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Charlotte County Transit launches Charlotte Rides Mobile app Charlotte County Transit’s Charlotte Rides Mobile App is now available for download from the Apple iTunes app store and the Android Google Play store.
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CAPE CORAL Man accused of DUI after crashing into police vehicle in Cape Coral A man has been arrested for driving under the influence after allegedly crashing into a Cape Coral police vehicle.
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The Weather Authority Hot with near-record highs expected for your Tuesday afternoon The Weather Authority is tracking near-record-high temperatures along with drier conditions on this Tuesday.
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Coupleâs wedding gift led to lifelong passion, business ownership The owners of a popular barbecue food truck fulfilled their dream of owning a brick-and-mortar restaurant, as Jayâs Smokin BBQ preps for its soft opening Nov. 13 at 10175 Tamiami Trail in Punta Gorda.
Goddard School breaks ground in Estero as franchise expands to SWFL Matt Speranza and Dave Horrell each changed the trajectory of their lives, shifting to figuratively painting the potential of children from literally selling paint.
2 teens accused of Hendry homicide will be charged as adults The family of a 16-year-old girl is one step closer to getting justice as the two suspects in her murder will be charged as adults.
FEMA faces scrutiny after message sent to skip homes with Trump signs FEMA is facing accusations of bias as a message sent by an employee emerged telling them to skip Trump supporter homes following a hurricane.
NAPLES Naples man sentenced to 5 years for possessing child sexual abuse images A Naples man has been sentenced to five years in federal prison for possessing child sexual abuse material.
Charlotte County Transit launches Charlotte Rides Mobile app Charlotte County Transit’s Charlotte Rides Mobile App is now available for download from the Apple iTunes app store and the Android Google Play store.
villas Lee County Domestic Animal Services to host Pet Fest with Santa Lee County Domestic Animal Services will host its annual Pet Fest and photos with Santa.
CAPE CORAL Man accused of DUI after crashing into police vehicle in Cape Coral A man has been arrested for driving under the influence after allegedly crashing into a Cape Coral police vehicle.
WINK NEWS 1 transported after crash in Collier County results in submerged SUV The Collier County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a crash between two vehicles that led to one being submerged, injuring the driver.
WINK NEWS Bullets hit Spirit flight in Haiti coming from Fort Lauderdale Three airlines have canceled flights to Haiti after gunfire hit a Spirit Airlines plane coming from Fort Lauderdale as it tried to land on the island.
Overnight work on Caloosahatchee Bridge SB causes slowdowns Drivers traveling southbound lanes on the Caloosahatchee Bridge should expect to experience slowdowns due to overnight construction.
The Weather Authority Hot with near-record highs expected for your Tuesday afternoon The Weather Authority is tracking near-record-high temperatures along with drier conditions on this Tuesday.
FORT MYERS SHORES FEMA’s impact on retired teacher in Fort Myers Shores A teacher in Fort Myers Shores worries she could lose it all because of FEMA’s requirements to repair her home after Hurricane Milton.
Florida leaders rally as Marco Rubio’s Secretary of State role looks likely From representing Florida in the U.S. Senate to representing America on the world stage.
FORT MYERS Security concerns continue at Downtown Fort Myers apartment complex Apartments trashed and a lack of security to stop it. People who live at West End City Walk in downtown Fort Myers say this has been their reality in recent weeks.
President Kennedy’s motorcade the moment he was shot. Photo credit: AP Just minutes after President John F. Kennedy was fatally shot as his motorcade rolled through downtown Dallas, Associated Press reporter Peggy Simpson rushed to the scene and immediately attached herself to the police officers who had converged on the building from which a sniperâs bullets had been fired. âI was sort of under their armpit,â Simpson said, noting that every time she was able to get any information from them, she would rush to a pay phone to call her editors, and then âgo back to the cops.â Simpson, now 84, is among the last surviving witnesses who are sharing their stories as the nation marks the 60th anniversary of the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination on Wednesday. âA tangible link to the past is going to be lost when the last voices from that time period are gone,â said Stephen Fagin, curator at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza, which tells the story of the assassination from the Texas School Book Depository, where Lee Harvey Oswaldâs sniperâs perch was found. âSo many of the voices that were here, even 10 years ago, to share their memories â law enforcement officials, reporters, eyewitnesses â so many of those folks have passed away,â he said. Simpson, former U.S. Secret Service Agent Clint Hill and others are featured in âJFK: One Day in America,â a three-part series from National Geographic released this month that pairs their recollections with archival footage, some of which has been colorized for the first time. Director Ella Wright said that hearing from those who were there helps tell the âbehind the scenesâ story that augments archival footage. âWe wanted people to really understand what it felt like to be back there and to experience the emotional impact of those events,â Wright said. People still flock to Dealey Plaza, which the presidential motorcade was passing through when Kennedy was killed. âThe assassination certainly defined a generation,â Fagin said. âFor those people who lived through it and came of age in the 1960s, it represented a significant shift in American culture.â On the day of the assassination, Simpson had originally been assigned to attend an evening fundraising dinner for Kennedy in Austin. With time on her hands before she needed to leave Dallas, she was sent to watch the presidential motorcade, but she wasnât near Dealey Plaza. Simpson had no idea that anything out of the ordinary had happened until she arrived at The Dallas Times Heraldâs building where the APâs office was located. Stepping off an elevator, she heard a newspaper receptionist say, âAll we know is that the president has been shot,â and then heard the paperâs editor briefing the staff. She raced to the AP office in time to watch over the bureau chiefâs shoulder as he filed the news to the world, and then ran out to the Texas School Book Depository to track down more information. Later, at police headquarters, she said, she witnessed âjust a wild, crazy chaotic, unfathomable scene.â Reporters had filled the hallways where an officer walked through with Lee Harvey Oswald âs rifle held aloft. The suspectâs mother and wife arrived, and at one point authorities held a news conference where Oswald was asked questions by reporters. âI was just with a great mass of other reporters, just trying to find any bit of information,â she said. Two days later, Simpson was covering Oswaldâs transfer from police headquarters to the county jail, when nightclub owner Jack Ruby burst forth from a gaggle of news reporters and shot the suspect dead. As police officers wrestled with Ruby on the floor, Simpson rushed to a nearby bank of phones âand started dictating everything I saw to the AP editors,â she said. In that moment, she was just thinking about getting out the news. âAs an AP reporter, you just go for the phone, you canât process anything at that point,â she said. Simpson said she must have heard the gunshot but she canât remember it. âProbably Ruby was 2 or 3 feet away from me but I didnât know him, didnât see him, didnât see him come out from the crowd of reporters,â she said. Simpsonâs recollections are included in an oral history collection at the Sixth Floor Museum that now includes about 2,500 recordings, according to Fagin. The museum curator said Simpson is âa terrific example of somebody who was just where the action was that weekend and got caught up in truly historic events while simply doing her job as a professional journalist.â Fagin said oral histories are still being recorded. Many of the more recent ones have been with people who were children in the â60s and remembered hearing about the assassination while at school. âItâs a race against time really to try to capture these recollections,â Fagin said.