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.
Credit: Eli Lilly and Company. Twenty more people who tested positive for the coronavirus were admitted to Lee Health hospitals in the past 24 hours Friday. Lee Health has 124 patients with COVID-19 isolated its hospitals, and nine COVID-19 patients are on ventilators. At NCH, 46 people are in the hospital with COVID-19. Southwest Florida will soon have a treatment to help possibly curb the time COVID-19 patients are staying at hospitals. Starting Monday, health systems in Southwest Florida will receive a new antibody treatment to help reduce hospital stays for those with COVID19. The treatment is for people who are in the early stages of COVID-19 with mild to moderate symptoms. They must be high-risk to qualify for the treatment. For those who meet the criteria, doctors told us this could keep their condition from worsening and prevent them from the long hospital stays thousands have experienced. COVID-19 survivor Connie Ramos-Williams spent one week in the hospital after contracting COVID-19, and nearly six weeks after testing negative, she’s still experiencing lingering symptoms. “It’s been a tough and long recovery,” Ramos-Williams said. Ramos-Williams is happy to hear Florida hospitals have a new monoclonal antibody treatment to help high-risk, COVID-19 patients before they end up staying in the hospital like she did. “I think that’s incredible that they are continuing to do research and find antibodies,” Ramos-Williams said. The drug bamlanivimab uses the same neutralizing antibodies found in convalescent plasma that helps patients fight the virus before their body makes their own antibodies. “They have synthesized monoclonal antibodies to mimic that same response, and now it’s in an infusion that we can give that basically will then target COVID-19,” said Dr. David Lindner, who leads the NCH Health System’s COVID-19 response team. “They bind to the spike proteins, and they prevent the virus from getting into human cells and then prevent the infection,” said Dr.Kami Kim, with USF Health Morsani College of Medicine. Gov. Ron DeSantis said 3,000 doses went out to Florida hospitals in the first batch. Hospitals will receive more doses on a weekly basis. Doctors say it’s most effective during the first 10 days of the infection. Lee Health, NCH and Fawcett Memorial Hospital all have the treatment, which is administered by an IV. A doctor has to order the treatment for an at-risk patient with mild to moderate symptoms. “It does appear to provide a degree of improvement for those people, and it decreases the amount of patients who require hospitalization, and that’s the goal here,” Lindner said. It’s a goal Ramos-Williams hopes can be achieved on a large scale, so no one else has to endue what she has. “Hopefully they will continue doing research though to make antibody type treatments available to all patients that end up with COVID-19,” Ramos-Williams said.