Dannielle Garcia

A Purple Heart recipient is seeking justice after he says a lawyer ripped him off. This comes after he got a six-figure settlement after he was hit by a car last year. We learned what’s next for a veteran who needs the money to pay his rising medical bills. Veteran Jessie Beardsley was hit by […]

Wednesday marks six years since the unsolved murder of a Cape Coral store manager. Investigators are renewing their call for tips into the death of 54-year-old Alfred Griffiths, who was shot the evening of Nov. 18, 2014, while he was sitting on a bench outside the T.J. Maxx store on Del Prado Boulevard. Griffiths was […]

The growing number of coronavirus cases in Southwest Florida has more people in the region getting tested for it, but people are worried some test sites could be superspreader havens. People say those getting tested are not social distancing, and some are not wearing masks. The COVID-19 test site at CenturyLink Sports Complex in south […]

The new mayor of Fort Myers was sworn in Monday as were two new council members, and they shared their thoughts on the rising number of COVID-19 cases and a mask mandate. The numbers certainly have their attention, and if you walk through downtown, you’ll see a lot of stores and restaurants with signs asking […]

Fort Myers Police Department continues to take steps to uphold transparency in the community and with the public at large. FMPD has made all its polices available online. “Things change, the environment changes, the requirements on law enforcement change, the requirements that the public, the expectations change,” said Randy Jones, the accreditation manager for FMPD. […]

A huge cleanup was underway on Fort Myers Beach Thursday after waves caused by Eta overtook the patios of businesses along the beach. Some business owners say flooding got into their buildings too. “I personally thought up until last week that hurricane season was over and that Eta would go somewhere else not here,” said […]

All around Lee County, our crew spotted standing water and flooded ditches after Eta went by our coast as a tropical storm. Rain from the storm caused lots of flooding at Buckingham Air Park, where cars could barely get through Monday. “My truck, the water was on top of the hood,” Virginia Alvarado said. Alvarado […]

When storms or hurricanes hit, the first thing to go out is the power. A Southwest Florida city is making sure people don’t lose the ability to flush a toilet or run water at home in case of a storm. The City of Fort Myers is expected to spend more than $300 million dollars on […]

As of Wednesday afternoon, Southwest Florida remained in the forecast cone for Tropical Storm Eta. In Lee County, public works crews are preparing for potentially heavy rain by clearing swales — or ditches — across the county. Debris in ditches can cause clogged culverts and drains, so keeping them clean is important to prevent flooding. […]

Randy Robinson is upset and sad that charges against Fort Myers Police Officer Tyler Williams were dropped. Williams failed to report child neglect of his three-year-old daughter by her mother and she died a month later. Drugs were found in Leslie Zeagler’s car next to Zeagler and Robinson’s daughter, Serenity Rose Robinson. “That’s a preloaded […]