Shift in 'Stand Your Ground' a potential game-changer

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NORTH NAPLES, Fla. A firearms expert and an attorney weigh in on a change in Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law.

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SWFL Gen Z workers respond to business owners’ poor reviews

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Summer BreakSpot to feed SWFL kids while school is out

A program called Summer BreakSpot is going to provide free breakfast and lunch to children 18 and under until school starts again.

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Lee County to distribute $16M for Hurricane Ian home repairs

Lee County hopes to approve $16 million to help families make much-needed repairs in communities hit hard by Hurricane Ian.

Scattered storms, low-end severe weather threat Tuesday

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Reimagining the Naples Pier after Ian

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The Guessing Game: Who decides what stays and what goes in your Hurricane Ian-damaged home?

To gut or not to gut? It’s a question many of you struggled with after Hurricane Ian. As we’ve seen in many homes, water can do a lot of damage. You may have gone in and pulled out what was wet, dirty, and damaged, and now you’re wondering why your insurance company is battling you […]

RALEIGH, N.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire)

Mosquito-free garments are game-changers

It’s a summertime health risk that you often don’t think of. West Nile, Zika, chikungunya, or malaria – spread by the bite of an infected mosquito. Almost 3,000 Americans were sickened with West Nile in recent years, and about 2,000 Americans are diagnosed with malaria every year. Now, scientists at North Carolina State University have […]

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Fort Myers Police need your help finding 3 men who stole money from a gaming machine

The Fort Myers Police Department needs your help in identifying three men in a grand theft investigation. According to FMPD, the three men in the video below walked into the Hideaway Bar in downtown Fort Myers. They later managed to steal approximately $2,000 from a gaming machine located inside of the bar. This happened on […]

LEE COUNTY

Judge denies former Lee County deputy’s ‘stand your ground’ defense

Tensions multiplied in the courtroom on day two of former Lee County deputy Sergio Perez’s hearing asking the judge to dismiss the case entirely based on the “stand your ground” law. The defense asked Judge L. Frank Porter to ignore the fact that Perez is a former law enforcement officer and treat him like any […]