Derrick Shaw

EAST NAPLES, Fla. – Two children rushed to the hospital after their home went up in flames Thursday morning. One of those children remains hospitalized in critical but stable condition. The State Fire Marshal determined the fire started around 4 a.m. while someone was cooking at the apartment off Bayshore Drive. Joseph Perez-Bard, 28, was home […]

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – They’re fast, they’re invasive, and they’re in Southwest Florida. “Southwest Florida, this is public enemy number one–the Argentine Tegu,” Ian Bartoszek, a biologist for the Conservancy of Southwest Florida said. Coming in at about 4-feet long, these aren’t your normal tree-dwelling lizards. The invasive species has already been spotted in Collier […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Deputies are investigating a shooting that claimed the life of a teen late Wednesday night as a homicide. Flashing lights lit up Harlem Heights around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday. Deputies found 18-year-old Denarius Grover shot multiple times. A nearby neighbor arrived to help, illuminating Grover’s body with her truck’s headlights. “Then somebody said there’s a […]

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla.- Wal-Mart is preparing to hire around 300 employees to work at a new location slated to open this fall. A temporary hiring center has opened at 16120 San Carlos Blvd., Suite 10 A, in Fort Myers. Applications will be accepted Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The majority of new associates will […]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The disturbed homeless man who attacked a movie theater with a pellet gun, an ax and pepper spray also had a propane tank and lighter fluid and may have been planning to set off an explosion, authorities said Thursday. Vincente David Montano, 29, was shot to death by a SWAT unit […]

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) – Puerto Ricans are learning to live without water on an island that already was suffering an economic crisis. A severe drought is forcing businesses to temporarily close, public schools to cancel breakfast service and people to find creative ways to stay clean amid sweltering temperatures. Rationing rules that had […]

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he hopes an agreement reached with Russia to investigate chemical weapons attacks in Syria will hold the perpetrators accountable. Speaking Thursday in Malaysia, Kerry said he and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had agreed Wednesday to language of a new U.N. Security Council […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Gecko Hospitality, the largest hospitality recruiter in the United States, has launched a new campaign to benefit Ronald McDonald House Charities. The Ronald McDonald House in Fort Myers is a home away from home, for families whose children are currently getting help at the Golisano Children’s Hospital. Gecko Hospitality organized a nationwide […]

ISMAILIA, Egypt (AP) – Egypt on Thursday will unveil a major extension of the Suez Canal that President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has billed as an historic achievement which will boost the country’s ailing economy after years of unrest. An elaborate ceremony in the canal city of Ismailia will be hosted by the president and attended by […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – NASA told Congress on Wednesday that it will have to spend half a billion dollars to pay Russia to fly astronauts to the International Space Station. NASA Administrator Charles Bolden sent a letter to Congress saying the agency would need to pay $490 million to Russia for six seats on Soyuz rockets […]