Port Charlotte woman, 87, succumbs to injuries from Charlotte County crash

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. One person succumbed to injuries from a crash involving a dump truck Tuesday on South McCall Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said Monday. Bobby Louise Barnhill, 87, of Port Charlotte, died after sustaining critical injuries when she traveled into the path of the dump truck near the intersection of South McCall Road […]

Girl injured after running in front of Florida deputy’s car

DELAND, Fla. (AP) Authorities say a Florida sheriff’s deputy hit a 16-year-old girl who walked in front of his vehicle. The Florida Highway Patrol said in a news release that 30-year-old Deputy Wesley Blum couldn’t avoid hitting Alexis Romaca, who ran in front of the marked sheriff’s cruiser early Monday in DeLand. The incident report […]

Port Charlotte man facing child porn charges

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. A 35-year-old man was arrested Friday in connection with child pornography, the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office said Monday. Jason Poirier, of the 2400 block of Duke Lane, is accused of putting child pornographic on Twitter, police said. A warrant obtained to seize and search Poirier’s laptops, desktops and storage devices found images. […]

Diana’s common touch changed the monarchy forever

LONDON (AP) There was a time when scenes like this at London’s Olympic Park would not have happened: Prince William, the heir to the British throne, sprinting down the track with his wife, the Duchess of Cambridge, and his brother, Prince Harry, to the cheers of other runners in a relay race this year promoting […]

Suspects sought in Cape 7-Eleven armed robbery

CAPE CORAL, Fla. An armed robbery took place early Monday morning at a 7-Eleven on Del Prado Boulevard, the Cape Coral Police Department said. It happened around 3:30 a.m. at the convenience store at 825 Del Prado Blvd. S., according to police. Two men wearing hooded sweatshirts and face coverings with handguns are at large, […]

Remains of all 10 missing USS John S. McCain sailors recovered

SINGAPORE (CNN) The bodies of all 10 sailors reported missing following a collision between the USS John S. McCain and a merchant vessel have been found, according to a statement from the US Navy’s 7th Fleet. The guided-missile destroyer collided with an oil tanker named the Alnic MC a week ago east of the Malacca […]

Houston endures more rain and chaos; 6 feared drowned in van

HOUSTON (AP) Floodwaters reached the roof lines of single-story homes Monday and people could be heard pleading for help from inside as Harvey poured rain on the Houston area for a fourth consecutive day after a chaotic weekend of rising water and rescues. The nation’s fourth-largest city was still largely paralyzed by one of the […]

Scattered rain & storms, breezy at times for Monday

FORT MYERS, Fla. There will be a high of 85 degrees with scattered rain and storms, as well as breezy conditions Monday, WINK meteorologist Brooke Silverang said. The rain is due to a tropical wave, and there is a flood watch in effect across most of Southwest Florida until 8 p.m., the National Weather Service […]