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Report: Southwest Florida renter salaries should be $93,000 not to be ‘rent burdened’
For renters, finding a place to live in Southwest Florida that fits in their budget can feel like looking for gold at the end of a rainbow. “Rent’s terrible,” one resident told WINK News. A report from Florida Atlantic University, University of Alabama and Florida Gulf Coast University shows rent in the Fort Myers-Cape Coral […]

Rain-free Memorial Day forecast for much of Southwest Florida
High temperatures will reach the upper 80s and low 90s under mostly cloudy skies. These will mainly be in the upper levels of our atmosphere. It will be humid in the afternoon, with dew points climbing into the upper 60s and low 70s.

Florida woman faces charges after allegedly driving SUV into crowd at the beach
A woman is now facing serious charges after allegedly plowing her SUV into a crowd of people and then driving into the water at the beach on Saturday.

Struggles continue for thousands in Florida 8 months after Hurricane Ian
Eight months ago, chef Michael Cellura had a restaurant job and had just moved into a fancy new camper home on Fort Myers Beach. Now, after Hurricane Ian swept all that away, he lives in his older Infiniti sedan with a 15-year-old long-haired chihuahua named Ginger.
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Tom Allen Memorial Butterfly House
Hurricane Ian impacted many of Florida’s beautiful and unique species. One of them, the Zebra Longwing Butterfly, virtually disappeared from the area after the storm.

Mother speaks after jury recommends death for daughter’s killer
Jan Cornell came close to peace after Joseph Zieler was convicted of murdering her eleven-year-old Robin Cornell and family friend Lisa Story and again days later when the jury recommended the death penalty.

Car catches fire, crashing into 2 other vehicles and Lehigh Acres home, 1 hurt
Fire bursts from a car after slamming into a home in Lehigh Acres Monday afternoon.

House fire in Naples leaves Vietnam vet homeless
71-year-old Donald Cline, a Vietnam war veteran lost his Naples home to a fire Sunday night.