Derrick Shaw

FORT MYERS, Fla. Two crashes shut down U.S. 41 at the Caloosahatchee Bridge Wednesday night, the Florida Highway Patrol said. “Two separate and simultaneous” crashes happened at around 9:50 p.m. and shut down the southbound lanes of U.S. 41, but reopened shortly after 11:30 p.m., the Fort Myers Police Department said. One crash involved five cars and […]

BATAVIA, Ill. (CBS 6) An Illinois father posted a warning to other parents after he says he discovered disturbing requests for his 7-year-old daughter from another user of popular app Musical.ly. The app is described as the “world’s largest creative platform,” and allows users to share videos in categories such as music, comedy and fashion […]

(CBS News) A group of firefighters in the U.K. saved a group of piglets from a large barn fire and were rewarded with sausages made from the rescued swine. BBC News reports 18 piglets and two sows were saved from a farm in Wiltshire in February after 60 tons of hay caught fire. Firefighters from […]

HOUSTON (AP) Former Tropical Storm Harvey crawled toward the Texas Gulf Coast late Wednesday amid forecasts it could become a hurricane by landfall later this week, dumping heavy rain and raising the threat of flooding. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the tropical depression was expected to intensify over the warm waters of the Gulf […]

MIAMI (WKMG) Tired of your children never replying to your messages? There is now an app that will allow parents to lay the smack-down on kids who ignore all efforts to communicate via smartphones. WAGA reports the new ReplyASAP app takes over a recipient’s the child’s phone screen and proceeds to sound a never-ending alarm […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. A sexual battery was reported Tuesday on a private bus on the way to Gateway Charter High School, according to a Lee County Sheriff’s Office. The victim’s father said the suspect made “several unwelcomed sexual advances towards his daughter,” according to a report. The victim said the inappropriate touching began last week and she […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. The Florida Highway Patrol held an open house Wednesday in an effort to recruit more troopers. The recruiting event took place from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Fort Myers Florida Highway Patrol Office on 10041 Daniels Parkway. The agency is looking to fill 200 different positions. For more information about joining the […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. Research shows a strong relationship between a parent and their child is key to building resilience and allows the child to adapt to new challenges, according to social psychologist Kristin Anderson Moore.

PUNTA GORDA, Fla. College of Aviation students at Western Michigan University on 26300 Airport Rd. will be able to experience the sights and sounds of flying with a new cutting-edge collegiate flight simulator.

FORT MYERS, Fla. A group of students from Florida Gulf Coast University are raising money to help organize a football club. The students hope the program could lead to a division one football program to represent the university in the future.