Naples man accused of possessing child porn“One kiss wouldn’t hurt”: Arrest report for volunteer softball coach accused of inappropriate behavior released
“One kiss wouldn’t hurt”: Arrest report for volunteer softball coach accused of inappropriate behavior released
NAPLES Naples man accused of possessing child porn After an investigation, a Naples man has been arrested after allegedly having child pornography in his home.
CAPE CORAL “One kiss wouldn’t hurt”: Arrest report for volunteer softball coach accused of inappropriate behavior released A Cape Coral volunteer softball coach stands accused of sending nude photos and touching a 17-year-old student.
the weather authority Dry, warm, and humid morning before isolated storms pop up this afternoon and evening The Weather Authority is tracking a dry and humid Wednesday morning before afternoon isolated storms in Southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach to test hurricane emergency messaging alert The Town of Fort Myers Beach is set to test its CodeRED alert system as hurricane season begins in 31 days.
FORT MYERS Students make goodie bags for kids fighting Cancer A special delivery, straight from the heart, to Galisano’s Children’s Hospital. Three 8th graders from Lexington Middle School delivered 100 goodie bags to bring smiles to kids fighting cancer.
TICE Large police presence at park in Tice Deputies and K9s are investigating Schandler Hall Community Park on Palm Beach Boulevard in Tice.
CAPE CORAL Lee County superintendent candidates face off in debate These three people, Denise Carlin, Morgan Wright and Sheridan Chester, are making it clear that they want the job.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA DEA to reclassify Marijuana as Schedule Three drug When you think of marijuana in Florida, You might think of an illegal drug seized by law enforcement. Kim Rivers, the CEO of Florida-based cannabis retailer Trulieve, says when used medicinally, it can help a lot of people.
FORT MYERS Expect more delays on Colonial and Fowler due to intersection project Work on the Colonial Fowler intersection in Fort Myers is underway, and there are many moving parts.
FORT MYERS Possible pay-by-text scam in downtown Fort Myers may have cost woman nearly $1,000 Pay-by-text parking may have cost one woman nearly a thousand dollars after her credit card was hacked.
FORT MYERS Lee County STET team protecting our schools with cameras There are cameras in our kid’s schools, dozens of them, but did you know that Lee County Schools sends those live video feeds to the sheriff’s office, and it’s someone’s job to watch them?
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Six-week abortion ban to take effect soon A stricter abortion ban will take effect in Florida on Wednesday.
Estero’s Golf Coast Driving Range shuts down, visitors devastated A place to relax, let loose and hit a few drives, has come to the end of an era for this community. “This is the first place we came to,” said Roxanne Henningsen, a Bonita Springs resident. “And it like became our second home. The people are wonderful. It’s just a great atmosphere. And we’ve […]
CAPE CORAL Business owners reeling after massive fire in Cape Coral “Very scary” are the words Denise Creacy used to describe what she felt when she saw plumes of black smoke, firefighters, and police fill her neighborhood.
LEHIGH ACRES Changing how you are represented in Lee County Leaders want to hear your thoughts this week at a town hall on how you elect county commissioners.
NAPLES Naples man accused of possessing child porn After an investigation, a Naples man has been arrested after allegedly having child pornography in his home.
CAPE CORAL “One kiss wouldn’t hurt”: Arrest report for volunteer softball coach accused of inappropriate behavior released A Cape Coral volunteer softball coach stands accused of sending nude photos and touching a 17-year-old student.
the weather authority Dry, warm, and humid morning before isolated storms pop up this afternoon and evening The Weather Authority is tracking a dry and humid Wednesday morning before afternoon isolated storms in Southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach to test hurricane emergency messaging alert The Town of Fort Myers Beach is set to test its CodeRED alert system as hurricane season begins in 31 days.
FORT MYERS Students make goodie bags for kids fighting Cancer A special delivery, straight from the heart, to Galisano’s Children’s Hospital. Three 8th graders from Lexington Middle School delivered 100 goodie bags to bring smiles to kids fighting cancer.
TICE Large police presence at park in Tice Deputies and K9s are investigating Schandler Hall Community Park on Palm Beach Boulevard in Tice.
CAPE CORAL Lee County superintendent candidates face off in debate These three people, Denise Carlin, Morgan Wright and Sheridan Chester, are making it clear that they want the job.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA DEA to reclassify Marijuana as Schedule Three drug When you think of marijuana in Florida, You might think of an illegal drug seized by law enforcement. Kim Rivers, the CEO of Florida-based cannabis retailer Trulieve, says when used medicinally, it can help a lot of people.
FORT MYERS Expect more delays on Colonial and Fowler due to intersection project Work on the Colonial Fowler intersection in Fort Myers is underway, and there are many moving parts.
FORT MYERS Possible pay-by-text scam in downtown Fort Myers may have cost woman nearly $1,000 Pay-by-text parking may have cost one woman nearly a thousand dollars after her credit card was hacked.
FORT MYERS Lee County STET team protecting our schools with cameras There are cameras in our kid’s schools, dozens of them, but did you know that Lee County Schools sends those live video feeds to the sheriff’s office, and it’s someone’s job to watch them?
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Six-week abortion ban to take effect soon A stricter abortion ban will take effect in Florida on Wednesday.
Estero’s Golf Coast Driving Range shuts down, visitors devastated A place to relax, let loose and hit a few drives, has come to the end of an era for this community. “This is the first place we came to,” said Roxanne Henningsen, a Bonita Springs resident. “And it like became our second home. The people are wonderful. It’s just a great atmosphere. And we’ve […]
CAPE CORAL Business owners reeling after massive fire in Cape Coral “Very scary” are the words Denise Creacy used to describe what she felt when she saw plumes of black smoke, firefighters, and police fill her neighborhood.
LEHIGH ACRES Changing how you are represented in Lee County Leaders want to hear your thoughts this week at a town hall on how you elect county commissioners.
Credit: mgn The sound of National Public Radio means many different things to its 60 million weekly followers. There’s in-depth news coverage with “Morning Edition,” “All Things Considered” and “Weekend Edition.” Music’s biggest stars come to NPR headquarters in Washington, D.C., to play for staff members (and millions of fans) at “Tiny Desk Concerts.” And there’s even a weekly quiz show, “Wait, Wait … Don’t Tell Me!,” where “Sunday Morning” correspondent Faith Salie has been a panelist for a dozen years. It all began fifty years ago. When Salie asked Susan Stamberg what was it like to be at NPR in 1971, she replied, “Oh, golly, it was all raw and new and so exciting. We had no resources. We had no idea what we were doing. And we went on the air!” Stamberg was there on Day One, hired as a tape editor. “Around our daily terror, we really did realize that we were inventing something that had not existed.” Very soon, she became the co-host of “All Things Considered” – and the first woman in the country to anchor a national nightly news program. To Bill Siemering, who was the network’s first director of programming, Stamberg was “the voice of NPR that I wanted.” Siemering had a very specific vision for the sound of NPR shows. “And this made people uneasy,” he said. Why? “We had a network, and so they were expecting it to sound like CBS, and it didn’t!” Siemering, who would go on to be awarded a MacArthur Fellows “genius” grant – wrote NPR’s original mission statement. Salie asked, “How did you conceive of NPR being different from commercial radio?” “Because it’s not about ratings; it’s purpose-driven,” he replied. “And so, I wrote: ‘It doesn’t regard its audience as a market, but as curious, complex individuals who are looking for some understanding, meaning and joy in the human experience.’ It’s all about connecting.” Siemering wanted people on the air to talk, to sound natural, and not announce. Stamberg recalled, “Bill said, ‘Be Yourself,’ and that meant the world to me.” Stamberg’s commanding voice paved the way for NPR’s next 50 years. Many within NPR credit much of its early success to the leadership of its four “founding mothers”: Stamberg, along with ground-breaking correspondents Linda Wertheimer covering politics and Congress; legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg; and the late Congressional correspondent Cokie Roberts. One lesson of the founding mothers was to be generous with your skills, said “All Things Considered” co-host Audie Cornish. “Cokie Roberts, like, she called me and said, ‘Hey, kid, like, what’s going on? How are you doing in Congress?’ Susan would listen to my work and give me notes. And I appreciated that.” “Generosity” is a word often heard around NPR – and yes, this is about those ubiquitous pledge drives. Most of NPR’s funding comes from corporate sponsors, and from independent public radio stations around the country that buy its programming. “It’s not a profit-driven enterprise, right? It’s there for the greater good,” said Margaret Low. “And it counts on people to, like, open up their hearts and open up their pocketbooks to help pay for it.” Low began at NPR in 1982, and today is CEO of WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station. “We got letters this year from people who said, ‘I’m not working right now, but here’s $25. It’s the most I could give, but you mean the world to me,'” Low said. Eric Deggans was hired to be NPR’s first full-time TV critic. “They hired a Black male to do it, and I think that says something,” he said. But even with a fiercely loyal audience of millions, Deggans said there are things that NPR could do better, such as hire an even more diverse staff, and produce more inclusive programming. Salie asked, “Do you think a lot of Black Americans listen to NPR?” “Uh, no. No. No, they don’t,” Deggans replied. “I think Black folks, we have a highly-developed sense of when our culture is included in programming. NPR is not that.” The radio audience is 81% White, but Deggans said NPR is reaching new and younger listeners, especially through podcasting. “We’re trying to catch up, you know? And we’re still not where we need to be,” he said. Between 1978 and 1995, Ira Glass did just about every job at NPR; he became one of the network’s most famous graduates. He told Salie, “I didn’t know anybody who listens to NPR. I had literally never heard of it.” And today, he said, NPR could be more open to innovative ideas on the radio. “What was happening at NPR when I first arrived there was, there were a lot of people experimenting with how do we use this medium in this way that it’s never been used? And it very much felt like an experiment.” His experiment, “This American Life,” debuted in 1995, and last year became the very first radio program to win a Pulitzer Prize. Though it airs on public radio stations, Glass emphasized that “This American Life” is not an NPR show. “Why not?” asked Salie. “I wanted NPR to distribute it,” he laughed, “but NPR didn’t want to distribute it. The people who were in charge of making those decisions, they just didn’t get the show. They didn’t like the show. They didn’t understand it.” Obviously, Glass did very well – and so does NPR. But in a world of so many choices, Susan Stamberg said what her network provides is more necessary than ever. Salie asked her, “What do you think it will take for NPR to have another 50 years?” “I don’t know what the future of radio programs, per se, will be,” Stamberg replied. “It may not be that long. But people will always listen and want to hear stories told by human voices.”