Allegiant Air to build luxury resort in Charlotte County

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. Allegiant Air announced Tuesday morning it will be partnering with Sunseeker Resorts to build a luxury resort along Charlotte Harbor. The 22-acre resort property will include a 72 room hotel, 720 condo units, a 1,000-foot-long swimming pool, restaurants, shops, a new marina and a boardwalk. It’s scheduled to open by the end of […]

Traffic technology to save Collier residents time, money

NAPLES, Fla. A federal grant covered the cost of a $440,000 adaptive traffic pilot program designed to help eliminate traffic and save drivers money on gas. The traffic technology was installed along Airport Pulling Road and has created 15 to 24 percent improvement in travel times since it was installed in July, according to Collier County […]

Trial set to begin for suspect in deadly 2016 Fort Myers hit-and-run

FORT MYERS, Fla. A trial date was set Tuesday for the owner of the pickup truck involved in a deadly June 2016 hit-and-run crash. Adam Costello, who is accused of hitting 18-year-old Adam King with his truck on June 19, faces charges of destroying evidence and failing to remain at a crash involving death. King was […]

As Confederate monuments fall, group calls for restoration

BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) A statewide group is calling for the repair and restoration of a Confederate monument that was removed from the courthouse lawn in Bradenton. Save Southern Heritage and other groups held a news conference Tuesday to demand that the Manatee County Commission put the 93-year-old monument back on its pedestal in downtown Bradenton. […]

Tampa professor fired after saying Harvey was ‘karma’ for Texas voting GOP

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The University of Tampa has fired a visiting assistant professor who suggested in a tweet that Harvey’s destruction is “instant karma” for Texas because it voted Republican. Sociology professor Kenneth L. Storey posted the tweet and two responses on Sunday before removing the entire thread and his profile photo. “I don’t believe […]

Fort Myers to consider nixing police substation near Club Blu site

FORT MYERS, Fla. A police substation may not moving in next to the site of the Club Blu mass shooting after all. City Manager Saeed Kazemi is asking the city to pull out of its agreement with Carrell Corners West LLC, which manages the plaza that once housed Club Blu. The city approved a plan […]

Brewery shipping water instead of beer for Harvey relief

CARTERSVILLE, Ga. (AP) An Anheuser-Busch brewery in Georgia is shipping canned drinking water to the American Red Cross to help Hurricane Harvey relief efforts in Texas and Louisiana. The St. Louis-based beer giant says a truckload of water from its Cartersville, Georgia, brewery arrived in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Monday. More truckloads are scheduled to arrive […]

Crippled Houston watches dams, levees; forecast offers hope

HOUSTON (AP) With its flood defenses strained, the crippled city of Houston anxiously watched dams and levees Tuesday to see if they would hold until the rain stops, and meteorologists offered the first reason for hope – a forecast with less than an inch of rain and even a chance for sunshine. The human toll […]

Ticketed: Another Florida Highway Patrol official resigns

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Florida is confronting an uproar over whether the state’s highway patrol is requiring troopers to meet ticket quotas for drivers, including millions of tourists each year who crowd its interstate highways. Top state officials insist quotas are not allowed, but the second-highest ranking official in the Florida Highway Patrol resigned on Monday amid […]