Diesel leak at truck stop prompts environmental scare NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla.- Environmental crews spent much of Tuesday night cleaning up a diesel spill in North Fort Myers truck stop. It happened at the Loves Truckstop on the 1700 block of Park 78 Drive. Bayshore fire officials say the spill started after a truck trying to back into a parking space between two other […]
GOP wins Kentucky governor’s race in top state election FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) – Republicans continued their slow takeover of Kentucky politics on Tuesday by electing only the second GOP governor in four decades. Matt Bevin defeated Democrat Jack Conway with 52 percent of the vote. Independent Drew Curtis was a distant third with just more than 3 percent. Republicans have dominated federal elections in […]
East Naples man says he fought off home invasion suspects, stabbed in process EAST NAPLES, Fla.- A man says he fought two masked, armed suspects who broke into his home on Tuesday. It happened off Davis Boulevard in East Naples at a Green Field Village apartment. Detectives say a family was inside when the two home invasion suspects broke in through the lanai. The victim told Collier County deputies […]
Child found alone, wandering Fort Myers streets FORT MYERS, Fla.- A Fort Myers woman was in the right place at the right time to rescue a child from a dangerous situation. Tasmia Green found a 4-year-old boy wandering the streets all alone on Tuesday, in the sweltering heat. It was close to 90 degrees outside when he was spotted at Central Avenue and Morado […]
Cape Coral, Fort Myers Election Results With all precincts reporting, below are the unofficial election results for November 3, 2015. CAPE CORAL CITY COUNCIL District 2 John Carioscia: 50.59% Kirk Lagrasta: 43.94% District 3 Chris Cammarota: 42.36% Marilyn Stout: 52.58% District 7 Timothy Barrier: 43.7% Jessica Cosden: 50.25% CAPE CORAL REFERENDUMS No. 1 – Charter Review Commission Yes: 67.7% No: 29.2% […]
Clemson, LSU, Ohio State, Alabama top first playoff rankings NEW YORK (AP) — Clemson, LSU, Ohio State and Alabama are the top four teams in the first College Football Playoff selection committee rankings of the season. Notre Dame was fifth and Baylor was sixth. Clemson, LSU and Ohio State are among 11 unbeaten teams in FBS, nearly quadruple the number there was last season […]
Jeter sneaks engagement into essay about his dog NEW YORK (AP) — Former New York Yankees star Derek Jeter has introduced his dog Kane to the world in a post on his website, The Players’ Tribune — oh, he also slipped into the essay he’s engaged. A slick trick play by the 14-time All-Star shortstop. Notoriously private throughout a 20-year career that ended […]
Game of the Week: Dunbar at Fort Myers Fort Myers (7-2, 3-0) hosts Dunbar (7-1, 4-0) in our Friday Night Highlights Game of the Week
Lawmakers agree on $5 billion cut to defense bill WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans and Democrats announced agreement Tuesday on a revised version of the massive defense policy bill to align it with the new budget agreement the president has signed into law. President Barack Obama had vetoed the $612 billion defense authorization bill over a larger dispute over government spending. But that dispute was […]
Clinton wants to make gun control a ‘voting issue’ CORALVILLE, Iowa (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton vowed Tuesday to make stricter gun control into a campaign that can compete with the powerful National Rifle Association’s drive to preserve gun rights, and to put the issue on the minds of voters when they cast ballots on Election Day. “We’re going to make this a voting […]