Sandra Bullock donates $1M for Harvey relief

HOUSTON (CNN) Sandra Bullock has donated $1 million to help those hard hit by flooding in Texas. According to a press release from the Red Cross, the actress is a longtime supporter of the organization and made her donation Monday. “I’m just grateful I can do it,” Bullock said in a statement. “We have to […]

Punta Gorda confirms ouster of police chief

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. Tom Lewis is out as chief of police, the city confirmed Wednesday. City Manager Howard Kunik sent Lewis a memo dated Wednesday. “After careful consideration of all the information, I have decided to discharge you of your employment with the City of Punta Gorda, effective August 30, 2017,” Kunik said in the […]

Tropical Storm Irma forms west of Cabo Verde Islands

FORT MYERS, Fla. Tropical Storm Irma formed Wednesday morning west of the Cabo Verde Islands, the National Hurricane Center said. “This is going to be a hurricane. A major hurricane is possible,” WINK meteorologist Matt Devitt said. Tropical Storm #Irma Advisory 1: Irma Forms Over the Far Eastern Atlantic. No Immediate Threat to Land. https://t.co/VqHn0uj6EM — […]

Fort Myers goes back in time with help from virtual reality

FORT MYERS, Fla. Attendees can view the City of Palms of yesteryear, thanks to virtual reality. IMAG History and Science Center will have more than 60 interactive exhibits at The Past Meets the Present. The event will take place from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day at the center at 2000 Cranford Avenue. For […]

Crash on Cape Coral Bridge causes backups

CAPE CORAL, Fla. A crash caused headaches for drivers Wednesday morning due to a crash on the Cape Coral Bridge. There were delays as the eastbound lanes backed up for nearly three miles– just before Santa Barbara Boulevard. The circumstances leading up to the crash, vehicles involved and injuries were unclear. No further information was […]

Red Cross relief underway as flooding still menaces SWFL

SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. Flooding victims in Lee County got some relief Wednesday. Local Red Cross volunteers began distributing 200 clean-up kits full of mops, buckets, bleach, trash bags and other items to those affected by the high waters. One of them arrived at Liliana Alvarado’s home on Dean and Quinn streets in Bonita Springs, where […]

Partly cloudy, few storms inland for Wednesday

FORT MYERS, Fla. There will be a high of 94 degrees with a partly cloudy sky and a few inland storms in the afternoon and evening hours Wednesday, WINK meteorologist Brooke Silverang said. WINK meteorologist Matt Devitt suggested heading to the beach as Southwest Florida will have temperatures feeling like more than 100 degrees. “You’re […]

Public schools grappling with Confederate names, images

NEW YORK (AP) With a new school year dawning, education officials are grappling with whether to remove the names, images and statues of Confederate figures from public schools – especially since some are now filled with students of color. The violence at a white nationalist rally over a Robert E. Lee statue in Charlottesville, Virginia, […]

Private companies drive ‘new space race’ at NASA center

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) For the first time since the retirement of the space shuttle in 2011, NASA says it may soon have the capability to send astronauts to the International Space Station from U.S. soil. Critical milestones are on the horizon for Boeing and SpaceX, the space agency’s commercial crew partners: Flight tests of […]