Caught on Camera: Cape Coral mailbox hit by drifting carDeSoto County man sentenced for deadly DUI crash
CAPE CORAL Caught on Camera: Cape Coral mailbox hit by drifting car A Cape Coral homeowner was left in shock after a car sent her mailbox flying through the air and left tire tracks next to her home.
ARCADIA DeSoto County man sentenced for deadly DUI crash Justice for a mother and son killed by a man driving under the influence.
NAPLES Oldest Black-owned business in SWFL continues to serve community Cleveland Bass Movers, founded in 1969, stands as the oldest Black-owned business in Southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS BEACH Broken gate on Lovers Key Beach Resort frustrating residents Residents of Lover’s Key Beach Club in Fort Myers Beach are frustrated with a gate that remains wide open, despite “No Trespassing” signs, since Hurricane Ian struck two years ago.
St. James City Church plans $700k flood-proofing project for future safety Hurricanes have caused flood after flood, and one island church, The First Baptist Church of Saint James City, wants to build higher.
Romance scams rise in the US, AARP warns residents to beware Romance scams are on the rise, with the Federal Trade Commission reporting over 64,000 cases in the U.S. in 2023.
Fort Myers Savannah Bananas make their way to Fort Myers for first time The Savannah Bananas have made their way to JetBlue Park for Friday’s sold-out game in Fort Myers to watch “the greatest show in sports.”
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral Yacht Club receives key permit Cape Coral received a key permit for a Yacht Club Community Park. This permit opens up the necessary steps for the park to be built.
PORT CHARLOTTE Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church holds 31st annual Greek Fest The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church of Port Charlotte kicked off its 31st annual Greek Fest on Friday.
Donations helping young kids get fed Food insecurity is a pressing issue in the community, and organizations like the Harry Chapin Food Bank, Meals of Hope and the Guadalupe Center are stepping up to help.
New risk factors contribute to heart disease February is American Heart Month, a perfect time to assess your heart health.
PORT CHARLOTTE Port Charlotte High School student arrested for possession of BB gun According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, a student has been arrested after a BB gun was found in his backpack on Friday.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers Regional Library to undergo multiple repairs due to Ian The Fort Myers Regional Library is preparing for essential repairs, nearly two years after Hurricane Ian made its impact.
Drug bust at Collier County home leads to triple arrest Three people are accused of running a drug house that held opioids, fentanyl and other illicit narcotics in Collier County.
Charlotte County’s first Grain & Berry opens Fast-growing organic vegan restaurant franchise Grain & Berry opened in Port Charlotte, making it the 19th in the state out of a total of 23 nationwide.
CAPE CORAL Caught on Camera: Cape Coral mailbox hit by drifting car A Cape Coral homeowner was left in shock after a car sent her mailbox flying through the air and left tire tracks next to her home.
ARCADIA DeSoto County man sentenced for deadly DUI crash Justice for a mother and son killed by a man driving under the influence.
NAPLES Oldest Black-owned business in SWFL continues to serve community Cleveland Bass Movers, founded in 1969, stands as the oldest Black-owned business in Southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS BEACH Broken gate on Lovers Key Beach Resort frustrating residents Residents of Lover’s Key Beach Club in Fort Myers Beach are frustrated with a gate that remains wide open, despite “No Trespassing” signs, since Hurricane Ian struck two years ago.
St. James City Church plans $700k flood-proofing project for future safety Hurricanes have caused flood after flood, and one island church, The First Baptist Church of Saint James City, wants to build higher.
Romance scams rise in the US, AARP warns residents to beware Romance scams are on the rise, with the Federal Trade Commission reporting over 64,000 cases in the U.S. in 2023.
Fort Myers Savannah Bananas make their way to Fort Myers for first time The Savannah Bananas have made their way to JetBlue Park for Friday’s sold-out game in Fort Myers to watch “the greatest show in sports.”
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral Yacht Club receives key permit Cape Coral received a key permit for a Yacht Club Community Park. This permit opens up the necessary steps for the park to be built.
PORT CHARLOTTE Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church holds 31st annual Greek Fest The Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church of Port Charlotte kicked off its 31st annual Greek Fest on Friday.
Donations helping young kids get fed Food insecurity is a pressing issue in the community, and organizations like the Harry Chapin Food Bank, Meals of Hope and the Guadalupe Center are stepping up to help.
New risk factors contribute to heart disease February is American Heart Month, a perfect time to assess your heart health.
PORT CHARLOTTE Port Charlotte High School student arrested for possession of BB gun According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, a student has been arrested after a BB gun was found in his backpack on Friday.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers Regional Library to undergo multiple repairs due to Ian The Fort Myers Regional Library is preparing for essential repairs, nearly two years after Hurricane Ian made its impact.
Drug bust at Collier County home leads to triple arrest Three people are accused of running a drug house that held opioids, fentanyl and other illicit narcotics in Collier County.
Charlotte County’s first Grain & Berry opens Fast-growing organic vegan restaurant franchise Grain & Berry opened in Port Charlotte, making it the 19th in the state out of a total of 23 nationwide.
FILE – In this Sept. 24, 2017 file photo, a Ghadr-H missile, center, a solid-fuel surface-to-surface Sejjil missile and a portrait of the Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei are displayed at Baharestan Square in Tehran, Iran. Facing a second suspected Israeli strike killing Iranian forces in Syria, the Islamic Republic has few ways to retaliate as its officials wrestle both domestic unrest at home and the prospects of its nuclear deal collapsing abroad. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File) Israel has tried to shake up the debate over the Iran nuclear deal by showing off alleged evidence of Iran’s past nuclear weapons program. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said flatly in a dramatic presentation, in English, on Monday that “Iran lied” about its nuclear ambitions. He claimed that a secret archive taken from a warehouse in Tehran includes plans to build atomic warheads. But Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammed Javad Zarif mocked Netanyahu on Twitter early Tuesday, saying, “the boy who can’t stop crying wolf is at it again.” Meanwhile, key U.S. ally France — a signatory to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal — said that far from proving its illegitimacy, Israel’s revelations actually highlight the need to keep the international agreement in place. French foreign ministry spokeswoman Agnes von der Muhll called the nuclear deal, formally known by the acronym JCPOA, among the “most comprehensive and robust in the history of nuclear non-proliferation.” “It is essential that the IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) can continue to verify Iran’s respect for JCPOA (nuclear deal) and the peaceful nature of its nuclear program,” she said. If anything, she said the Israeli evidence bolstered the argument for an extension of the current 10-year nuclear agreement, rather than for an abandonment or renegotiation of it. The IAEA, the entity tasked with inspecting and verifying Iran’s compliance with the terms of the agreement, issued a statement Tuesday indicating that Israel’s trove of Iranian archives did not immediately appear to change the understanding of what the Islamic Republic did, or when. “The Agency’s overall assessment was that a range of activities relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device were conducted in Iran prior to the end of 2003 as a coordinated effort, and some activities took place after 2003. The Agency also assessed that these activities did not advance beyond feasibility and scientific studies, and the acquisition of certain relevant technical competences and capabilities,” the agency said in its written statement. “The same report stated that the Agency had no credible indications of activities in Iran relevant to the development of a nuclear explosive device after 2009.” But on Monday, a White House spokesman said the information obtained by Israel, “provides new and compelling details about Iran’s efforts to develop missile-deliverable nuclear weapons.” “Face the Nation” moderator and senior foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan says the U.S. still believes that Iran has kept its nuclear program frozen since the 2015 nuclear agreement was reached. But standing next to the intelligence seized by Israeli spies from a warehouse in Tehran, Netanyahu said it proved Iran had lied about its efforts to build a nuclear weapon. “Even after the deal, Iran continued to preserve and expand its nuclear weapons knowledge for future use,” argued the Israeli leader, who wants the U.S. to pull out of the nuclear deal which has frozen Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief. Last week the leaders of France and Germany lobbied President Trump to stick with it, rather than tear up the deal as he promised to do while on the campaign trail. President Trump must make his decision on whether to continue putting his stamp of approval on the nuclear deal by May 12. If he doesn’t ratify it, as required by U.S. law, the U.S. would essentially become non-party to the agreement, and Iran has warned of “grave consequences” — suggesting it could return quickly to its nuclear research and development — if he takes that step. On Monday, Mr. Trump suggested he could instead choose a third option: Craft a new version of the agreement. “On or before the 12th, we’ll make a decision; that doesn’t mean we won’t negotiate a real agreement,” he said at the White House. Brennan says most of the intelligence Netanyahu cited on Monday was from before the 2015 deal was signed by the U.S., Iran, China, Britain, France, Germany and Russia, and he did not present any evidence that Iran had violated it since that signing. Speaking to reporters on his plane, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the newly revealed details do show that Iran has not been honest about the nature of its past nuclear research, and he believes they, “will, I think, spell out the scope and scale of the program that they undertook there.” But he said that so far, there does not appear to be evidence to contradict his testimony in April that Iran has remained faithful to the deal. Israel’s evidence from the Iranian warehouse, however, indeed contradict Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif’s claim, made on “Face the Nation,” that Iran’s past nuclear program had been for entirely peaceful purposes. “Iran was never racing towards a bomb and it will not be racing towards a bomb,” Zarif said last month.