August 28, 2015

High School Football Scores Final Port Charlotte 28 Lemon Bay 0 Final Fort Lauderdale 0 Charlotte 40 Final Sebring 41 DeSoto County 0 Final Gateway Charter High School 9 East Lee County High 45 Final Fort Lauderdale High School 0 Charlotte High School 40 Final South Fort Myers High School 33 Island Coast High School […]

EDISON, N.J. (AP) — By the end of the week, Jordan Spieth might be No. 1 in just one major category — the PGA Tour money list. He has earned just under $10.4 million this year, so missing the cut at The Barclays is not likely to keep him up at night. Rory McIlroy will […]

AVE MARIA, Fla.- A wild sight at an Ave Maria gas station Sunday night as one man captured a big black bear roaming around on video. “I saw people running inside when they saw the bear and I just kept filming,” said Dion Homer. “He looked at me, I looked at him,” said Homer who […]

CAPE CORAL, Fla. – Grocery stores and gas stations across Southwest Florida have seen an increase in people as Tropical Storm Erika continues to head this way. “Pretty much a whole bunch of canned foods like spaghetti, corn,” Blanca Lorenzana said. “Oh, we’ve got water, we’ve got lanterns, batteries, you know we went down the […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The voice of summer in Los Angeles plans to return next year. Vin Scully will be back for a record 67th season in the broadcast booth for the Dodgers, who revealed the news Friday night in the second inning of their game against the Chicago Cubs. Magic Johnson, a co-owner of […]

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — At least for one series Tom Brady looked like Tom Brady again. The four-time Super Bowl champion overcame two early interceptions to lead his first touchdown drive of the preseason as the New England Patriots beat the Carolina Panthers 17-16 on Friday night. New England’s first six possessions included four three-and-outs […]

NEW YORK (AP) – A billion people logged in to Facebook on a single day this week, marking the first time that many members used the world’s largest online social network in a 24-hour period. The number amounts to one-seventh of the Earth’s population. Monday’s milestone was mostly symbolic for Facebook, which boasts nearly 1.5 […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) – A child welfare official in northern Mexico took at least nine babies from poor or drug-addicted mothers and offered them to adoptive parents in exchange for payments ranging from $5,000 to $9,000, authorities said Friday. Raul Ramirez, the head of the government human rights commission in the border state of Sonora, […]

CONCORD, N.H. (AP) – A graduate of an exclusive New England prep school was cleared of forcible rape but convicted of lesser sex offenses Friday against a 15-year-old freshman girl in a case that exposed a campus tradition in which seniors competed to see how many younger students they could sleep with. A jury of […]