Naples High teacher, football coach accused of sex with minor

NAPLES, Fla. A Naples High School teacher and assistant football coach was arrested Monday and faces charges of sex with a 17-year-old girl. Brock Elliot Smith, 30, of the 5200 block of Brixton Court in Naples, is accused of sending nude photos to the victim in November 2016 and twice having sex with her in […]

2 injured in Port Charlotte dump truck crash

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. Two people were injured in a crash involving a dump truck Tuesday morning on South McCall Road, the Charlotte County Traffic Incident Management said. The two-vehicle wreck involved an SUV and a dump truck, according to a Charlotte County Fire and Emergency Medical Services official. It happened around 10:00 a.m. at the […]

1 arrested after road rage leads to gunfire in Lehigh Acres

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. A 26-year-old man was arrested after road rage led to an exchange of gunfire Monday afternoon, the Lee County Sheriff’s Office said. Rocco Ruzzo, of Lehigh Acres, is accused of firing at and hitting a 2003 silver Toyota near the intersection of State Road 82 and Gregory Avenue South, according the sheriff’s […]

Agency continues to mull Naples parking garage project

NAPLES, Fla. The Community Redevelopment Agency continued discussing a proposed $15 million parking garage project in downtown Naples at a meeting Tuesday. The city council is expected to vote Wednesday morning on buying land for the proposed land.

Boy, 10, hit by truck in Lehigh Acres

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. A 10-year-old boy suffered minor injuries Tuesday morning when he was hit by a truck on 68th Street West, the Florida Highway Patrol said. The boy was sitting in front of the truck waiting for a school bus on the shoulder near the intersection with June Avenue North, witnesses told the FHP. […]

Lee County NAACP speaks as deadly rally accelerates Confederate statue removals

NEW YORK (AP) The Robert E. Lee statue and portrait in downtown Fort Myers was the topic of discussion at an NAACP press conference Tuesday morning. The deadly white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, is fueling another re-evaluation of Confederate statues in cities across the nation, accelerating their removal in much the same way that […]

Scattered storms, sun & clouds for Tuesday

FORT MYERS, Fla. There will be a high of 92 degrees with sun, clouds and scattered storms Tuesday, WINK meteorologist Brooke Silverang said. Parts of Southwest Florida will feel between 100 and 105 degrees Tuesday, WINK meteorologist Matt Devitt said. View an hourly forecast here.

Both Korean leaders, US signal turn to diplomacy amid crisis

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) North Korea’s military on Tuesday presented leader Kim Jong Un with plans to launch missiles into waters near Guam and “wring the windpipes of the Yankees,” even as both Koreas and the United States signaled their willingness to avert a deepening crisis, with each suggesting a path toward negotiations. The tentative […]

Florida tourism keeps growing thanks to American visitors

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) The number of tourists visiting Florida continues to grow. Gov. Rick Scott will announce Tuesday that an estimated 60.7 million tourists came to the state during the first six months of the year. That’s a 4.1 percent increase over the same time period in 2016. Scott plans to highlight the new numbers […]