Sheriff Scott shares more information in Sievers murder

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Lee County Sheriff Mike Scott says they’re not ruling anything out when it comes to the potential of more suspects in the brutal murder of Bonita Springs Dr. Teresa Sievers. We asked Sheriff Scott if he believes anyone else was inside the Sievers home when she was murdered. “Well we have not […]

Report: Some top baby monitors lack basic security features

NEW YORK (AP) – Several of the most popular Internet-connected baby monitors lack basic security features, making them vulnerable to even the most basic hacking attempts, according to a new report from a cybersecurity firm. The possibility of an unknown person watching their baby’s every move is a frightening thought for many parents who have […]

Flooding along Shawnee Rd. blamed on neighbors

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Residents of a community forced underwater say their neighbors are to blame. Dan Thompson has lived on Shawnee Road, off of State Road 82, for 29 years. “I’m angry, frustrated, really at the end of my rope,” said Thompson. He says flooding became unbearable this summer, because of a culvert on a […]

Hospital crowding concerns spark changes

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Lee Memorial Health Systems is taking action to make hospital visits run smoother. “Over the past couple of years we’ve seen increases of 13 percent in our emergency department, which is much more than the growth that is actually taking place in this area,” said Scott Cashman, chief administrative officer at Cape Coral Hospital. Patients often complain […]

Blue Bell resumes production at Oklahoma facility

BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (AP) – Blue Bell Creameries has resumed operations at a northwestern Oklahoma facility a day after the company’s products returned to the shelves at select locations in Texas and Alabama. The Texas-based company says limited production resumed Tuesday at the facility in Broken Arrow, a Tulsa suburb. The company said in a […]

PolitiFact: Can Jeb Bush claim he’s released all his emails?

TAMPA, Fla.- Jeb Bush is stepping up his attacks on Hillary Clinton’s private emails in an ad released on August 27. Bush also used a private email server during his time as Florida governor, and claims he released all of those emails to the public. The ad title ‘transparency v. Secrecy’ uses a series of […]

Arby’s apologizes after worker refuses to serve officer

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. (AP) – The Arby’s restaurant chain is apologizing after an employee at a South Florida location refused to serve a police officer. Pembroke Pines Police Chief Dan Giustino says the Atlanta-based company’s chief executive officer and senior vice president of operations contacted him Wednesday afternoon, just hours after Giustino publicly announced the […]

Wildlife officers shoot at bear in Bella Terra

ESTERO, Fla.- A bear in the Bella Terra community is causing quite the scene as Florida Fish and Wildlife officials continue trying to trap the animal. Now, FWC is taking more drastic measures to get the bear out of the community. Officers shot at the bear multiple times with a bean bag gun on Wednesday, causing […]

Suspect in Sievers murder will serve 6 months in federal prison

ST. LOUIS- One of two Missouri men charged with killing a southwest Florida doctor will serve six months in federal prison for a probation violation in an unrelated gun case. A federal judge in St. Louis ruled Wednesday that 25-year-old Jimmy Ray Rodgers broke the terms of his 2011 guilty plea to unlawful possession of […]

Predawn rocket launch makes spectacular view over SWFL

FORT MYERS, Fla. – A rocket launch from Cape Canaveral created spectacular views early Wednesday morning all because of good timing. “It looked like a UFO,” one teen said. “Honestly I didn’t know what it was, I swear I probably thought it was an alien creature,” Tricia Davis said. The rocket flew over the earth […]