Joey Pellegrino

A child was seriously injured after being struck by a car in Lehigh Acres Sunday night. A car driven by a Lehigh Acres woman, 42, was traveling west around 8:04 p.m. on 8th Street Southwest, west of Olive Avenue South, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. An 11-year-old boy, also from Lehigh Acres, was on […]

Jan. 16 will mark 40 years since a Lee County teenager went missing after a trip to the Edison Mall with her family. Mary Opitz, 17, was last seen on Jan. 16, 1981, heading towards the mall parking lot. She was with her mother and brother and told them she was tired and was going […]

President-elect Joe Biden is nominating New York emergency department commissioner Deanne Criswell to serve as the Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator and has tapped former CIA deputy director David Cohen to return to the agency in the same role he served during the Obama administration. The picks, along with a trio of other new nominations […]

As President Donald Trump’s supporters massed outside the Capitol last week and sang the national anthem, a line of men wearing olive-drab helmets and body armor trudged purposefully up the marble stairs in a single-file line, each man holding the jacket collar of the one ahead. The formation, known as “Ranger File,” is standard operating […]

Washington D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said Wednesday that in an effort to prevent violence during President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20, and in the days before, officials are discouraging the public from coming to the event and largely blocking off access to the streets around the Capitol. The city has also asked federal officials […]

Waning trust in governments and all types of media is threatening to limit the rollout of coronavirus vaccines around the world, particularly in the United States, according to a survey conducted by communications firm Edelman. In an annual assessment on the state of trust in institutions, the firm found that this “infodemic” is breeding mistrust […]

Some of America’s biggest corporations are distancing themselves from lawmakers following the riot at the U.S. Capitol last week. More than a dozen Fortune 500 companies have suspended political donations, and at least one is asking for money back from senators who cast doubt on the 2020 presidential election results. Hallmark Cards Inc. asked Republican […]

The Trump administration is asking states to speed delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to people 65 and older and to others at high risk by no longer holding back the second dose of the two-dose shots, officials said Tuesday. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar said that “the administration in the states has been too […]

Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire mogul and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singular force in domestic and international politics has died after a long illness, his wife said Tuesday. Miriam Adelson and the Las Vegas Sands Corp. both released statements confirming Adelson’s death. He was […]

Gov. Ron DeSantis held multiple press conferences Tuesday on the vaccine rollout across the state. DeSantis held press conferences at The Village, Niceville, and Panama City Beach. DeSantis said that Florida’s decision to vaccinate seniors 65 and older against the coronavirus has been justified by the federal government’s decision to do the same. Appearing at […]