ALVA Woodpeckers build home in 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 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.
Wild pig in a Lehigh Acres neighborhood. Hogs are taking over in Lehigh Acres, tearing up yards and menacing entire neighborhoods. People living there are fed up and looking for a solution. Wild pig in a Lehigh Acres neighborhood. Even though the footprints left behind are large, they are not from bigfoot. It’s not a human either, despite people’s security cameras saying “person detected.” The big problem in Lehigh Acres is a pig problem. The wild hogs are taking over in search of food. “Yes, they come to my house. I’m the diner,” said Cherrie McAbee, whose lawn was torn up by the pigs. “Sometimes it’s, you know, 10 o’clock. It’s been as late as 2:30 in the morning when I’ve woken up and seeing them out. Anytime I wake up during the night, I look out.” McAbee has spent $1,500 on new irrigation lights to keep the pigs at bay. When that didn’t work, she went back to getting up in the middle of the night to yell at them. “I’m just yelling at them to get out of there. And if I clap my hands really loud, they run. But they come back. They’re only scared for a short time,” said McAbee. The question in the minds of people living in the area is why is this happening? Yadami Rodriguez, whose yard looks like someone drove through it, thinks she has the answer. “It happened when they started building all this housing and clearing out that, you know, the wood spots and everything. So I think that’s affecting the way they’re living, you know, in their environment. And I think that’s what’s causing them to just having to come out here and try to feed on whatever they can find,” said Rodriguez. Rodriguez doesn’t want to see them hurt. She doesn’t want to see them starving. She just wants them relocated somewhere else. “I think there’s another side to being human. And it’s just not, you know, being able to take over all the places and, and grab whatever we want. There’s a side of us that if we really get into it, it’s just you know, being able to share this planet, this environment with the other creatures and be respectful,” said Rodriguez. There are not a lot of options to help residents keep the hogs off their lawns. According to FWC, they can’t necessarily relocate the animals because they are not native to Southwest Florida. The one solution to the problem is an old fashion one; You can hunt them. You don’t need a hunting license to hunt the pigs, only the permission of the landowner that you hunt them on. Residents in the Lehigh Acres neighborhood that has been terrorized by the hogs agree that they have to be careful with how they choose to handle them. “They don’t come to our houses, they don’t mess up with our garbage, they don’t mess up with their gardens, they don’t even want contact with people, they’re just looking for food. But they’re just being displaced. And somehow, they have to learn to survive. And I think it’s up to us to be responsible. If we still need to build houses in the area, we need to be responsible enough to create a way for these animals to survive,” said Rodriguez. FWC said you can contact the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services for help. FWC did not share what kind of help that agency could provide.