Former Dollar General employee accused of stealing $7,000 in returnsThe Tropics and Red Tide; what happens if or when they interact?
NORTH FORT MYERS Former Dollar General employee accused of stealing $7,000 in returns A woman has been arrested after defrauding a Dollar General in North Fort Myers.
FORT MYERS BEACH The Tropics and Red Tide; what happens if or when they interact? The Tropics are active despite the fact that there’s less than a month left in hurricane season. But how will a system interact with red tide?
CAPE CORAL Police investigate gunfire at Cape Coral Airbnb The bullet holes left behind by shots heard in a normally quiet Cape Coral neighborhood scared one woman into buying security cameras for her home.
CAPE CORAL Bimini Basin residents face housing challenges Time is running out for the families who live in one Cape Coral community to find places to call home.
Harris and Trump make a furious final push before Election Day A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final sprint across a handful of states on Election Day eve.
DeSantis working to stop amendments 3 and 4 ahead of Election Day Governor Ron DeSantis is on a mission, and he is willing to spend his own cash to win it.
Using AI to detect pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States. That’s due in part to the limited testing available for early detection.
the weather authority Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean The Weather Authority meteorologists are monitoring the Caribbean as Tropical Storm Rafael has formed.
CAPE CORAL JROTC cadets prepare for Cape Coral Veterans Day Parade Cape Coral High School JROTC students will march to honor our veterans.
FORT MYERS Walmart truck involved in Fort Myers crash, blocking EB lanes on Palm Beach Blvd. at Dixie Lane A Walmart truck has been involved in a crash in Fort Myers on Monday afternoon.
Nonprofit provides office space to local businesses displaced by hurricanes The staff of Valerie’s House knows what it’s like to be without a place of its own. After learning about some local businesses’ offices being destroyed by recent hurricanes, the nonprofit organization that helps grieving children offered space at its Punta Gorda center.
CAPE CORAL NB lanes of Burnt Store Rd. and EB lanes of Embers Pkwy. closed near intersection due to crash Cape Coral Police Department officers are investigating a major crash at Burnt Store Road Embers Parkway.
PORT CHARLOTTE Neighbors frustrated with car noises in Port Charlotte A battle intensifies on Oceanside Avenue in Port Charlotte between neighbors and an endless bombardment of car noises.
Charlotte County provides update on boat ramp closures The Charlotte County Community Services has provided an update regarding the boat ramp closures brought about by hurricanes Milton and Helene.
LEE COUNTY Man found guilty of 1st-degree murder in fentanyl-overdose death of Lee County woman A man has been convicted of first-degree murder of unlawful distribution of fentanyl for the overdose death of a Lee County woman.
NORTH FORT MYERS Former Dollar General employee accused of stealing $7,000 in returns A woman has been arrested after defrauding a Dollar General in North Fort Myers.
FORT MYERS BEACH The Tropics and Red Tide; what happens if or when they interact? The Tropics are active despite the fact that there’s less than a month left in hurricane season. But how will a system interact with red tide?
CAPE CORAL Police investigate gunfire at Cape Coral Airbnb The bullet holes left behind by shots heard in a normally quiet Cape Coral neighborhood scared one woman into buying security cameras for her home.
CAPE CORAL Bimini Basin residents face housing challenges Time is running out for the families who live in one Cape Coral community to find places to call home.
Harris and Trump make a furious final push before Election Day A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final sprint across a handful of states on Election Day eve.
DeSantis working to stop amendments 3 and 4 ahead of Election Day Governor Ron DeSantis is on a mission, and he is willing to spend his own cash to win it.
Using AI to detect pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States. That’s due in part to the limited testing available for early detection.
the weather authority Tropical Storm Rafael forms in the Caribbean The Weather Authority meteorologists are monitoring the Caribbean as Tropical Storm Rafael has formed.
CAPE CORAL JROTC cadets prepare for Cape Coral Veterans Day Parade Cape Coral High School JROTC students will march to honor our veterans.
FORT MYERS Walmart truck involved in Fort Myers crash, blocking EB lanes on Palm Beach Blvd. at Dixie Lane A Walmart truck has been involved in a crash in Fort Myers on Monday afternoon.
Nonprofit provides office space to local businesses displaced by hurricanes The staff of Valerie’s House knows what it’s like to be without a place of its own. After learning about some local businesses’ offices being destroyed by recent hurricanes, the nonprofit organization that helps grieving children offered space at its Punta Gorda center.
CAPE CORAL NB lanes of Burnt Store Rd. and EB lanes of Embers Pkwy. closed near intersection due to crash Cape Coral Police Department officers are investigating a major crash at Burnt Store Road Embers Parkway.
PORT CHARLOTTE Neighbors frustrated with car noises in Port Charlotte A battle intensifies on Oceanside Avenue in Port Charlotte between neighbors and an endless bombardment of car noises.
Charlotte County provides update on boat ramp closures The Charlotte County Community Services has provided an update regarding the boat ramp closures brought about by hurricanes Milton and Helene.
LEE COUNTY Man found guilty of 1st-degree murder in fentanyl-overdose death of Lee County woman A man has been convicted of first-degree murder of unlawful distribution of fentanyl for the overdose death of a Lee County woman.
Porter Goss. Credit: WINK News. For a lot of us this week, the memories of 9/11 will come flooding back — the personal moments, pictures we can’t forget and the emotions. The same holds true for one of our neighbors in Southwest Florida, who was also one of our representatives in Washington D.C. that day, 20 years ago. Porter Goss, who was then a congressional representative and later head of the CIA had a lot of the same questions we all had. “Are there any other planes coming in?” Goss said. “Do you think the Capitol is going to be the next target?” The questions the rest of us only hoped someone was trying to answer. “Oh my gosh, if there’s another airliner out there, do we shoot it down? Or do we not? Do we, you know, are innocent people, more collateral damage, going to happen to save other people?” Was our government still functioning to protect us? “And the answer was not working very well,” Goss said. “I can tell you we were caught sound asleep in my view.” “It was a confusing, unbelievable day,” Goss said. “My day went from trying to look out for the protection of people immediately around me, my staff, my family, visitors in Washington. We got, as you know, told to leave our offices. We had to close the Capitol. People didn’t have any place to go because the police wouldn’t let us off the hill.” “So here you have a bunch of people you’ve told to evacuate. You put out into the open space and say, ‘Oh you’re on your own,’” Goss said. Even though we know so much more now about what happened, Goss says there are some lessons we’re forgetting. “Their banner says ‘We love death more than life’. They’re not going away,” Goss said. Goss remembers the moments and the lessons and strength that can come from the fear and uncertainty. “There is no question that we had no concept of what was happening. That we were running around like chickens in the courtyard after the first planes went in, and we thought we might get hit in Washington, and the Pentagon got hit. Then, the plane went down in Shanksville,” Goss said. “I’m convinced that plane was aimed for the United States Congress because it’s an easier building target than the White House was.” “Are we gonna get hit again? And what’s it gonna look like?” Goss said. Goss told us marking 20 years since 9/11 should remind us that there is evil in the world. Good people, he says, sometimes give evil too many chances to succeed.