FGCU softball senior balances EMT training and Regional playHomes For Our Troops grants veteran new home
PUNTA GORDA The Weather Authority helps you prepare for the hurricane season at the 2024 Charlotte County Hurricane Expo With hurricane season less than two weeks away, it’s important to start preparing.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball senior balances EMT training and Regional play Ahead of NCAA Regional play, FGCU senior outfielder Riley Oakes started EMT training as she works toward being a trauma surgeon.
PUNTA GORDA Homes For Our Troops grants veteran new home Through all the cheers and a community-wide escort, it’s a ‘welcome to your forever home for army sergeant veteran Brandon Rethmel and his family.
ALVA Three dead in triple drowning near the Franklin Lock in Olga The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a scene of a water rescue where three people were recovered.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Beat the Heat: Stay safe during extreme weather The Weather Authority has issued a heat advisory for portions of South, Southeast, and Southwest Florida from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday.
FORT MYERS Leaders discuss possibility of shutting down Caloosahatchee Bridge Should residents endure two years of partial lane closures, or fully shut the Caloosahatchee bridge down for 10 weeks?
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball parents cherish NCAA Tournament experience The parents of the FGCU softball team are relishing seeing their daughters play in the NCAA Tournament.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The Weather Authority: Hot, hot, hot Heat advisory in place for Saturday until 8 p.m.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers teen finds dead body in bed of his truck A 16-year-old in Fort Myers drove to school, drove home, drove to the barbershop and back home again. Then, he noticed a swarm of flies in the back of his truck.
Scottie Scheffler facing felony charges; local attorney reacts The attorney we spoke with told us that, at a minimum, we’d spend the night in jail before having our first appearance and getting bail.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball falls to No. 4 Florida in NCAA Tournament The FGCU softball team couldn’t keep up with the No. 4 Florida Gators as the Eagles drop their first Regional game 6-0 to the Gators.
Summer Safety: Swim safety tips to know before the summer The pool is warming up to be the hot spot for kids and families this summer. It’s now also the number one leading cause of drowning deaths for children ages 1-4 in the state.
FORT MYERS BEACH ‘The Whale’ restaurant to break ground on new building The Whale is a place that has shown great strength and determination.
COLLIER COUNTY Endangered Florida panther deaths surpass 2023 total in 5 months It’s taken wildlife officials just over five and a half months to report finding more dead endangered Florida panthers than in all of 2023.
FORT MYERS FMPD honors 7 officers and 2 K-9s who died in the line of duty dating back to 1930 Nine lives were given, and all nine will remain remembered. A lifetime of gratitude for the fallen officers.
PUNTA GORDA The Weather Authority helps you prepare for the hurricane season at the 2024 Charlotte County Hurricane Expo With hurricane season less than two weeks away, it’s important to start preparing.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball senior balances EMT training and Regional play Ahead of NCAA Regional play, FGCU senior outfielder Riley Oakes started EMT training as she works toward being a trauma surgeon.
PUNTA GORDA Homes For Our Troops grants veteran new home Through all the cheers and a community-wide escort, it’s a ‘welcome to your forever home for army sergeant veteran Brandon Rethmel and his family.
ALVA Three dead in triple drowning near the Franklin Lock in Olga The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a scene of a water rescue where three people were recovered.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Beat the Heat: Stay safe during extreme weather The Weather Authority has issued a heat advisory for portions of South, Southeast, and Southwest Florida from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday.
FORT MYERS Leaders discuss possibility of shutting down Caloosahatchee Bridge Should residents endure two years of partial lane closures, or fully shut the Caloosahatchee bridge down for 10 weeks?
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball parents cherish NCAA Tournament experience The parents of the FGCU softball team are relishing seeing their daughters play in the NCAA Tournament.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The Weather Authority: Hot, hot, hot Heat advisory in place for Saturday until 8 p.m.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers teen finds dead body in bed of his truck A 16-year-old in Fort Myers drove to school, drove home, drove to the barbershop and back home again. Then, he noticed a swarm of flies in the back of his truck.
Scottie Scheffler facing felony charges; local attorney reacts The attorney we spoke with told us that, at a minimum, we’d spend the night in jail before having our first appearance and getting bail.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball falls to No. 4 Florida in NCAA Tournament The FGCU softball team couldn’t keep up with the No. 4 Florida Gators as the Eagles drop their first Regional game 6-0 to the Gators.
Summer Safety: Swim safety tips to know before the summer The pool is warming up to be the hot spot for kids and families this summer. It’s now also the number one leading cause of drowning deaths for children ages 1-4 in the state.
FORT MYERS BEACH ‘The Whale’ restaurant to break ground on new building The Whale is a place that has shown great strength and determination.
COLLIER COUNTY Endangered Florida panther deaths surpass 2023 total in 5 months It’s taken wildlife officials just over five and a half months to report finding more dead endangered Florida panthers than in all of 2023.
FORT MYERS FMPD honors 7 officers and 2 K-9s who died in the line of duty dating back to 1930 Nine lives were given, and all nine will remain remembered. A lifetime of gratitude for the fallen officers.
FORT MYERS Lee County deputy vehicle ends up in ditch in Fort Myers crash, minor injuries Fort Myers Police Department responded to a crash involving a Lee County deputy patrol car and another vehicle Monday. Police responded to the intersection with Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and Veronica S Shoemaker Boulevard, where a deputy car ended up in a ditch after a crash with another vehicle. According to Fort Myers Fire […]
North Fort Myers Charges never filed for 2 arrested as suspects in road rage attack Prosecutors declined to file charges against two men arrested as suspects in a Jan. 9 road rage attack in North Fort Myers. Kevin Cordero, 27, was arrested Jan. 27, while Stephan Antonio Carrion-Velazquez, 31, had turned himself in at the Lee County Jail on Jan. 29. Parents of both men have come forward to say […]
CAPE CORAL Woman says gun flashed at her over parking spot in Cape Coral Tuesday, a woman says a gun was pulled on her over a parking spot at a busy area in Cape Coral Cape Coral Police Department is trying to determine if what she says happened is criminal. A busy strip mall parking lot along Santa Barbara Boulevard is no stranger to frustrated drivers. “It’s insane how […]
LEE COUNTY Lee Health asks for doses to vaccinate frontline workers, the ‘extremely vulnerable’ Lee Health’s board of directors chairman David Collins sent a letter to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the State to push to have more coronavirus vaccines supplied to the community health system and hospitals statewide. MORE: Lee Health vaccine request letter to Florida Collins and Lee Health specifically requested it be granted more shipments of vaccines […]
WINK NEWS FGCU study shows SWFL housing market still benefiting during pandemic According to a new report from FGCU, Southwest Florida’s economy has a promising side effect from the pandemic. It says single-family home building permits went up 39%. Home sales up 37% and home prices up 13 to 30%. An economic expert says, thanks to low interest rates during the pandemic, more people are upgrading or […]
FORT MYERS Homeless in Fort Myers gravitate toward park near hospital; City working on solution A growing group of people experiencing homelessness have gravitated toward a new place to stay. We noticed several tents at Lions Park near Lee Memorial Hospital in Fort Myers Monday, and we learned solutions are in the works to help people who are homeless. Fort Myers Mayor Kevin Anderson said he will be releasing the […]
FORT MYERS Fort Myers woman saves man from burning car A Fort Myers woman on Saturday rushed to help save a man from a flipped car that was burning on I-75. While some would run away from the situation, she was prepared. Rebecca Dabney happened to have a switchblade in her car that she’d received recently and was able to cut him out of his […]
Fort Myers Fire at Burger King prompts evacuation at Southwest Florida International Airport A concourse at Southwest Florida International Airport was evacuated Friday morning after a fire started in one of the airport restaurants. The fire at Burger King in Concourse B started around 7:30 a.m. and led to people being evacuated as a precaution, as is standard in such situations, according to RSW. One plane was also […]
COLLIER COUNTY 1 year ago, Baby Andrew was kidnapped by his father, never seen again One year has passed since Baby Andrew’s disappearance. His mother Arlety García Valdés, 40; grandmother Isabel Valdés González, 60; and Lina González Licor, 84, were killed in Miami by the baby’s father Ernesto Caballeiro before the man kidnapped the newborn and fled, authorities say. Caballeiro was found dead by a self-inflicted gunshot in a wooded […]
LEE COUNTY Suspect in killing for ‘TikTok fame’ released from jail after Lee County arrest An 18-year-old accused of killing a man in New Jersey and who was arrested Sunday in Lee County is out on bond. Investigators say Zachary Latham has a history of violence, even being accused of stabbing to death a neighbor last year in New Jersey for what prosecutors say was his attempt at being famous […]