December 1, 2015

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Cellphone video and footage from downtown Fort Myers businesses has been critical to investigators still searching for the ZombiCon shooter. More than six weeks after the shooting, police and Fort Myers city leaders are focused on security. The project to install surveillance cameras downtown and other troubled areas around the city won’t come […]

BOSTON (AP) — The Boston Red Sox and ace pitcher David Price have agreed to a deal worth $217 million over seven years, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity Tuesday night because the deal has not yet been signed and is pending a physical. […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Investigators believe Mark Sievers, the husband of a popular local doctor found dead inside their Bonita Springs home, had direct involvement in the planning and execution of what is believed to be a murder-for-hire, according to court documents released late Tuesday afternoon. The documents outline evidence collected by the Lee County Sheriff’s Office […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A state legislative committee approved a bill Tuesday that would require all rape kits be submitted for testing within thirty days of the evidence being collected or of the victim or victim advocate asking the kit be tested. Just weeks ago, The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released data showing there are […]

Oklahoma is No. 3 in the College Football Playoff selection committee rankings, putting the Sooners safely in position to be in the final four with their season completed. The Sooners locked up the Big 12 championship with a blowout victory at Oklahoma State on Saturday. Clemson is still No. 1 and Alabama remained No. 2. […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI processed a record number of firearms background checks on Black Friday, the agency said Tuesday. The agency processed a record 185,345 background checks — roughly two per second — the same day that three people were killed and nine others wounded in an attack at a Planned Parenthood office in […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Florida Gov. Rick Scott is trying to win support for his $1 billion tax cut package. Scott on Tuesday spent more than an hour before a House legislative committee defending his push for his tax cuts, many of which are targeted toward businesses. It was a rare sight for the governor […]

CAPE CORAL, Fla.- Justin Batdorf is asking for the public’s help in finding his beloved pet he was planning to train as a service dog. Batdorf suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), after seeing combat in Afghanistan in 2013 and early 2014. He adopted a dog from the Lee County animal shelter in February 2014, and that animal, Vada, […]

TALLAHASSE- Many know the dangers of texting behind the wheel but in Florida, there’s nothing stopping you from doing it if you’re following every other traffic law. A texting while driving simulator was on full display in Florida’s Capitol on Tuesday, trying to drive home the point about the potential fatal consequences of messaging or emailing […]