Punta Gorda faces devastation with resilienceFPL answers questions about power surges and outages, days after Milton
PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda faces devastation with resilience An entire street in Punta Gorda was flooded, forcing the community out of their homes.
ESTERO FPL answers questions about power surges and outages, days after Milton Days after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida, people coast to coast are still experiencing power outages and power surges, and now we’re hearing from Florida Power and Light (FPL).
FORT MYERS Miracle Moment: Basketball player bouncing back A basketball player, Karsten Schafer, is preparing to get off the bench and back in the game after doctors told him he might never play again.
CLEWISTON Clewiston teen killed by stray bullet during dance A Clewiston teenager lost her life after multiple shots were fired into a building during a dance on Friday night.
NORTH FORT MYERS 3 arrested after 2 carjackings in Lee County leaves cars totaled A woman was carjacked at gunpoint on McGregor Blvd. early Sunday morning. The accused carjacker is in jail.
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach comes together to move forward after Milton Fort Myers Beach is slowly getting back on its feet after Hurricane Milton, with some businesses just now opening.
FORT MYERS Volunteers at Harry Chapin helping out after Milton The Harry Chapin Food Bank has been extending its resources to assist in recovery efforts in response to Hurricane Milton.
SANIBEL Boil water advisory rescinded on Sanibel The precautionary boil water notice issued on Sanibel during Hurricane Milton has been rescinded.
County vote on Lee Health conversion delayed by Hurricane Milton The final vote by the Lee County Board of County Commissioners on Lee Health’s conversion from a public nonprofit to a private nonprofit was scheduled during an Oct. 8 special meeting, but Hurricane Milton’s approach of Florida’s Gulf Coast led to its cancellation.
PORT CHARLOTTE Charlotte County woman wins $1 million from scratch-off bought at Publix A Charlotte County woman has won $1 million from a scratch-off game she purchased at a Publix.
Muck fills many Matlacha businesses after Hurricane Milton Twice in a span of less than two weeks, storm surge overflowed mud and muck from the bottom of Matlacha Pass Aquatic Preserve onto Matlacha island, which is less than a quarter of a square mile and connects Pine Island to the mainland via Pine Island Road.
SWFL students return to class following Hurricane Milton After a week-long break due to the impacts of Hurricane Milton, most children in Southwest Florida are heading back to school.
TALLAHASSEE Florida high school football, volleyball schedule changes after Milton There will be no high school football Monday night, part of a change in schedule in the wake of two hurricanes hitting the Florida west coast.
Lehigh Acres Man wanted after stealing 50 cases of beer in Lehigh Acres The Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is searching for a man who allegedly stole nearly 50 Modelo and Corona beer cases.
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach officials warn against unpermitted hurricane repair work After the devastation of hurricanes Helene and Milton, residents of Fort Myers Beach are eager to begin making repairs to their property.
PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda faces devastation with resilience An entire street in Punta Gorda was flooded, forcing the community out of their homes.
ESTERO FPL answers questions about power surges and outages, days after Milton Days after Hurricane Milton tore through Florida, people coast to coast are still experiencing power outages and power surges, and now we’re hearing from Florida Power and Light (FPL).
FORT MYERS Miracle Moment: Basketball player bouncing back A basketball player, Karsten Schafer, is preparing to get off the bench and back in the game after doctors told him he might never play again.
CLEWISTON Clewiston teen killed by stray bullet during dance A Clewiston teenager lost her life after multiple shots were fired into a building during a dance on Friday night.
NORTH FORT MYERS 3 arrested after 2 carjackings in Lee County leaves cars totaled A woman was carjacked at gunpoint on McGregor Blvd. early Sunday morning. The accused carjacker is in jail.
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach comes together to move forward after Milton Fort Myers Beach is slowly getting back on its feet after Hurricane Milton, with some businesses just now opening.
FORT MYERS Volunteers at Harry Chapin helping out after Milton The Harry Chapin Food Bank has been extending its resources to assist in recovery efforts in response to Hurricane Milton.
SANIBEL Boil water advisory rescinded on Sanibel The precautionary boil water notice issued on Sanibel during Hurricane Milton has been rescinded.
County vote on Lee Health conversion delayed by Hurricane Milton The final vote by the Lee County Board of County Commissioners on Lee Health’s conversion from a public nonprofit to a private nonprofit was scheduled during an Oct. 8 special meeting, but Hurricane Milton’s approach of Florida’s Gulf Coast led to its cancellation.
PORT CHARLOTTE Charlotte County woman wins $1 million from scratch-off bought at Publix A Charlotte County woman has won $1 million from a scratch-off game she purchased at a Publix.
Muck fills many Matlacha businesses after Hurricane Milton Twice in a span of less than two weeks, storm surge overflowed mud and muck from the bottom of Matlacha Pass Aquatic Preserve onto Matlacha island, which is less than a quarter of a square mile and connects Pine Island to the mainland via Pine Island Road.
SWFL students return to class following Hurricane Milton After a week-long break due to the impacts of Hurricane Milton, most children in Southwest Florida are heading back to school.
TALLAHASSEE Florida high school football, volleyball schedule changes after Milton There will be no high school football Monday night, part of a change in schedule in the wake of two hurricanes hitting the Florida west coast.
Lehigh Acres Man wanted after stealing 50 cases of beer in Lehigh Acres The Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is searching for a man who allegedly stole nearly 50 Modelo and Corona beer cases.
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach officials warn against unpermitted hurricane repair work After the devastation of hurricanes Helene and Milton, residents of Fort Myers Beach are eager to begin making repairs to their property.
A trio of suspects behind a pair of carjackings are behind bars after crashing the cars they stole from two people in Lee County. Twenty-year-old O’marion Florence, 18-year-old Delvarious Robinson, and a 17-year-old have since been arrested on multiple charges. The crime spree began Sunday at 5 a.m. at a RaceTrac on North Cleveland Street, where a mother and her daughter were approached by a man with a firearm who demanded they get out of the car and give him the keys. The suspect took off in that car, along with two other suspects in another stolen car. Then, Fort Myers Police said, the trio carjacked Brittney Ward in the parking lot of a Publix on McGregor Boulevard as she was putting on her makeup before her shift there, around 5:30 a.m., Sunday. She told officers a dark SUV pulled up and noticed someone approaching her. “All of a sudden, I see somebody get out of the passenger side and run towards me as they’re, like, ducking, and I just immediately knew that something was wrong,” she said. “I mean, he was running full force towards my car and just opened up my car door and said, ‘Where are the keys? Get out of the car. Where are the keys? Get out of the car.'” Because she was doing her makeup, Ward’s glasses were off, and she couldn’t find the keys. “I don’t know what’s going on. Like, you can’t see. You can’t think. So I told him, ‘I’m sorry. I’ll give you the keys, but I have to find my glasses.’ And he’s like, ‘Oh, my God,’ and put the gun to my head,” she said. She thinks what she did next might have saved her life. “I realized if I’m calm, he’ll be calm; like me freaking out, might fluster him and make him do something that he doesn’t necessarily want to do, so I just made sure that I was staying calm, and when I told him, ‘I’ll find my keys. Just give me a second,’ I saw him take a breath; he calmed down,” she said. Once she was out of her car and the suspects took off, she called 911. Lee County Sheriff’s Office deputies spotted her stolen vehicle shortly after the carjacking speeding on MLK Boulevard with the other stolen vehicle. Police chased after them, and the suspects ended up crashing both the stolen SUV and Ward’s car, totaling them. Both vehicles crashed, and the men inside them were taken to jail. One of the carjacking victims told WINK News that as soon as the car pulled up next to her, she knew something was wrong. All three suspects remain in the Lee County Jail.