Cape Coral opens first indoor gun range
CAPE CORAL, Fla. Dozens waited in line for the grand opening of the city’s first indoor gun range Saturday morning. The 4,000 square-foot Shoot Center on Del Prado Boulevard boasts a variety of rifles,...
View ArticleFood Bank hosts first Family Volunteer Day
FORT MYERS, Fla. The Harry Chapin Food Bank hosted its first Family Volunteer Day Saturday morning. Dozens of volunteers, including WINK News anchor Lois Thome, packed over 1,500 bags of potatoes for...
View ArticleOngoing power outage in Fort Myers community sparks outrage among residents
FORT MYERS, Fla. Residents of Brookside Village are frustrated after one of the community’s apartment buildings lost power Friday. “I came back and all the power was off,” resident Joyce Judge said....
View ArticleIn SWFL and Orlando, services mark 1 year since 49 killed at club
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) Church bells will toll throughout the Orlando area as residents reflect on the 49 patrons killed during a massacre at the gay nightclub Pulse in the worst mass shooting in recent...
View ArticleSWFL food bank seeks help for low-income seniors
FORT MYERS, Fla. The Harry Chapin Food Bank is seeking donations to help replace a senior feeding program that recently went on the chopping block. The food bank is seeking $700,000 for the launch of...
View ArticleWater outage prompts precautionary boil water notice in Matlacha
MATLACHA, Fla. A water outage to replace a water line on Island Avenue will take effect Monday morning, the Greater Pine Island Water Association said in a statement. The water outage will take place...
View ArticleGov. Scott’s ‘victory’ tour to make stop in south Fort Myers
SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. Gov. Rick Scott’s “Fighting for Florida’s Future Victory” tour will make a stop here Tuesday. Scott will celebrate some of the bills state lawmakers passed during last week’s...
View ArticleFather receives life, son receives 75 years for Fort Myers robbery, murder
FORT MYERS, Fla. A father was sentenced to life in prison and his son received 75 years on Monday for their involvement in an April 2015 robbery and murder. Kevin Jerome Parker Sr. received life after...
View ArticleBaby burrowing owls survive rainy threat to habitat
CAPE CORAL, Fla. Recent heavy rains have raised concerns about baby burrowing owls that live underground, but some under observation in Cape Coral are doing just fine.
View ArticleDead fish, debris in Cape canal create eyesore for residents
CAPE CORAL, Fla. Dead fish, overgrown seagrass and debris are littering a canal near Hancock Bridge Parkway, leaving nearby homeowners to wonder when the city will clean it up.
View ArticleFormer toxic dump site sits empty near Dunbar homes
FORT MYERS, Fla. A plot of land in the middle of Dunbar where toxic sludge was once dumped sits empty as officials decide what to do with it. Arsenic was found 10 years ago in the soil of a city-owned...
View ArticleLee schools, property owners discuss Bonita High site
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. Representatives from Lee County schools had a “positive conversation” Monday with the owners of property on the site where a new high school is being built, a district spokeswoman...
View ArticleMother mourns loss of son in State Road 82 crash
IMMOKALEE, Fla. Shaun Weedall had just started a new job and bought his dream car. On June 6, the Lee County resident was killed in a head-on collision on State Road 82, his mother said. “He was like...
View ArticleSWFL residents to receive relief amid avid mosquito season
LABELLE, Fla. The Harry Chapin Food Bank will distribute 80,000 units of OFF! mosquito repellent over the next three months to Southwest Florida residents. The mosquito repellent donation will be...
View ArticleTrio turn themselves in for Fort Myers Shores kidnapping
FORT MYERS, Fla. Three suspects accused of kidnapping a woman for five days each received a $810,000 bond on Tuesday after turning themselves in Monday evening. Aranyelis Garcia-Ramos, 25, Frank...
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3-vehicle crash blocks Charlotte County intersection
PUNTA GORDA, Fla. A three-vehicle crash caused a roadblock Tuesday morning at the intersection of State Road 31 and Bermont Road, the Florida Highway Patrol said. A dump truck, pickup truck and Honda...
View ArticleBacteria advisory lifted for North Fort Myers park
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. An advisory about high levels of bacteria at North Shore Park has been discontinued, the Florida Department of Health in Lee County said. Samples for E. coli taken Monday in the...
View ArticleBaby dies from injuries in San Carlos Park crash
SAN CARLOS PARK, Fla. A baby boy from Fort Myers died Sunday morning from injuries sustained in a crash last Thursday, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Nicolas Jiovanni Cruz, who was less than a year...
View ArticleStudy: Algae blooms may return to Florida
FORT MYERS, Fla. Fish kills and a sickening sludge invaded Lake Okeechobee and the Caloosahatchee River last year. A new report published by the U.S. Geological Survey revealed 28 different species of...
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LCSO knew of sexual abuse allegations before murder
FORT MYERS, Fla. Documentation of years of alleged sexual abuse on a 17-year-old girl accused of murder wound up in the hands of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. But the sheriff’s office has produced...
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