Harvey horror: Shivering girl, 3, clinging to drowned mom

DALLAS (AP) A shivering 3-year-old girl found clinging to the body of her drowned mother in a rain-swollen canal in Southeast Texas was likely saved by her mom’s effort to carry her child to safety from Harvey’s floods, police said Wednesday. Beaumont police identified the mother as 41-year-old Colette Sulcer and said her daughter was […]

Shortage of widely used prescription drug affects Naples residents

NAPLES, Fla. The generic version of a widely used prescription drug is in short supply across the nation. The shortage of Atenonol, a popular blood pressure medication, was first announced in July, according to the Food & Drug Administration. Timothy Scott, of Naples, was shocked after his mother-in-law was forced to pay $400 instead of $4 […]

Naples woman provides medical assistance in Texas after Harvey

NAPLES, Fla. A woman from Naples is providing medical attention to hundreds of victims in the wake of Harvey. Harvey weakened to a tropical depression Wednesday evening, but flooding continued in parts of southeast Texas and southwest Louisiana, according to the Associated Press. There have been 25 confirmed deaths. Susan Mangicaro is the global disaster response […]

Threatening flyer taped to door of Cape council candidate

CAPE CORAL, Fla. A flyer with an image of a KKK member and a threatening message was taped to the door of a City Council candidate. District 5 candidate James Schneider, who is openly gay, said he found it Saturday at his home. “I was shocked by it,” Schneider said. “I literally dropped it. I […]

West Palm Beach man, 18, critically injured in Alligator Alley crash

NAPLES, Fla. An 18-year-old man was critically injured Wednesday evening after a single-vehicle crash on Alligator Alley, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The crash happened shortly before 6 p.m. and shut down the southbound lanes of Alligator Alley at mile marker 87, the FHP said. The lanes reopened at around 7:30 p.m. Nickolas Marquez, of West […]

Tough sea turtle returned to ocean off Florida Keys

MARATHON, Fla. (AP) A tough sea turtle named Chuck Norris is swimming again off the Florida Keys. The sub-adult loggerhead sea turtle named for the actor and martial artist was released Monday evening. It was rescued in March off the Lower Keys by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers after it suffered a severe […]

Florida will again consider college financial aid boost

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Republicans in the Florida Senate are moving ahead again with an ambitious proposal to boost financial aid for college students. Sen. Bill Galvano filed a bill (SB 4) Wednesday that would require the state to permanently cover 100 or 75 percent of all tuition costs for top high school students who attend […]

Trump pushes tax overhaul, says it’s ‘badly needed’

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump declared Wednesday that his push to overhaul the nation’s tax system would “bring back Main Street by reducing the crushing tax burden,” offering a populist appeal to a still-forming tax plan that would heavily benefit corporate America. Trump said his vision for re-writing the nation’s tax system, one of his […]