NAPLES Turtle Club in Naples reopens Following a 19-month closure because of Hurricane Ian, the Turtle Club has reopened.
FORT MYERS BEACH Hurricane season preparations at Lee County construction sites Many already know the drill when hurricane season is around the corner.
SANIBEL Bones found on Sanibel concern beachgoers A husband and wife found what appeared to be bones. What type and where they came from is being investigated.
FGCU FGCU president reflects on first year with graduating class Alico Arena was packed this weekend as Florida Gulf Coast University graduated 1,900 students in four ceremonies.
Reverse shoulder replacement offers new approach to pain management Shoulder replacement is the third most common replacement in the US, following hip and knee replacement.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Lee County teachers bargain for new raises Kevin Daly is the voice of the Lee County Teachers Union, and he says he knows firsthand the struggle teachers experience across the state.
FORT MYERS New Starbucks off Colonial expected to add to traffic headaches It’s a venti-sized traffic nightmare. That’s how Gina O’Donnell envisions the future of this plaza.
NAPLES Feeding families through Meals of Hope They’re a Naples-based non-profit organization whose mission is to alleviate hunger both locally and throughout the country.
Family dealing with two losses in quick succession A teenager will not get to celebrate turning 21 years old with friends, can’t put a smile on his family member’s faces and will never get to see his mother again.
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah Israeli leaders approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces were striking targets in the area, officials announced Monday, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal.
FORT MYERS Middle school tech worker uses CPR skills to save pickleball player’s life It was the right place, at the right time, and that right place was near the pickleball court.
EVERGLADES Big Sugar’s lawsuit for control over Lake Okeechobee water A local non-profit is calling one lawsuit a battle for who controls the water in the State of Florida. Three major sugar companies filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the design and intended use of the Everglades Agriculture Area (EAA) Reservoir.
NAPLES Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day program returns to Jewish Federation of Greater Naples Sunday was a day to remember the six million men, women and children lost in the Holocaust.
COLLIER COUNTY 13th dead Florida panther of 2024 found Saturday; deaths now match 2023’s annual total Wildlife officials discovered the 13 dead endangered Florida panther of the year, matching 2023’s total reported mortalities less than halfway into the year.
NORTH PORT Entryway work temporarily closes North Port Library The North Port Library will be closed through Saturday while work is being done to the entryway. During the closure books and other borrowed items can be returned to nearby locations.
NAPLES Turtle Club in Naples reopens Following a 19-month closure because of Hurricane Ian, the Turtle Club has reopened.
FORT MYERS BEACH Hurricane season preparations at Lee County construction sites Many already know the drill when hurricane season is around the corner.
SANIBEL Bones found on Sanibel concern beachgoers A husband and wife found what appeared to be bones. What type and where they came from is being investigated.
FGCU FGCU president reflects on first year with graduating class Alico Arena was packed this weekend as Florida Gulf Coast University graduated 1,900 students in four ceremonies.
Reverse shoulder replacement offers new approach to pain management Shoulder replacement is the third most common replacement in the US, following hip and knee replacement.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Lee County teachers bargain for new raises Kevin Daly is the voice of the Lee County Teachers Union, and he says he knows firsthand the struggle teachers experience across the state.
FORT MYERS New Starbucks off Colonial expected to add to traffic headaches It’s a venti-sized traffic nightmare. That’s how Gina O’Donnell envisions the future of this plaza.
NAPLES Feeding families through Meals of Hope They’re a Naples-based non-profit organization whose mission is to alleviate hunger both locally and throughout the country.
Family dealing with two losses in quick succession A teenager will not get to celebrate turning 21 years old with friends, can’t put a smile on his family member’s faces and will never get to see his mother again.
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah Israeli leaders approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces were striking targets in the area, officials announced Monday, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal.
FORT MYERS Middle school tech worker uses CPR skills to save pickleball player’s life It was the right place, at the right time, and that right place was near the pickleball court.
EVERGLADES Big Sugar’s lawsuit for control over Lake Okeechobee water A local non-profit is calling one lawsuit a battle for who controls the water in the State of Florida. Three major sugar companies filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the design and intended use of the Everglades Agriculture Area (EAA) Reservoir.
NAPLES Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day program returns to Jewish Federation of Greater Naples Sunday was a day to remember the six million men, women and children lost in the Holocaust.
COLLIER COUNTY 13th dead Florida panther of 2024 found Saturday; deaths now match 2023’s annual total Wildlife officials discovered the 13 dead endangered Florida panther of the year, matching 2023’s total reported mortalities less than halfway into the year.
NORTH PORT Entryway work temporarily closes North Port Library The North Port Library will be closed through Saturday while work is being done to the entryway. During the closure books and other borrowed items can be returned to nearby locations.
FILE – In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo a sign is shown on a Google building at their campus in Mountain View, Calif. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File) Some of America’s biggest corporations are distancing themselves from lawmakers following the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week. More than a dozen Fortune 500 companies have suspended political donations, and at least one is asking for money back from senators who cast doubt on the 2020 presidential election results. Hallmark Cards Inc. asked Republican Senators Josh Hawley and Roger Marshall for refunds Monday, stating the lawmakers’ decisions to reject state-certified Electoral College votes “do not reflect our company’s values.” Hawley and Marshall received a combined $12,000 from the company. American Express announced to employees Monday that it would be withholding donations from lawmakers who voted “to subvert the presidential election results and disrupt the peaceful transition of power.” Other major firms like Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are going farther, saying they’ll withhold all political contributions from members of both parties — chemical giant Dow doing so for at least two years. “It’s sending a ripple effect across all these campaigns because Donald Trump is radioactive,” GOP consultant and CBS News political analyst Leslie Sanchez told CBS News’ Ed O’Keefe. Sanchez said the corporate giving ban could hurt many Republican candidates. “The question campaigns are asking themselves is, how long is this going to last and can they separate their campaign from the larger Republican Party and the aura that it has?” she said. According to her conversations with top government relations executives, however, Sanchez said the giving ban is likely only temporary. “Six months and nine months down the line, they expect those dollars to start flowing again,” she said. “These are going to be based on individual relationships and not necessarily the party as a whole.” But CBS News political contributor Robby Mook, a Democratic Party consultant, thinks this is a bigger shift. “This is part of a larger reckoning we’re seeing in our society. Employees of these companies really care about what their leadership is doing, about what happens to this PAC money that they’re donating,” he said. “And we saw how this was transformational in sports, in entertainment — and I think we’re going to start to see it in corporate America as it relates to politics as well.” Corporate America is also facing pressure when it comes to hiring President Trump’s current and former spokespeople. White House press secretaries often go on to get high-profile jobs in the private sector — President Obama’s, for example, went on to McDonalds, Amazon and United. However, Forbes magazine editor Randall Lane argues those who spoke for Mr. Trump will face a different landscape. If top companies hire them, Lane said, his magazine “will assume that everything your company or firm talks about is a lie.” “There’s no way that we can look at our readers and say these are people we can trust in the private sector now to give accurate information,” he said. The Professional Golf Association is also distancing itself from the U.S. Capitol fallout, saying it will not play the PGA Championship at Trump National Golf Club in New Jersey next year. ViacomCBS, which owns CBS News and carries the golf tournament, had no immediate comment on their giving plans.