October 3, 2015

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Will Grier was sick all right. He was downright nasty. Grier threw four touchdown passes to four receivers – all in the first half – and No. 25 Florida upset third-ranked Mississippi 38-10 on Saturday night to give coach Jim McElwain a signature win in his first season in Gainesville. Grier […]

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) – Confusion reigned in the wake of the deadly bombing Saturday of a hospital compound in the northern Afghan city of Kunduz that killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens more. It remains unclear exactly who bombed the hospital run by Doctors Without Borders and the international medical charity has demanded […]

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) – While spared the full fury of Hurricane Joaquin, parts of the East Coast still saw record-setting rain Saturday that shut down roads, waterlogged crops and showed little sign of letting up. Much of the drenching was centered in the Carolinas, but coastal communities as far away as New Jersey were feeling […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – A father and son have been arrested in connection with a murder in April. Kevin Jerome Parker Sr. and his son Kevin Jerome Parker Jr. were arrested for the murder of Henry Jenkins Jr. Fort Myers police responded to a call at 3079 Cleveland Avenue on Apr. 12. Neighbors in the […]

PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) – An airman from Pensacola is among the dead in military plane crash in Afghanistan. The Pentagon said Saturday that 29-year-old Senior Airman Nathan Sartain was one of the six crew members of the Air Force C-130J plane that went down Friday at Jalalabad air field, about 80 miles from the capital […]

CAPE CORAL, Fla.- Speed racing caused an early morning crash killing one person and injuring at least two others, said Cape Coral police. The crash happened Saturday a little after 4 a.m. on Country Club Boulevard and 38th Terrace. Police say Marcus Anthony Solloway, 30, died at the scene. Cynthia Astucio, 23, and Patrick Zachary Padilla, 34, who […]

NAPLES, Fla. – An 87-year-old Naples woman was hit and killed while riding a motorized wheelchair Saturday. Florida Highway Patrol said Josephine Lusetti was going southbound on U.S. 41 near Wiggins Pass when a Nissan Altima hit her. The crash happened around 11:30 a.m. The driver of the Altima was not facing charges at the time this […]

ROSEBURG, Ore. (AP) – As a 26-year-old killer gunned down victims inside a college classroom, he spared one student and gave him a package to deliver to authorities, according to the grandmother of a student who witnessed the deadly rampage in Oregon. Gunman Christopher Sean Harper-Mercer later killed himself as officers arrived, Douglas County Sheriff […]

CLEWISTON, Fla. – Joe “G.I.” Mccray was arrested Saturday morning for the murder of a taxi driver out of the Miami area. Clewiston Police Chief Don Gutshall says the 46-year-old was arrested for the murder of Mohammad Ansari, a father of five. Detectives spent the last seven days gathering evidence before they made the arrest early […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Cape Coral Brewing Company is hosting a charity of the month program. It begins Saturday, October 3 in the Tasting Room at 6:30 p.m. Mayor Marni Sawicki and former Mayor Ed Feichthaler will be guest ‘beertenders’. Heidi Moore-Hart and Julie Ferguson join us with more on the charity.