Gail Levy

A family pastime has been shuttered at the Coastland Center Mall in Naples because of the pandemic. The carousel – and the woman who has been running it for 10 years – are saying goodbye. When Jennifer Lee goes to Coastland Center Mall, she goes to shop – and to see Mary Warder. “Mary always […]

Early voting is coming to a close in Lee, Collier and Charlotte counties. Plenty of people are taking advantage of it, trying to avoid the lines come Election Day Tuesday. Poll workers we spoke to Friday said the last few days of early voting were running smoothly. They urge voters to vote now instead of […]

Flights increasing at RSW is just one sign that tourism is recovering in Lee County. Leaders say that it could be back on track by spring. When the pandemic first hit, it heavily impacted Lee County’s tourism industry. “In 32 years, we built this business up to an amazing, amazing company and in two weeks […]

A ride of a lifetime. Kevin Sisti is a recovering alcoholic who went through Justin’s Place Recovery Program with St. Matthew’s House. And now, he is commemorating two years of sobriety this week with a message for those struggling with addiction, “You’re not too old, you’re not too far gone, you can do this.” Sisti […]

Families are celebrating now that everyone can go inside nursing homes in the state again to see loved ones, but a group is saying that might not be the best idea. With the coronavirus numbers in Florida going back up, AARP says this could be dangerous for people in assisted living. We spoke to William […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis held a roundtable Thursday in Fort Myers regarding long-term care facilities. He announced the state will ease restrictions even more on visitations to long-term care facilities throughout the state, including allowing children to visit their loved ones. Florida last month began allowing visitors to return to long-term care facilities, but there were […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis has suggested he may change the frequency in which COVID-19 cases are reported in the state, but Wednesday afternoon, his communications director tweeted that isn’t the case. We just learned our cases in Southwest Florida are continuing to slowly climb, but the state has been under a 10% positivity rate for more […]

Some are calling it the most important election of their lives. Monday morning, early voting gets underway. The Supervisor of Elections website in your county lists the early voting locations. There are 11 different polling locations that will be open from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Voting early is the preference for many people. “I’ve […]

Saturday morning, the Women’s March Fort Myers will take to the streets to represent the political party and the values that they hope will carry out for the next four years. Starting around 10 a.m., up to 200 people are expected to line the sidewalks for a “call to action demonstration.” The goal is for […]

On Sept. 22, Kyle Durham was in a pretty bad motorcycle accident. There was a stranger who stopped to check on him. Now he, and the community, are searching for that woman to thank her. Durham considers himself an experienced motorcycle rider. With all of his experience, he never expected this crash to happen. “I […]