FSW athletics director reassigned, placed on paid leave

SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. The man who restarted sports at Florida SouthWestern State College is finished as the school’s athletics director. FSW has reassigned Carl McAloose to a position at the school’s Naples campus, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. He’ll do institutional research and work on projects comparing the athletics department to ones at other schools. […]

Baby dolphin dies after beachgoers pull it from water for selfies

MOJACAR, Spain. (WKMG) A baby dolphin died after it became stranded and beachgoers pulled it out of the water to take selfies. The BBC reports a local non-profit organization said “selfishness” caused the dolphin’s death at a beach in southern Spain last week. According to The Mirror, the young female dolphin had lost its mother […]

Plans move forward for CenterPlace in Fort Myers

FORT MYERS, Fla. Plans for a new development called CenterPlace, located east of Ben Hill Griffin Parkway and south of Alico Road, will include nearly 2,000 homes, 200,000 square feet of retail space and about 250 hotel rooms.

Testing begins on Dunbar toxic sludge site

FORT MYERS, Fla. Testing began Wednesday on a site where toxic sludge was once dumped near homes in Dunbar. Geologists from the Department of Environmental Protection rolled equipment, including a ground-penetrating radar, onto the area where the city stored waste from its water treatment plant for decades, and where arsenic was discovered in 2007. Wednesday’s […]

CROW adds snakes, turtles to discovery program

SANIBEL, Fla. Children will be able to learn more about conservation at the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife following the addition of snakes and turtles to the discovery program.

Lehigh Acres kindergarten student placed on wrong bus

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. Jennifer Cohen is worried about her 5-year-old’s safety after he was forced to walk home alone. The mix-up happened Monday afternoon after the child was released from Manatee Elementary School on 5301 Tice Street, Cohen said. The child was placed on the wrong bus and was taken to his bus stop at 28th […]

Aunt: Naples teacher accused of sex with minor isn’t ‘monster’

NAPLES, Fla. The news still hasn’t sunk in yet for Melody Miller. Her nephew, Naples High School teacher and assistant football coach Brock Smith, was arrested Monday on accusations he had sex with an underage girl and sent nude photos to another. “I still think I’m in a nightmare or something,” Miller said. Smith made a […]

Naples man arrested in connection with robbery at CVS Pharmacy

NAPLES, Fla. A 24-year-old man was arrested following a Tuesday robbery at the CVS Pharmacy on U.S. 41 and Pine Ridge Road, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday. Dylan Wayne Wiebke, of Naples, faces a robbery charge and may face additional charges, deputies said. Bond has not yet been set. No further information was immediately […]