Derrick Shaw

For the second time this year, a thief broke into Premier Tatum’s home in Lehigh Acres. “He had on boots, he had on gloves, he had on a jacket and he had his face covered,” Tatum said. “The way this guy looked — he had done this before.” While it is hard to decipher the […]

Investigators examining the explosive devices sent to high-profile targets in Washington and New York this week will be working to glean forensic clues to help identify who sent them, from fingerprints and DNA evidence to tracking the origin of the packages and the components used to make the bombs. Larry Johnson, a former head of […]

Estero village council approved the plans to build the Hilton hotel Wednesday morning during a special zoning meeting. The planned development will take up 2.3 acres near the Miromar Outlets and the Hertz Arena. Both shoppers and business owners are enthusiastic about the project, saying they think the hotel will help bring in more customers […]

It was not your typical traffic stop. A Cape Coral Police officer walked toward the door of a white vehicle, pulled out his flash light, then proceeded to open the door. “Cape Coral Police,” can be heard from the officer’s body cam. “Cape Coral Police, stop keep your foot on the brake…keep your foot on […]

Police say two people have died in a shooting at a Kroger grocery store on the outskirts of Louisville, Kentucky. Jeffersontown Police Chief Sam Rogers confirmed the deaths at the store Wednesday. He said two people were dead – one inside the store and one outside. No further details were immediately available.

U.S. stocks fell sharply Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrial average shedding more than 600 points in the session to close down 2.4 percent. The tech heavy Nasdaq composite index fell more than 4 percentage points, closing at 7,108.40 and leaving it in correction territory — down 10 percent from its last high. The Dow […]

Neil Armstrong School Resource Officer Joella Moore checks every door to the school multiple times per day. “We just go through throughout the day to make sure nothing has become open,” she said. “We check and anything that pose a security risk or threat we can take care of it and work together with a […]

Two middle school girls in central Florida brought knives to school in a foiled plot to kill classmates, cut them up and drink their blood before killing themselves, police officials said Wednesday. The two girls, ages 11 and 12, were armed with knives Tuesday at Bartow Middle School before they were caught, according to arrest […]

The woman who created a Thanksgiving staple enjoyed by millions — the green bean casserole — has died at age 92. Dorcas Reilly died on Oct. 15 of Alzheimer’s disease, said Ken Tomlinson of the Hinski-Tomlinson Funeral Home in Haddonfield, New Jersey. Campbell Soup officials said the New Jersey resident was the driving force behind […]

Lee County reach a conclusion Wednesday that all of the burning mulch and debris will need to be taken away, as early as Nov. 7. In the meantime, residents are living with an abundance of smoke permeating in the air, on a daily basis. “You can tell that I’m congested from everything that’s going on,” Joyce […]