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.
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.
DeLAND, Fla. (WKMG) Deputies stumbled upon two people passed out on opiates Tuesday morning with an infant in the back seat of their vehicle at a DeLand Circle K, officials with the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies said they noticed the car at 3:14 a.m. in the East New York Avenue Circle K parking lot because the driver’s door was open. In the body camera video released by the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office a man and a woman are shown unconscious inside their car. The windows are fogged up in the video, which deputies said was because the car had been sitting for an extended amount of time. “There’s a baby in there,” one deputy says in the video. The baby, estimated to be 8 months old was a sleep in the back seat, according to deputies. Deputies said the child was sweating profusely and that when the baby woke up, it was clear the baby had not had a diaper change or food in a while. “The diaper had been leaking for an extended period, which was evident by the infant car seat also being saturated with fluids from the baby’s diaper,” deputies wrote in the arrest report. The man, later identified at Sean Gannon, 33, woke up, after a deputy knocked on the vehicle, and was able to answer some questions. When she came to, the woman, Kimberly Mccaffrey, 34, was confused and didn’t know where she was, deputies said. A bag that tested positive for opiates was found in the woman’s pocket, and a spent syringe was found with Gannon. The syringe also tested positive for opiates. Deputies said track marks on Gannon indicated intravenous drug use. Gannon told deputies he drove to the gas station to get coffee for Mccaffrey to help her wake up. Mccaffrey, the baby’s mother, is charged with child neglect and possession of opiates. Gannon is charged with driving with a suspended license and drug possession. Both were booked into the Volusia County Jail. Deputies contacted Mccaffrey’s mother who said “she has been down this road with Kimberly too many times,” and refused to take custody of the child. The child was placed into the care of the Florida Department of Children and Families. “The opioid epidemic touches innocent lives every day,” a post on the Sheriff’s Office Facebook page reads. Opioid crisis tapping out Volusia, Flagler resources Last year, authorities said they found a couple in a similar situation on New Year’s Eve in Volusia County. A Florida Highway Patrol trooper found Daniel Kelsey, 32, and Healther Kelsey, 30 dead of a fentanyl overdose along I-4, with their three young children inside the car. The three children inside this vehicle, now ages 5, 2 and 1, live with Heather’s father, Mike Belisle and his wife in the Panhandle. In 2017, 29 people have died from overdoses in incorporated Volusia County, which does not including cities like Deltona or Daytona Beach, according to Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood. Earlier this year the only licensed addiction treatment facility in Volusia and Flagler counties, the Stewart-Marchman-Act Behavioral Health facility, donated enough of the overdose-reversing drug Narcan to equip every deputy in Volusia County with Narcan. Chitwood estimates if overdoses continue at the current rate his deputies will likely save nearly 1,000 people in 2017 from overdosing using Narcan to bring them back from death.