Naples siblings win top piano honors at world festival

NAPLES, Fla. Two young pianists from Naples won first-place honors at a worldwide music festival. Olivia Barcela, 12, and Eduard Barcela, 10, topped their category earlier this month at the Golden Key of Vienna Music Festival after traveling to Austria to perform. The festival brings musicians from around the world together to take classes, tour […]

Donald Trump’s die-hard supporters show no signs of straying

NEW YORK (AP) They wash their hands of neo-Nazis and wag their fingers at leftists. They denounce a press corps they see as biased and controversies they view as manufactured. But in the frenzied blame game over the deadly violence at a rally of white supremacists, Donald Trump’s loyal base is happy to absolve the […]

Security threat leads Florida to cancel prison visitation

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) Prison officials in Florida cited a security threat in canceling visitation at all of its 149 facilities. In a statement released Wednesday, prison officials said the cancellation is in response to “credible intelligence indicating that small groups of inmates at several institutions may attempt to disrupt operations and impact safety and security.” […]

Trump decries monument removals, ‘history ripped apart’

WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump bitingly decried the rising movement to pull down monuments to Confederate icons Thursday, declaring the nation is seeing “the history and culture of our great country being ripped apart.” Trump’s remarks came as the White house tried to manage his increasing isolation and the continued fallout from his combative previous […]

The Latest: Police: 5th suspect killed in Spain resort town

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) The Latest on the Barcelona attack (all times local): 4:10 a.m. The police force for Spain’s Catalonia region says the fifth suspect shot in the resort town of Cambrils has died and six civilians have been injured. Police earlier Friday morning had said four suspects had been killed in the town south […]

Fort Myers nature center offers solar eclipse viewing party

FORT MYERS, Fla. Southwest Florida residents can have a chance to view the solar eclipse at the Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium. The viewing party will begin at 12:30 p.m. on Monday at nature center at 3450 Ortiz Ave. The eclipse will reach maximum coverage at 2:53 p.m. locally. Areas of Southwest Florida will see […]

Storms bring lightning, rain, minor flood threat to SWFL

FORT MYERS, Fla. Strong storms were moving through central and southern Collier County shortly after 6 p.m. Thursday, bringing excessive lightning and torrential rainfall, the National Weather Service said. 608PM Strong storms in Central Collier County along and South of I-75 w/ excessive lightning & torrential rainfall #FLwx — NWS Miami (@NWSMiami) August 17, 2017 Heavy […]