AP-NORC poll: Virus-weary Americans less festive this year

Maureen Brennan will spend Christmas with her daughter at their Nashua, New Hampshire, home after declining invitations from other relatives to celebrate with them. Michael Smith will mark the holidays alone in Elko, Nevada, unwilling to risk being infected with the coronavirus before he can be vaccinated. Neither feels overly festive this holiday season, reflecting […]

Paragliding Santa Claus rescued after getting caught in power lines in California

A paraglider dressed as Santa Claus was rescued after being caught in power lines in Rio Linda, California on Sunday. The Santa was removed safely from the power lines after being trapped for over an hour, according to the Sacramento Metropolitan Fire District. The Sacramento Fire Department tweeted photos and video of the rescue. That […]

Three arrests made, large amounts of drugs seized in Fort Myers searches

Three men were arrested during two simultaneous searches in Fort Myers, which also uncovered large quantities of drugs as well as paraphernalia and firearms. On Thursday, the Fort Myers Police, working with other agencies, executed searches on homes on Eastland Street and  Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The searches were the results of a […]

Glades County man arrested on child pornography charges

A Glades County man was arrested Thursday on several counts of child pornography. Robert John Etgeton, 44, of Muse was arrested by special agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement on 20 counts of possession of child pornography. Due to the number of images and the sexual battery of children depicted in them, each […]

Vice President Mike Pence. (CBS News photo)

Vice President Mike Pence gets vaccinated on live television

Vice President Mike Pence is receiving a televised COVID-19 vaccination Friday morning, making him the highest-profile government official to do so publicly. Second lady Karen Pence and Surgeon General Jerome Adams will also be receiving a vaccination. Pence, head of the White House Coronavirus Task Force, has taken on much of the day-to-day work on […]

House destroyed by fire in North Fort Myers, family displaced

A fire tore through a house in North Fort Myers early Friday morning, leaving two parents and their 18-year-old without a home just ahead of Christmas. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office captured video of the flames engulfing the home on Washington Drive around 12:20 a.m. The North Fort Myers Fire District was able to put […]

Port Charlotte man arrested on child pornography charges

A Port Charlotte man was arrested Wednesday on charges related to child pornography. Brendon John Boule, 39, was identified as a suspect after numerous Cyber-Tips were reported to the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children between Aug. 4 through Nov. 2 regarding child pornography files being uploaded using a web-based chat platform called FreeChatNow. […]

Cape Coral woman seriously injured in Fort Myers crash

A three-vehicle crash in Fort Myers sent a woman to the hospital Thursday morning. The Florida Highway Patrol says a 40-year-old Cape Coral woman in a Ford Focus was headed south on Metro Parkway when she swerved to avoid a tractor-trailer that was backing into a business. Her car traveled into the path of an […]

DeSantis announces state distribution plan, 4 SWFL locations for Moderna vaccine

NOTE: No COVID-19 vaccine is currently available to the general public on request. Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Florida’s initial distribution plan for the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday night. Florida is preparing to receive 367,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine after Sunday, pending Emergency Use Authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Doses of the […]