August 3, 2015

MARCO ISLAND, Fla.- The Marco Island City Council voted not to discuss launching an investigation into one of their own. City leaders changed their votes at the last minute after the meeting cleared out Monday night. With only three members of the public still left in the room, council members voted 4-to-1 not to investigate Council Member […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- The police union president is asking city leaders to investigate Fort Myers Police Chief Doug Baker following calls for his resignation. The union claims Baker lied during the investigation into NFL star Nate Allen earlier this year, which Baker says is untrue. “We are not going to convict our police chief nor anybody […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.-  A series of secretly recorded and highly edited videos by anti-abortion activists has Planned Parenthood under fire and under the microscope. The videos claim to show Planned Parenthood employees discussing the sale of fetal body parts. “This video is absolutely shockingly inhumane,” Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., said. Republicans want to pass legislation […]

Barron Collier High School senior Brandon Cachon finished second in the 400 meter dash at the USATF National Junior Olympics Track and Field Championships. The event ran from July 27-August 2 at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Cachon finished in 47.62 which was .07 seconds behind Ryan Champlin in the 17-18 year old […]

MIAMI (AP) – Authorities say 24 Cuban migrants have landed in the Florida Keys. Key West police say the 23 men and one woman reached shore around 4 a.m. Monday. The Miami Herald (http://goo.gl/GPnff7 ) reports that the group made the 90-mile journey on a tiny makeshift boat named Mariana. Police say some of them […]

RUSKIN, Fla. (AP) – Amazon is nearly doubling its number of workers at two Florida fulfillment centers. Gov. Rick Scott announced Monday that Amazon will be adding 2,000 new jobs at its warehouses in Ruskin and Lakeland. The fulfillment centers already employ more than 2,000 people. Amazon opened its first Florida warehouse last August in […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- City leaders are moving forward with a plan to get rid of a box that asks job applicants if they’ve ever been convicted of a felony. Anyone that applies for a job with the City of Fort Myers runs into the box. You have to check it, if you’ve been convicted of a crime, other than […]

NAPLES   Fla.   — Margaret Gourdet applied for a visa to travel to London in the first week of July.  She had been invited by the Salvation Army to attend its 150th anniversary in London where the organization was founded in 1865. A music teacher for the Salvation Army in Naples, Stephen Hull, says he […]

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- For the first time since her release from prison, former Lee County Commissioner Tammy Hall is telling her side of the story. Hall served a six-month jail sentence for stealing campaign funds for her personal use. She tells bpmnow.com, a digital news source covering business, politics and media, that she went into a deep […]