial sweeteners Experts are studying how the foods we eat affect the environment, especially after we flush our waste down the toilet.
Victim reacts to man exposing himself to her Ring camera You get a notification on your phone from your ring camera app that someone is at the door, only to find out it is someone exposing themselves. It’s the last thing victim Maria Kivi wanted or expected to see last week.
LEE COUNTY The art of capturing your eye and drawing you in How do you capture young, hip, trendy, fun, movers and shakers, all in a pose? We take you behind the scenes of a Gulfshore Life cover shoot.
FORT MYERS The lives of two SJC Boxers changed in the ring Two SJC Boxers, Mario Nunez and Arbon Kurtishi, help each other in the ring as each of them had their lives changed because of boxing.
FORT MYERS Chlamydia cases rising sharply in Lee County If you think about a crowded space- something with more than 250 people- if it’s in Lee county, statistically one person has chlamydia.
SANIBEL Sanibel resort day passes hope to get more business on the island A pass will allow vacationers to hang out at a Sanibel beach club for a day in hopes of drumming up some business.
Voting equipment tested ahead of Lee County elections Voting equipment is being tested in Lee County. This is to ensure all ballots are printed and counted correctly for the upcoming election.
Collier County teen assaulted after leaving party The teen has been charged and the sheriff’s office said they’re aware that many believe felony charges are in order, but under Florida law, there are very specific criteria that must be met for felony charges to be filed.
WINK weather team watching tropical wave over Atlantic Ocean The Weather Authority is watching a tropical disturbance over the Central Atlantic Ocean.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral drug bust leads investigators to fake fentanyl, cash and guns Cape Coral man arrest on drug charges. Investigators said they found, guns, drugs, and more than $32,000 in Richard Riley’s home.
NAPLES Naples youth flag football team to compete in Ohio tournament This weekend, the Naples Lunatics Green will compete in the Superhero Sports tournament in Canton, Ohio.
A newspaper clipping announces that Mumford was missing in Europe in 1944. Photo via the Tampa Bay Times. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) A World War II veteran’s remains will be returned to his family in Florida, some 73 years after he was shot down by German fighters. The Tampa Bay Times reports (http://bit.ly/2n9cb0O) the remains of Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. John Donald Mumford were found in a field in what is now Ukraine. The remains will arrived in St. Petersburg on Thursday. For years, Mumford was the subject of family stories, known through fading photos and failing memories as a dashing young man with a desire to fly. But it had been years since his surviving nephews had even thought about their uncle, who died before they were born. In January, the U.S. Department of Defense called to tell the family that after 10-year search, their uncle had been found. On the morning of June 6, 1944, as history was being made off the coast of Normandy, Army Air Forces 2nd Lt. John Donald Mumford was flying his P-51 Mustang fighter through the skies over Romania. He was escorting a squadron of B-17 Flying Fortress bombers to an air raid on a German airfield. The mission was successful. But after the raid, German ground control radioed to its fighters: “Contact the enemy. Close in on the enemy.” In minutes, Mumford, 22, of St. Petersburg found himself attacked by 10 German fighters. He was never seen alive again. It never occurred to Mumford’s nephews that anyone was looking for their uncle, let alone that they would actually find him after so many decades. “I thought it was a scam,” said Lynn Woolums, 67, who like his brother still lives in St. Petersburg. “I was like, ‘Really?’ It was too good to be true.” But it was true. And thanks to the Defense MIA/POW Accounting Agency, or DPAA, a unit of the military dedicated to finding missing troops, Ronald and Lynn Woolums are preparing for an unexpected visitor. Mumford’s remains are scheduled to arrive at Tampa International Airport. Now the brothers’ heads are filled with thoughts of their uncle and his last frantic moments zooming through the skies of Eastern Europe, chased by machine-gun blasting Nazi warplanes. “This is rather overwhelming,” said Lynn Woolums, a retired advertising agency owner. “This is unbelievable, really,” said Ronald Woolums, 68, a retired teacher. The Woolums brothers know very little else about their uncle, who grew to be nearly 6 feet tall and 150 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes, according to military records. So they were both amazed and grateful to read the details compiled by the DPAA in an 80-page, plastic-bound report about the incident and the search for his remains.