Police investigate homicide in front of Fort Myers beauty salonWINK Neighborhood Watch: road rage, domestic violence and camper fire
FORT MYERS Police investigate homicide in front of Fort Myers beauty salon The Fort Myers Police Department is investigating a homicide after police found a man’s dead body in the parking lot of a Fort Myers beauty salon.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: road rage, domestic violence and camper fire This weeks segment of WINK Neighborhood watch features: An angry driver, a posterior puncture, and a family camper up in flames.
OCALA Memorial held for migrant bus crash victims A memorial was held in Ocala Friday night after a bus crash left eight people dead and 45 injured this past Tuesday.
IMMOKALEE ROAD 3 injured in deadly crash on Immokalee road The Florida Highway Patrol is currently investigating a deadly crash on Immokalee road.
NAPLES Collier deputies investigating car submerged in water The Collier County Sheriffs Office is investigating the scene of a submerged vehicle in Naples.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball reflects on season and team’s legacy FGCU softball reflects on the historic season following their elimination doubleheader Saturday as well as what made this team special.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The Weather Authority: Scattered storms in the forecast for your Sunday Expect sun and clouds throughout the day, along with scattered rain. Some of the storms have the potential to become severe.
CAPE CORAL Do we need a federal gun database for mental illness? One family says yes One family is on a mission to create a new national gun database. It would require medical professionals to enter mental health information.
ALVA Three dead in triple drowning near the Franklin Lock in Olga The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a scene of a water rescue where three people were recovered.
PUNTA GORDA The Weather Authority helps you prepare for the hurricane season at the 2024 Charlotte County Hurricane Expo With hurricane season less than two weeks away, it’s important to start preparing.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball senior balances EMT training and Regional play Ahead of NCAA Regional play, FGCU senior outfielder Riley Oakes started EMT training as she works toward being a trauma surgeon.
PUNTA GORDA Homes For Our Troops grants veteran new home Through all the cheers and a community-wide escort, it’s a ‘welcome to your forever home for army sergeant veteran Brandon Rethmel and his family.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Beat the Heat: Stay safe during extreme weather The Weather Authority has issued a heat advisory for portions of South, Southeast, and Southwest Florida from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday.
FORT MYERS Leaders discuss possibility of shutting down Caloosahatchee Bridge Should residents endure two years of partial lane closures, or fully shut the Caloosahatchee bridge down for 10 weeks?
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball parents cherish NCAA Tournament experience The parents of the FGCU softball team are relishing seeing their daughters play in the NCAA Tournament.
FORT MYERS Police investigate homicide in front of Fort Myers beauty salon The Fort Myers Police Department is investigating a homicide after police found a man’s dead body in the parking lot of a Fort Myers beauty salon.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: road rage, domestic violence and camper fire This weeks segment of WINK Neighborhood watch features: An angry driver, a posterior puncture, and a family camper up in flames.
OCALA Memorial held for migrant bus crash victims A memorial was held in Ocala Friday night after a bus crash left eight people dead and 45 injured this past Tuesday.
IMMOKALEE ROAD 3 injured in deadly crash on Immokalee road The Florida Highway Patrol is currently investigating a deadly crash on Immokalee road.
NAPLES Collier deputies investigating car submerged in water The Collier County Sheriffs Office is investigating the scene of a submerged vehicle in Naples.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball reflects on season and team’s legacy FGCU softball reflects on the historic season following their elimination doubleheader Saturday as well as what made this team special.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The Weather Authority: Scattered storms in the forecast for your Sunday Expect sun and clouds throughout the day, along with scattered rain. Some of the storms have the potential to become severe.
CAPE CORAL Do we need a federal gun database for mental illness? One family says yes One family is on a mission to create a new national gun database. It would require medical professionals to enter mental health information.
ALVA Three dead in triple drowning near the Franklin Lock in Olga The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a scene of a water rescue where three people were recovered.
PUNTA GORDA The Weather Authority helps you prepare for the hurricane season at the 2024 Charlotte County Hurricane Expo With hurricane season less than two weeks away, it’s important to start preparing.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball senior balances EMT training and Regional play Ahead of NCAA Regional play, FGCU senior outfielder Riley Oakes started EMT training as she works toward being a trauma surgeon.
PUNTA GORDA Homes For Our Troops grants veteran new home Through all the cheers and a community-wide escort, it’s a ‘welcome to your forever home for army sergeant veteran Brandon Rethmel and his family.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Beat the Heat: Stay safe during extreme weather The Weather Authority has issued a heat advisory for portions of South, Southeast, and Southwest Florida from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday.
FORT MYERS Leaders discuss possibility of shutting down Caloosahatchee Bridge Should residents endure two years of partial lane closures, or fully shut the Caloosahatchee bridge down for 10 weeks?
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball parents cherish NCAA Tournament experience The parents of the FGCU softball team are relishing seeing their daughters play in the NCAA Tournament.
Fort Myers ‘I’m not afraid of the site’: Fort Myers mayor wants Dunbar residents to reach out to him Fort Myers Mayor Randy Henderson wants residents living near a toxic sludge site to bring their questions and concerns directly to him. Henderson has never visited the site where arsenic was discovered in 2007, and in the groundwater there in 2012. SERIES: Click here for complete coverage of Dunbar toxic sludge site “I’m not afraid of […]
Fort Myers City Council OKs $150K for legal defense as Dunbar sludge lawsuits loom FORT MYERS, Fla. The city is girding itself for lawsuits over a former sludge dumping site in Dunbar. City Council voted Monday to approve spending $150 thousand to hire attorneys. Council members Johnny Streets, Fred Burson, Theresa Watkins Brown and Michael Flanders voted to approve the spending. Councilwoman Terolyn Watson who opposed the spending. At least […]
Fort Myers City sets date for long-awaited Dunbar sludge community meeting Residents living near a former toxic sludge dump site in Dunbar are one step closer to getting answers. The City of Fort Myers announced Friday afternoon that a community meeting will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on Jan. 25 at the Dr. Carrie Robinson Event Center on 2990 Edison Avenue. City leaders […]
FORT MYERS Vandals damage well at Dunbar sludge site A well used to test toxins in the groundwater was damaged at a former toxic sludge site in Dunbar.
Fort Myers FGCU students test Dunbar residents’ hair for arsenic Students from Florida Gulf Coast University are working to help Dunbar residents living near a toxic sludge site. If residents surrounding the sludge site were exposed to arsenic, students hope to find evidence of it in their hair as part of a research project. “The more samples we have the more we can compare and […]
DUNBAR Contaminated sludge from 1960s slowly removed from Dunbar neighborhood Last year, residents discovered a sludge site contained the hazardous chemical arsenic. It originated from a water treatment plant and got dumped into a local site in the 1960s for almost a decade. Now, the City of Fort Myers has begun to remove this residential health hazard. However, the highly-anticipated removal of contaminated sludge from […]
DEP blasts Fort Myers over handling of Dunbar sludge tests FORT MYERS, Fla. The city is drawing sharp criticism from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection over its handling of test results on the Dunbar sludge site. A letter dated Tuesday from DEP Director of District Management Jon M. Inglehart to City Manager Saaed Kazemi takes the city to task for failing to release results […]
NAACP: Lack of action on Dunbar sludge site is ‘environmental racism’ FORT MYERS, Fla. The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People held a meeting Thursday demanding action to cleanup a former dump site in Dunbar. Lee County NAACP President James Muwakkil asked the Department of Environmental Protection to better inform the public about the process to cleanup contamination in and around the sludge site. “Listen, […]
Sen. Nelson: Residents ‘deserve to know’ Dunbar sludge results FORT MYERS, Fla. The city’s handling of test results showing arsenic in Dunbar has caught the eye of U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson. The Florida Democrat is urging swift public notice be made of the preliminary results showing elevated levels of arsenic in four of six wells tested at a site where sludge from a water […]
Citrus County surprised with shipment of arsenic-tainted sludge Citrus County residents and officials say they are surprised that arsenic-tainted sludge was brought to their county and they aren’t sure what’s being done with it. Officials for Citrus County say they were unaware sludge from Dunbar South Street in Fort Myers was headed to their county for processing. “We were first made aware of […]