Fatal Naples dump truck crash shuts down Collier Blvd

NAPLES, Fla. – One woman was killed in fatal crash involving a dump truck that closed Collier Boulevard between Rattlesnake Hammock Road and Verona Walk Boulevard Tuesday afternoon, according to Lt. Gregory Bueno of the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP officers said Kathe Ryan, 45, of Naples, was killed after Luis Yero, 34, sped through a red […]

Cape Coral mom backs into 17-month-old daughter

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A mother rushing to get her four children to school and daycare backed into her 17-month-old daughter, Cape Coral Police said. Courtney Elizabeth Acevedo, 31, told police she thought she’d buckled the girl into her carseat, but her daughter was instead behind her van as she exited the garage at their […]

Obama tells Trump to ‘stop whining’ about rigged elections

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday tore into Donald Trump for sowing suspicion about the integrity of the U.S. election, telling the Republican presidential nominee to “stop whining” and focus on winning votes. Obama called Trump’s intensifying, pre-emptive warnings about voter fraud “unprecedented” in modern politics. The rhetoric is not based on any […]

Former Florida sheriff’s deputy gets 30 years for sex crimes

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) – A former sheriff’s deputy in the Florida Panhandle is heading to prison after his conviction on sex charges involving a teenage girl. Circuit Judge John L. Miller sentenced 44-year-old Walter Michael Thomas Monday to 30 years in prison followed by 15 years of sex offender probation. Thomas was found guilty in […]

Woman’s body found on side of Miami highway

MIAMI (AP) – Authorities are investigating after a woman’s body was found on the ramp that connects Florida’s Turnpike to the Don Shula Expressway near Miami. New outlets are reporting officials closed the northbound ramp Tuesday morning to investigate the death. The road reopened to traffic around 10:30 a.m. The body was taken to the […]

Cape Coral man arrested for running over Trump sign

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Police have arrested a driver who posted video to Facebook that appears to show him intentionally running over a Donald Trump campaign sign along Del Prado Boulevard on Sunday. The Cape Coral Police Department issued Manuel Retiz, 36, a notice to appear in court after the woman who owns the sign […]

Beached whale discovered at Gasparilla Marina

PLACIDA, Fla. – A 20-foot sperm whale calf has beached itself at Gasparilla Marina, according to witnesses who filmed their efforts to save it. The baby whale is less than a year old, was separated from its mother and in really bad shape, though Florida Fish and Wildlife experts are unsure what caused it to […]

Gas leak shuts down portion of Metro Pkwy

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A gas leak at an area business shut down part of Metro Parkway Tuesday morning, Lee County Sheriff’s Office reports. Although there is one southbound lane open, both directions of Metro Parkway between East Pine Parkway and Commerce Park Drive are closed, the sheriff’s office said. Motorcyclists shouldn’t drive through the scene […]

Same Facebook hoax, different year

If you felt a sense of déjà vu over the weekend while scrolling through your Facebook News Feed, you’re not alone. Those dreaded paragraph-long privacy hoaxes that have been circulating on Facebook for years are resurfacing. That’s right, you know the posts we’re talking about. The language may be slightly tweaked, but the message is […]