Derrick Shaw

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) NASA has launched the last of its longtime tracking and communication satellites. The end of the era came with Friday morning’s liftoff of TDRS-M (T-driss-M), the 13th satellite that’s part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite network. An unmanned Atlas V rocket provided the lift from Cape Canaveral, Florida. WINK […]

CAPE CORAL, Fla. The first billboards ever allowed in the city are beginning to take shape. Crews are putting up electronic billboards next to the Welcome Center at the foot of the Cape Coral Bridge and on Veterans Parkway near the Midpoint Memorial Bridge. City Council approved the signs last year. They’ll feature a mix of […]

ARCADIA, Fla. A crash shut down State Road 70 in both directions for about two hours Friday. The road reopened at about 9:40 a.m. after a wreck that happened at 7:22 a.m. at the intersection with Northwest Second Bunker Avenue, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The roadblock was near the Arcadia Peace River Campground. It’s unclear if […]

IMMOKALEE, Fla. A 15-year-old bicyclist was seriously injured in a Thursday evening hit-and-run crash, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The boy was taken to NCH North Naples hospital after he was hit by a car that a witness described as possibly a white Lincoln passenger vehicle with tinted windows and front end damage, according to […]

CAPE CORAL, Fla. Companies have permits to remove burrowing owl nests at a pair of sites in the city, but wildlife officials urge residents to be vigilant for builders who destroy habitats without permission.  

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Some Florida Republicans are condemning President Donald Trump’s reaction to events in Charlottesville, Virginia. Others are tiptoeing around the issue, or remaining silent. Florida’s governor, meanwhile, went on a lunch date with him Thursday. Republican Gov. Rick Scott dined with Trump at his New Jersey golf club, even as the president continues […]

BOSTON (AP) New England’s fall foliage forecast is looking so fine it’s enough to make a maple leaf blush. For the first time in several years, little has conspired against a truly glorious autumn. There’s no more drought, the summer has been mild and the leaves – largely spared by marauding gypsy moth caterpillars – […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) Marion Lambert is unapologetic about the abundance of Confederate flags that surround him at his Florida farm. But the flag he’s proudest of sits about 17 miles away, at the corners of Interstates 4 and 75. It’s the centerpiece of the Confederate Memorial Park, a small sliver of privately owned land. The […]

MIAMI (AP) Authorities in the eastern Caribbean warned residents to stay indoors as Tropical Storm Harvey brought heavy winds and rain to the area Friday on a path expected to take it to Central America next week. Harvey was expected to cross through St. Vincent and the Grenadines and then over the Caribbean Sea. A […]