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FORT MYERS Lee County making changes to fix bus issues In the past, the Lee County School District struggled to find enough bus drivers.
NAPLES Naples man gets original Bob Ross paintings appraised Bob Ross took this blank canvas in a small studio in Muncie, Indiana, and transformed it into a beautiful masterpiece.
Lee Schools board considers full-day phone bans The biggest talking point in a Lee County School District safety presentation wasn’t about violence or drugs, it was about phones
PINE ISLAND FDOT asking you if bike and pedestrian lanes should be added to busy road The Florida Department of Transportation is asking you if bike and pedestrian lanes should be added to the busy road.
Food drive for mental health awareness While someone may look healthy, they may be fighting a real inner battle.
FORT MYERS Overbilled for overflow of water; Residents stuck with hefty water bill The Moore’s make ends meet living at The Cove for almost a year.
ESTERO Scoreless Eagle up for award at NIL Summit FGCU’s Brandon Dwyer is one of the big time performers in NIL despite having never scored a single point in his entire Eagle career.
What happens after a nuisance alligator is captured? For alligators, the month of May means we are in the heart of mating season in the Sunshine State.
Exclusive: Interview with woman who shares hope of recovery on National Fentanyl Awareness Day Lee County Sheriff’s Office said that in 2020 they seized nearly two thousand grams of fentanyl. In 2023, that number jumped to over 8,000.
ESTERO FGCU star in the circle reflects on historical senior season The Eagles’ ace told WINK News she is focused on making every moment count before she hangs up her cleats for the last time.
NAPLES Pastrami Dan’s reopens in Naples after SUV crash Pastrami Dan’s in Naples welcomed customers once again, with people waiting at the door.
FGCU Two FGCU softball players playing for those who impacted their lives Two FGCU softball players, Riley Oakes and Olivia Black, are playing for friends who impacted their lives in a major way.
Police: Cape Coral man breaks into ex-girlfriend’s home, kills fish named ‘Bean’ A man has been arrested after police said he broke into his ex-girlfriend’s home, damaged her property and killed her pet fish.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers family blessed with new home In about sixty days, Myrtle Dillard’s home on Lincoln Boulevard went from being run-down and unlivable to brand new.
PORT CHARLOTTE Port Charlotte woman’s student loans forgiveness after consolidation One Port Charlotte woman was skeptical of her student loan consolidation and potential forgiveness but an email over the weekend changed her life.
Photo via Kevin Hutchinson / CC BY 2.0 NEW YORK (AP) Stocks are mostly lower Wednesday, but a big gain for Apple sent the Dow Jones industrial average above 22,000 for the first time. Movie theater companies and studios are tumbling after AMC Entertainment gave a weak forecast and said it will cut costs. Health care companies are down as prescription drug distributor Cardinal Health gets pummeled after cutting its forecasts for the year. KEEPING SCORE: The Dow, which tracks 30 big-name U.S. companies, climbed 38 points, or 0.2 percent, to 22,002 as of 2:10 p.m. Eastern time. Apple added almost 50 points to the venerable index, although a loss for Disney canceled out some of those gains. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index, a much broader market measure used by most professional investors, fell 2 points, or 0.1 percent, to 2,473. The Nasdaq composite lost 9 points, or 0.2 percent, to 6,353. The Russell 2000 index of smaller-company stocks shed 15 points, or 1 percent, to 1,413. Two stocks fell for every one that rose on the New York Stock Exchange. APPLE GETS AN ‘A’: Apple’s fiscal third-quarter profit and sales were better than experts had anticipated. Perhaps just as important, the company offered a strong sales projection. Apple stock had slipped in the last two months because some investors were worried that the production problems would delay the launch of the next iPhone, which would have hurt the company’s fourth-quarter sales. But Apple’s revenue estimate was better than expected and greater than last year, when the iPhone 7 was released. The stock climbed $7.17, or 4.8 percent, to $157.22. HORROR FILM: Movie theater operators plunged after AMC Entertainment said U.S. box office receipts dropped 4.4 percent in the second quarter, and it expects the third quarter to be difficult as well. AMC it also taking a charge of $200 million because its investment in another chain, National CineMedia, lost value. The company is also planning to slash costs by cutting operating hours and staff levels while trying to boost revenue with new pricing plans and discounts. AMC dropped $4.93, or 23.7 percent, to $15.88 and Regal Entertainment sank 94 cents, or 4.9 percent, to $18.15. Cinemark Holdings lost $2.16, or 5.4 percent, to $37.60. Companies that make movies, or let customers stream them, also took sharp losses. Disney fell $2.76, or 2.5 percent, to $107.85 and CBS gave up $2.01, or 3 percent, to $64.07. Viacom dipped $1.47, or 4.1 percent, to $34.06 and Netflix shed $1.85, or 1 percent, to $180.18. BIG DIVE: Retailers also stumbled. Big 5 Sporting Goods reported a weak profit and sales that fell short of analysts’ forecasts. Big 5 said sales of firearms, camping and water sports equipment fell, and its estimates for the current quarter fell short of Wall Street’s estimates. Its stock tumbled 90 cents, or 8.2 percent, to $10.05. Car retailer AutoNation also had a disappointing quarter as prices for used cars fell. It dropped $2.38, or 5.7 percent, to $39.59. THE QUOTE: Despite Wednesday’s mixed results, Kate Warne, an investment strategist for Edward Jones, said investors are encouraged that companies are reporting rising profits based on greater revenue and strong demand, not stock buybacks and other financial moves. “Companies are reporting better than expected earnings because of growing sales,” she said. CARDINAL SEES RED: Prescription drug distributor Cardinal Health forecast a much smaller profit than analysts expected. The company said it’s being hurt by lower prices for generic drugs, as well as smaller increases in the prices of brand-name drugs and the loss of a contract with the Safeway grocery chain. The company’s stock lost $7.11, or 9.2 percent, to $70.22. ILLUMINA LIGHTS UP: Genetic tools company Illumina raised its projections for the rest of the year after solid results in the most recent quarter. The company said demand for its NovaSeq genetic sequencing system was better than expected, and its stock gained $21.76, or 12.6 percent, to $194.06. OIL: Benchmark U.S. crude added 24 cents to $49.40 a barrel in New York. Brent crude, the international standard, picked up 34 cents to $52.12 a barrel in London. METALS: Gold fell $1 to $1,278.40 an ounce. Silver decreased 3 cents to $16.73 an ounce. Copper stayed at $2.88 a pound. BONDS: Bond prices inched lower. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to 2.26 percent from 2.25 percent. CURRENCIES: The dollar rose to 110.50 yen from 110.30 yen. The euro edged up to $1.1882 from $1.1801. OVERSEAS: Germany’s DAX lost 0.6 percent and the CAC 40 in shed 0.4 percent. Britain’s FTSE 100 gave up 0.2 percent. Japan’s Nikkei 225 rose 0.5 percent and South Korea’s Kospi gained 0.2 percent. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index advanced 0.2 percent.