Bonita Springs man arrested in Wells Fargo bank robbery

BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. A 41-year-old man was arrested in connection with a Monday afternoon bank robbery, Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers said Tuesday morning. Linn Richard Thompson, of Bonita Springs, is accused of robbing the Wells Fargo bank at 9150 Bonita Beach Road SE. The suspect allegedly entered the bank around 1 p.m., pushed a customer […]

2 facing charges in East Naples dine-and-dash

EAST NAPLES, Fla. Two people accused of dining and dashing this weekend at a restaurant on Thomasson Drive are facing retail theft charges. Two diners, later identified as Naples residents Katrina Spirko, 37, and Jeffrey Tellez, 45, ordered expensive dishes and twelve beers totaling $125 at FoxBoro Sports Tavern at 4420 Thomasson Drive. They tried […]

Dozens injured, none life-threatening, in suburban Philadelphia train crash

UPPER DARBY, Pa. (AP) A regional rail train crashed into a parked train at a suburban Philadelphia terminal early Tuesday morning, injuring dozens of passengers and the train’s operator, a regional rail spokeswoman said. Rail spokeswoman Heather Redfern said none of the 42 people hurt in the crash suffered life-threatening injuries. An inbound Norristown High […]

Johnson & Johnson ordered to pay $417M in talcum powder case

LOS ANGELES (CNN) On Monday, a jury awarded a California woman $417 million because she developed ovarian cancer and had used Johnson & Johnson Baby Powder for decades. The award includes $70 million in compensatory damages and $347 million in punitive damages. Eva Echeverria, a 63-year-old from Los Angeles, said she had been using the […]

Woman arrested in North Fort Myers gun theft

NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. A homeless woman suspected of stealing guns from a Buccaneer Estates home has been arrested. Tiffany Renae Shrum, 37, aka Tiffany Shannon, was taken into custody Monday afternoon, Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers said. Still, only one of the five guns that went missing last week from the home on Jose Gaspar Drive […]

Stay to play mandates irk parents, help tournaments, SWFL hotels

FORT MYERS, Fla. Traveling for youth sports may be inevitable for parents of kids with high aspirations. But for parents, there’s not always a choice in where they get to stay overnight. A trend known as “stay to play” has become common with tournaments nationwide across various sports. “You will see in big, bold letters […]

Trump says US can’t afford quick Afghanistan withdrawal

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump declared Monday night the United States must continue fighting in Afghanistan to avoid the “predictable and unacceptable” results of a rapid withdrawal from the country where the U.S. has been at war for 16 years. In a prime-time address to the nation, Trump said his “original instinct was to pull […]

Port Charlotte man, 64, killed in US 41 crash

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. A 64-year-old man died from injuries suffered Saturday in a crash at U.S. 41 and Harbor Boulevard, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Wade Martin Byington, of Port Charlotte, was driving a 2005 Nissan Frontier westbound on Harbor Boulevard and failed to stop at the red light at U.S. 41, according to the FHP. […]

Cape nixes land use change for former golf course

CAPE CORAL, Fla. A controversial plan to turn a former golf course into hundreds of homes was dealt two critical blows Monday. City Council voted against recommending a change in land use for the Palm Tree Boulevard site that was once The Golf Club. That came hours after developer D.R. Horton abandoned its proposal to […]