Pedestrian injured in crash on McGregor BoulevardFamily of Eagles: FGCU volleyball star graduates with Master’s Degree
FORT MYERS Pedestrian injured in crash on McGregor Boulevard The Fort Myers Police Department is investigating a crash that left at least one person injured Saturday night.
Family of Eagles: FGCU volleyball star graduates with Master’s Degree Saturday marked a special day for Florida Gulf Coast University as more than 1,800 students graduated. For one student-athlete, graduating from FGCU runs in the family.
lehigh acres LCSO: Man shot by car owner protecting property The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting in Lehigh Acres early Saturday morning.
NORTH FORT MYERS Lee County residents wait hours for D-SNAP assistance The supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) is at the Lee Civic Center all weekend, ready to help southwest Florida.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA First eaglet hatches in famous SWFL eagle nest Welcome E24! The third eaglet from the nest of M15 and F23 has hatched according to the Southwest Florida eagle camera.
Rock for Equality: SWFL non-profit hosts benefit concert for Palestine A Southwest Florida non-profit hosted a benefit concert on Friday night to help with humanitarian aid in Palestine.
Warm, breezy Saturday with a few showers possible The Weather Authority is forecasting a breezy, warm weekend in store across Southwest Florida, with the chance of a few showers, particularly on Saturday.
CAPE CORAL Active investigation underway in South Cape Coral Cape Coral police are investigating at a home on Southwest 49th Terrace in South Cape Coral early Saturday morning.
16 transported after 2 airboats crash in Collier County According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, two airboats crashed south of U.S. 41 east between mile markers 74 and 75, leaving well over a dozen people injured.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA New bill filed: Auto shop and law enforcement must work together to solve hit-and-run crashes There could be new detectives on the block, located in your nearest auto shop. A new state bill aims at trying to stop hit-and-run drivers from getting away.
CAPE CORAL New leash on life; Cape Coral shelter dog beats cancer with drug being tested for humans A drug now being studied in human trials to kill cancerous tumors, is already approved and helping animals.
CAPE CORAL City of Cape Coral planning a new interchange with I-75 The city of Cape Coral is in the early stages of planning a new interchange with I-75, an idea that has been discussed for more than a decade.
Tracking invasive species after hurricanes Hurricanes Helene and Milton didn’t just bring wind and rain, they brought new threats to southwest Florida’s ecosystem.
PUNTA GORDA Woman in Punta Gorda shooting charged with 2nd degree murder A woman in a homicide investigation on Nasturtium Drive in Punta Gorda has been charged with 2nd-degree murder.
Lee County mother continuing fight to get children a bus stop The school district already told her she lives too close to the school to qualify for a bus route but she has not given up.
FORT MYERS Pedestrian injured in crash on McGregor Boulevard The Fort Myers Police Department is investigating a crash that left at least one person injured Saturday night.
Family of Eagles: FGCU volleyball star graduates with Master’s Degree Saturday marked a special day for Florida Gulf Coast University as more than 1,800 students graduated. For one student-athlete, graduating from FGCU runs in the family.
lehigh acres LCSO: Man shot by car owner protecting property The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting in Lehigh Acres early Saturday morning.
NORTH FORT MYERS Lee County residents wait hours for D-SNAP assistance The supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) is at the Lee Civic Center all weekend, ready to help southwest Florida.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA First eaglet hatches in famous SWFL eagle nest Welcome E24! The third eaglet from the nest of M15 and F23 has hatched according to the Southwest Florida eagle camera.
Rock for Equality: SWFL non-profit hosts benefit concert for Palestine A Southwest Florida non-profit hosted a benefit concert on Friday night to help with humanitarian aid in Palestine.
Warm, breezy Saturday with a few showers possible The Weather Authority is forecasting a breezy, warm weekend in store across Southwest Florida, with the chance of a few showers, particularly on Saturday.
CAPE CORAL Active investigation underway in South Cape Coral Cape Coral police are investigating at a home on Southwest 49th Terrace in South Cape Coral early Saturday morning.
16 transported after 2 airboats crash in Collier County According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, two airboats crashed south of U.S. 41 east between mile markers 74 and 75, leaving well over a dozen people injured.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA New bill filed: Auto shop and law enforcement must work together to solve hit-and-run crashes There could be new detectives on the block, located in your nearest auto shop. A new state bill aims at trying to stop hit-and-run drivers from getting away.
CAPE CORAL New leash on life; Cape Coral shelter dog beats cancer with drug being tested for humans A drug now being studied in human trials to kill cancerous tumors, is already approved and helping animals.
CAPE CORAL City of Cape Coral planning a new interchange with I-75 The city of Cape Coral is in the early stages of planning a new interchange with I-75, an idea that has been discussed for more than a decade.
Tracking invasive species after hurricanes Hurricanes Helene and Milton didn’t just bring wind and rain, they brought new threats to southwest Florida’s ecosystem.
PUNTA GORDA Woman in Punta Gorda shooting charged with 2nd degree murder A woman in a homicide investigation on Nasturtium Drive in Punta Gorda has been charged with 2nd-degree murder.
Lee County mother continuing fight to get children a bus stop The school district already told her she lives too close to the school to qualify for a bus route but she has not given up.
In this Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 photo a passerby makes their way past a mural, in Boston’s East Boston neighborhood, that is meant to pay tribute to grandmothers of East Boston from the early twentieth century up through the present, many of whom immigrated to the U.S. Murals celebrating immigrants are cropping up across Boston neighborhoods as part of the national “To Immigrants With Love” campaign. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) BOSTON (AP) Murals celebrating immigrants past and present are cropping up in Boston neighborhoods as part of the city’s take on the national “To Immigrants With Love” campaign. The murals, which began cropping up this summer, juxtapose real life Boston immigrants from past generations with more recent newcomers. One mural features a Russian couple who founded a local liquor store empire with a Dominican man who owns an electronic repair store. Another depicts an Italian catering company owner and a Mexican community activist. In this Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 photo a passerby walks past a mural that depicts Alex Castillo, left, who immigrated to the U.S. from the Dominican Republic as a child in 1996, and Beatrice and Louis White, right, a couple who immigrated from Russia and arrived at Ellis Island in the early 1900s, on the side of a liquor store in Boston’s Roslindale neighborhood. Murals celebrating immigrants are cropping up across Boston neighborhoods as part of the national “To Immigrants With Love” campaign. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) The works of art also include a quote translated into Spanish, Italian, Yiddish and other languages: “You will always be welcome in the city of Boston.” “It’s a very powerful message of welcome,” says Veronica Robles, the recent Mexican immigrant featured in one of the murals. “It makes people feel safe and appreciated. More than ever, that’s an important message to put out there.” Katherine Copeland, who works in the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement and helped developed the project, says it was inspired by #ToImmigrantsWithLove, a social media campaign started by the nonprofits Define American and I Am An Immigrant to show solidarity with immigrants nationwide. “That’s what really sparked the idea,” Copeland said. “We wanted to take that message one step further but more specific to Boston.” The first of three murals were completed this summer by the Mayor’s Mural Crew, a long-running program paying high school students to complete public art throughout the city. Located on the side of the Atlas Wines and Liquors in the city’s Roslindale neighborhood, the brightly colored mural features Louis and Beatrice White, the Russian couple who founded the company in the 1930s following the repeal of Prohibition. In this Monday, Nov. 20, 2017 photo a passer-by walks past a mural that depicts Veronica Robles, left, a community activist who moved to Boston from Mexico in 2000, and Carmello Scire, right, an entrepreneur who arrived in Boston from Italy in the 1930s, in Boston’s East Boston neighborhood. Murals celebrating immigrants are cropping up across Boston neighborhoods as part of the national “To Immigrants With Love” campaign. (AP Photo/Steven Senne) Pictured next to them is Alex Castillo, a native of the Dominican Republic and owner of Digitech Electronic Solutions, a nearby electronics repair shop. Across town in East Boston, a second mural located on the side of a dentist office depicts Carmello Scire, an Italian immigrant from the 1930s who founded a long-running catering company now known as Sammy Carlo’s Delicatessen and Catering. The derby hat-wearing Scire is joined in the mural by a sombrero-wearing Robles, who arrived in Boston in 2000 and founded the Veronica Robles Cultural Center to promote Latin American dance and culture. The third mural, located under an overpass along East Boston’s bike path, highlights immigrant grandmothers and draws from the photos residents submitted of their own grandmothers. Heidi Schork, director of the city’s Mural Crew, says the murals are meant to evoke each neighborhood’s evolution. Roslindale, for example, was once a thriving center of the city’s Jewish population and has become increasingly Latino, she said. And East Boston was once strongly Italian but today is a center of the state’s Central American community. “We want people to embrace the immigrants of today in the same way they embrace their own ancestors,” said Celina Barrios-Millner, a fellow in the Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement. “We just want to make that connection because it’s such an immigrant city.”