Crews replace well at Dunbar sludge site

FORT MYERS, Fla. A monitoring well used to track the water on the northwest corner of a toxic sludge site in Dunbar was replaced Wednesday. The monitoring well was part of an assessment program the city had been doing for several years, environmental department manager Scott McManus said. It had been in disrepair for the […]

Scattered storms, increasing clouds for Wednesday

FORT MYERS, Fla. There will be a high of 92 degrees with increased cloud cover and scattered storms for Wednesday, WINK meteorologist Zach Maloch said. A tropical wave will bring an estimated 2 to 4 inches of rain over the next five days to Southwest Florida. “So you can really see the influence of that […]

Police: DNA of headless torso matches Swedish journalist

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) A headless torso found on a beach off Copenhagen has been identified as that of missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on an amateur-built submarine earlier this month, Danish police said Wednesday. Wall, 30, was last seen alive on Aug. 10 on Danish inventor Peter Madsen’s submarine, […]

Protests turn unruly after Trump’s Phoenix speech

PHOENIX (AP) A day of noisy but largely peaceful protests of President Donald Trump’s speech in Phoenix turned unruly as police fired pepper spray at crowds after someone apparently lobbed rocks and bottles at officers. A haze enveloped the night sky Tuesday as protesters and police clashed outside the convention center where Trump had just […]

Man in standoff at Orlando airport sentenced to 10 months

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) A man who pointed a fake gun at police at an airport, urging officers to kill him, has been sentenced to 10 months in jail. Court documents show that Michael Pettigrew was sentenced last week after pleading no contest to charges of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer and carrying a […]

Whole Foods shareholders to get their say on Amazon deal

NEW YORK (AP) Whole Foods shareholders will vote on whether to bless a union with Amazon that the organic grocery chain’s CEO called “love at first sight.” Before agreeing to the $13.7 billion offer, Whole Foods had been under intense shareholder pressure to improve results and retain customers who have more choices about where to […]

Former tropical storm moves into Gulf on path toward Texas

MEXICO CITY (AP) The remnants of former Tropical Storm Harvey moved into the southern Gulf of Mexico on Tuesday night, and forecasters warned it could reorganize as a tropical system and threaten Texas late this week. The U.S. National Hurricane Center said the low pressure system was clearing Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and probably would become […]

Crime Stoppers: Third person involved in deadly Port Charlotte crash

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. A 911 call led investigators to believe a third person was involved and was the driver in a deadly December crash that killed two people. The crash near the intersection of U.S. Route 41 and Harbor Boulevard killed Port Charlotte residents Wesley Chery, 21, and Brittany Beni, 21, the Florida Highway Patrol said. […]