Hurricane Beryl up to 85 mph, rapidly intensifyingJaguars RB D’Ernest Johnson hosts football camp in Immokalee
The Weather Authority Hurricane Beryl up to 85 mph, rapidly intensifying The Weather Authority is tracking a rapidly intensifying Hurricane Beryl.
IMMOKALEE Jaguars RB D’Ernest Johnson hosts football camp in Immokalee Jacksonville Jaguars RB D’Ernest Johnson returned to his hometown of Immokalee for football camp.
CAPE CORAL Locals gather to protect Jaycee Park We will not quit: that is what people are saying who don’t want Jaycee Park in Cape Coral to change.
Lee County Domestic Animal Services hosts Check the Chip event What is more important than keeping your family together? Lee County Domestic Animal Services made keeping track of all your family members easier on Saturday with their Check the Chip event.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Voyeurism, theft, and chatroom predator This week’s segment of WINK Neighborhood Watch features: Vouyerism, a retail theft ring, and an online predator.
BUCKINGHAM Lee County deputy suffers head injury after getting hit by a car Lee County Deputy injured after being hit by a car while working a crash scene.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Classic Southwest Florida summer day Bring on the heat! It’s going to be a typical SWFL summer day with scattered storms and temperatures reaching the mid-90s.
AVE MARIA Ave Maria business faces constant flooding due to rain Years of hard work were ruined by a leaky roof that destroyed merchandise and covered the floor in water.
FORT MYERS Florida Gulf Coast Tattoo Expo kicks off in downtown Fort Myers The best tattoo artists in the industry are in town for the Florida Gulf Coast Tattoo Expo.
Minority voters react to presidential debate One of the biggest topics discussed during the debate was how both candidates would persuade minority voters.
Collier County’s innovative Independence Day drone show Collier County is stepping up its game this 4th of July with its first large-scale drone show located at the Paradise Coast Sports Complex.
ENGLEWOOD Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office seizes 196 illegal gambling slot machines Charlotte County deputies say Salim Qadir was running an illegal gambling ring at the tiffany square bingo hall in Englewood.
PUNTA GORDA Supreme Court rules DOJ overstepped authority on hundreds of Jan. 6 charges Supreme Court Justices decided 6-3 to throw out a lower court’s ruling that allowed a broad interpretation of an Enron-era statute to charge hundreds of defendants in the January 6th, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
FORT MYERS BEACH Six months in: Margaritaville’s impact on Fort Myers Beach The Chief Operating Officer for TBI Hospitality, the company that owns Margaritaville on Fort Myers Beach, said the numbers are looking good.
Death penalty law changing justice in Florida This change now means that these three killers, Joseph Zieler, Wade Wilson and Zephen Xaver face the death penalty.
The Weather Authority Hurricane Beryl up to 85 mph, rapidly intensifying The Weather Authority is tracking a rapidly intensifying Hurricane Beryl.
IMMOKALEE Jaguars RB D’Ernest Johnson hosts football camp in Immokalee Jacksonville Jaguars RB D’Ernest Johnson returned to his hometown of Immokalee for football camp.
CAPE CORAL Locals gather to protect Jaycee Park We will not quit: that is what people are saying who don’t want Jaycee Park in Cape Coral to change.
Lee County Domestic Animal Services hosts Check the Chip event What is more important than keeping your family together? Lee County Domestic Animal Services made keeping track of all your family members easier on Saturday with their Check the Chip event.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Voyeurism, theft, and chatroom predator This week’s segment of WINK Neighborhood Watch features: Vouyerism, a retail theft ring, and an online predator.
BUCKINGHAM Lee County deputy suffers head injury after getting hit by a car Lee County Deputy injured after being hit by a car while working a crash scene.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Classic Southwest Florida summer day Bring on the heat! It’s going to be a typical SWFL summer day with scattered storms and temperatures reaching the mid-90s.
AVE MARIA Ave Maria business faces constant flooding due to rain Years of hard work were ruined by a leaky roof that destroyed merchandise and covered the floor in water.
FORT MYERS Florida Gulf Coast Tattoo Expo kicks off in downtown Fort Myers The best tattoo artists in the industry are in town for the Florida Gulf Coast Tattoo Expo.
Minority voters react to presidential debate One of the biggest topics discussed during the debate was how both candidates would persuade minority voters.
Collier County’s innovative Independence Day drone show Collier County is stepping up its game this 4th of July with its first large-scale drone show located at the Paradise Coast Sports Complex.
ENGLEWOOD Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office seizes 196 illegal gambling slot machines Charlotte County deputies say Salim Qadir was running an illegal gambling ring at the tiffany square bingo hall in Englewood.
PUNTA GORDA Supreme Court rules DOJ overstepped authority on hundreds of Jan. 6 charges Supreme Court Justices decided 6-3 to throw out a lower court’s ruling that allowed a broad interpretation of an Enron-era statute to charge hundreds of defendants in the January 6th, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
FORT MYERS BEACH Six months in: Margaritaville’s impact on Fort Myers Beach The Chief Operating Officer for TBI Hospitality, the company that owns Margaritaville on Fort Myers Beach, said the numbers are looking good.
Death penalty law changing justice in Florida This change now means that these three killers, Joseph Zieler, Wade Wilson and Zephen Xaver face the death penalty.
More than three million people are living with epilepsy in the U.S. It’s one of the most common neurological disorders among children. It can develop at any time, but most often, it happens during childhood, causing uncontrollable and unpredictable seizures. Ela Allam was born a fighter. “We were told Ela’s not gonna walk. She’s not gonna talk,” said Alex Allam, Ela’s father. She had suffered a stroke before she was born, but with therapy, Ela defied the odds. “We saw Ela starting to stand up. I started walking with her in the mall,” said Allam. But then, a few years later, seizures started. “To see your kid, 7, 8 years old, just collapsing on the floor, and you don’t know if she’s gonna wake up or not,” said Allam. The medication stopped working. Ela was having three to five seizures a day, and she was falling behind in school. Brain surgery was a final resort. “We had no other choice,” said Allam. Pediatric neurologist Muhammad Zafar said Duke Health believed Ela’s brain had shifted important functions away from the damaged area to other parts of the brain. “So her function that was supposed to be carried on by the right hemisphere moved to the left hemisphere because the injury happened very early in life,” said Zafar. A team at Duke Health performed a hemispherectomy to disconnect the damaged side of her brain from the healthy side. “We are removing one part of the brain, but for her, fortunately, that’s what saved her life,” said Zafar. Soon after, Ela started reading, and she’s doing well in school, and even learned to swim. “He took the seizures away,” said Ela. Ela hasn’t had a single seizure. “She’s opening up. It’s like her brain was locked with a key, and somebody just opened it,” said Allam. Her doctor also anticipates that she’ll eventually be able to stop taking all seizure medications.