‘It’s devastating’: Neighbor reflects on fatal fire in Port Charlotte‘The sound of death’ Neighbors concerned by amount of crashes on Joel Blvd
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PORT CHARLOTTE ‘It’s devastating’: Neighbor reflects on fatal fire in Port Charlotte A devastating house fire Monday night in Port Charlotte has left one person dead and another hospitalized while neighbors mourn the possible loss of a beloved member of their community.
‘The sound of death’ Neighbors concerned by amount of crashes on Joel Blvd A woman is heartbroken from witnessing crash after crash outside her Lehigh Acres home.
Fort Myers get 15% increase on flood insurance discount WINK News is finding out what led to the city of Fort Myers going from just a 5% FEMA flood insurance discount to a 20% discount.
FORT MYERS Locals house California wildfire victims The effects of the California fires are being felt worldwide as people evacuate some are in southwest Florida.
LOVERS KEY Couple returns to Lovers Key condo post Ian While Hurricane Ian is long gone from Southwest Florida, many are still feeling its impacts.
EVERGLADES Biden signs Water Resources Development Act, its effect on SWFL President Biden recently signed into law the Water Resources Development Act with an aim to improve rivers and harbors across the country and provide for the conservation of water. Southwest Florida was included in that act. Putting the 240-page plan together took a lot of work, not just from state and federal lawmakers, but also […]
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The future of biometrics: Safer security or new AI risks? In 2021, the Transportation Service Agency (TSA) launched its new touchless identity solution in the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County airport.
CAPE CORAL Pelican Elementary resource officer saves infant A school resource officer at Pelican Elementary saved an infants’ life at a traffic stop in Cape Coral.
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NAPLES Cutting-edge ACL surgery reducing reinjury risk by 80% Known for its game-changing orthopedic repair options, Naples-based Arthrex has done it again.
NAPLES MacStrength FL offers sport and lifestyle training for young athletes In 2025, MacStrength FL is swinging for success with their current players and for a wider reach in its community.
You can appeal FEMA’s decision on your claim – Here’s how Now a week after the deadline for FEMA hurricane assistance has closed, the federal agency says you can appeal their decision on your claim if you don’t agree.
Naples selects city CFO as next city manager, averts national search Naples Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer Gary Young will become the next city manager, averting a lengthy, expensive national search for a replacement.
A man is captured in a video recording yelling racial slurs and violent words toward a woman in her car while stopped at a red light in Collier County Thursday, Aug. 13, 2020. Investigators with Collier County Sheriff’s Office are now searching for the man in the video. Credit: via WINK News. The suspect is now in custody and faces multiple charges from the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. He has been identified as 40-year-old Jeffrey Adam Rouse. He also is accused of defacing the signs of two political candidates last week. A racist rant has a woman afraid for her life. As disturbing as it is, she wants people to see the video. Collier County investigators want her to come forward so they can take action to make sure it never happens again. Thursday, a woman in Collier County recorded an encounter she had with a belligerent man in public. She told us she wants to make sure the world will see the verbal attack she experienced. The woman’s friend told us she is extremely shaken up by what happened to her at a red light. “I definitely know it scared her, and, for me, it definitely scared me because I’m an African American,” said Peter Jean Marie, a neighbor and friend of the woman. In the video, the man yells at the woman, “How much do you think your life matters right now? None.” The man was recorded using racist slurs offensive to black people as well as other comments that incited violence, such as telling the woman he would pepper spray her. It’s a racist rant that targeted the woman while she sat in her car at a red light. His words cut deep, shocking thousands on social media and leaving the victim afraid. Jean Marie says the 37-second video his friend captured opened his eyes to what’s going on in his community. “After watching that video and hearing that that happened to a neighbor, I came to the realization that racism is closer than you expect,” Marie said. NCH Nurse Dominique Peterson says the same man verbally attacked her and her co-worker while they were walking through the parking lot at work. When she saw this video, she sent it to Collier County Sheriff’s Office. “I know this guy,” Peterson said. “This was the same guy I filed a report about a week or two ago. Now, we have clear video footage. He’s doing it to someone else.” The victim said she was not able to get the man’s license plate number before he drove off. The sheriff’s office wants her to come forward and make a report, saying it’s ready to take action. The woman’s friend is going to pass that information along to her. Jean Marie hopes people don’t only watch the video. He hopes everyone starts down the road toward making sure something like this doesn’t happen again. “I just hope that we all could somehow unite and treat one another fairly and kindly and just not be so hurtful,” Jean Marie said.