Graves from early 1900’s become unearthed at Arcadia cemetery

Graves dating back to the early 1900’s are becoming unearthed at Arcadia’s Oak Ridge Cemetery. A passerby believed it was vandalism when he recently saw a grave so badly degraded he saw human remains inside. But Beth Carsten, the assistant city administrator of Arcadia, said time and weather are causing the older graves to crack […]

SWFL nurse celebrates her co-workers’ resilience on National Nurses Day

May 6 marks National Nurses Day and the beginning of National Nurses Week. Nurses are on the front line, and they were there when Southwest Florida went through several waves of COVID-19. The nurses are there now, treating people with COVID-19, even with Lee Health reporting only 28 patients with COVID-19. The healthcare system says […]

Lee County grant funds ‘micro-credential’ classes at FGCU, FSW and Hodges

A new grant is providing training to future employees, giving candidates the skill sets they need to land a job, who otherwise wouldn’t have access to it. With glasses on and a pen in hand, Zhishan Liang looks like a typical student, but this isn’t your typical class. “It really gave me a new skill […]

North Port pastor travels to Warsaw to help Ukrainian refugees

When Ukrainian families escape the missiles, weapons, wreckage and fires they often land in Poland. That’s why Pastor Viktor Antipov, of House of Mercy Church in North Port, made the 5,278-mile journey from North Port to Warsaw to help Ukrainian refugees. Despite all of the loss and despair, Antipov said he heard no complaints. Antipov […]

Audio gives glimpse into internal affairs investigation on former Fort Myers police official

New audio recordings shed new light on the investigation into a controversy at the Fort Myers Police Department. The tape reveals Chief Derrick Diggs acknowledges one person felt pressured amid allegations then-Major William Newhouse told another officer to hide cost overruns on a new police station from the city council. The internal affairs investigation began […]

Review of Fort Myers police internal affairs investigation completed by outside firm

An independent review of an internal affairs investigation into a former high-ranking Fort Myers police official has been completed. The internal affairs investigation looked into whether then Major William Newhouse had ordered a subordinate to lie to city council about cost overruns for a new Fort Myers Police Department headquarters at the old News-Press building […]