Andryanna Sheppard

If you feel like you’re stuck home right now, you are not alone. The governor’s safer-at-home order has most of us inside. But that hasn’t stopped a man in Marco Island from trying to cheer up his neighbors. Every evening, Tom Blaney walks outside his Marco Island home and sings for everybody who will listen. […]

First responders and others on the front lines have gone to extreme measures to protect the community. When they go home, the same concerns about spreading the virus exist. Since they don’t want to infect their loved ones, hotels and even RV owners have stepped up with housing. But what if it’s your husband or […]

With so many people stuck in their homes, video game sales and downloads are spiking at record rates. Verizon has reported a 75% increase in gaming since much of the world turned to social distancing. One game in particular, Nintendo’s “Animal Crossing: New Horizons,” is giving people back some control. So while many of us […]

Animal shelters say there’s a spike in people adopting and fostering dogs and cats, but there remains a concern about what will happen to pets if more people lose their jobs. A dog named “Daisy” was abandoned in the Redlands outside Miami before being turned over to Cape Coral Animal Shelter after her owner said […]

Health workers in Southwest Florida and nationwide are in desperate need of masks, so a Southwest Florida business is retooling its equipment for a new purpose to help. Devine Concepts in North Naples has turned its mobile electronics company into a plastic face shield production facility. And it’s all in effort to provide health workers […]

A Southwest Florida woman just returned to her home in Maryland from a months-long cruise with her husband after they experienced the unfolding of the health crisis due to the coronavrius. Janet Schill hopped on a cruise back in January prior to the pandemic spread of COVID-19, and she finally returned home Friday. We spoke […]

Open restaurants ready for takeout orders, empty shelves in the grocery stores, even the low gas prices: These are all sights we’re seeing every day across Southwest Florida and the country. What was new just a week ago are now becoming the new normal Monday — long lines, empty shelves, closed bars and beaches, no […]

All public beaches in Southwest Florida are now closed, with Englewood Beach in Charlotte County off-limits beginning at 6 a.m. Sunday. Englewood Beach was packed ahead on Saturday ahead of the mandated closure. Some people told us they arrived at 8 a.m. just to make sure they got a good parking spot and a good […]

A Lee County couple had to put their wedding on hold Thursday because of the coronavirus pandemic. Wendy Mkhize and her fiancé Luis Ramirez went to the Lee County Clerk of Courts office, hoping to say “I do.” They were turned away after finding out the deputy clerk isn’t performing any weddings until further notice. […]

Employees at Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida are preparing mobile units to serve even more people during this time of need, but it will be done a little differently. We learned how the food bank is working to support the community and keep its volunteers healthy too Monday, as the nonprofit shifts its […]