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ESTERO Crews on scene of 2.5-acre brush fire near Alico and Eagle Village Drive San Carlos Park Fire District is on the scene fighting a 2.5-acre brushfire near Alico and Eagle Village Drive.
FORT MYERS Jake’s story: A mother’s mission to share her son’s story and help other young people One Fort Myers mom is turning her pain into purpose after her son, who she refers to as her “heavenly Angel,” took his own life.
LEHIGH ACRES Owner bars public from Barefoot Lake, LCSO installs Watch Tower Every weekend, roughly 200 people go to Barefoot Lake in Lehigh Acres to relax, fish, swim and have a good time.
CAPE CORAL Concern over water shortage in Cape Coral Concern is flowing through Cape Coral as neighbors are seeing their canal levels low and their wells run dry.
FORT MYERS FSW softball swinging for success in the postseason Now their focus shifts to states which means the newbies are looking to the experienced sophomores for advice.
BONITA SPRINGS Young SWFL tennis player competing with professionals You may not know her name now, but you might want remember it because 16-year-old Cookie Jarvis-Tredgett is already competing with professionals.
NORTH NAPLES ‘It’s all about connection,’ Statement Peace makes jewelry with sustainability in mind The brand Statement Peace, once started inside founder Jessica Lee’s home, is now in 2,700 stores across the country
Pine Manor 2 arrested for firing gun at birthday party in Pine Manor A party ended with two people behind bars.
FORT MYERS Shooting investigation on busy Fort Myers street Police are conducting a shooting investigation that involves a traffic crash near Michigan Avenue and Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard.
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Lee County student ran up and hit teacher in head, report shows The report says a 13-year-old student ran up and smacked a teacher in the head because multiple classmates offered him money to do so.
NAPLES Collier Planning Commission continues discussion for apartments near Fiddler’s Creek The developer of Fiddler’s Creek wants to build hundreds of luxury apartments on a slice of a 600 acre-plus property known as section 29.
CAPE CORAL Fatigue sets in for third day of FEMA hearings Flying several hours to come to a FEMA code compliance hearing in Cape Coral is the reality for John Gasparini from Maryland.
Prescription drug shortages lead to higher prices There are currently more than 250 medications on the nation’s drug shortage list, according to the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists. The organization says 2023 marked the worst year for shortages in about a decade.
Seminole Circuit Court via CNN/ MGN SANFORD, Fla. (CNN) — George Zimmerman told deputies a man punched him in the face at a Florida restaurant after he thought Zimmerman was bragging about killing Trayvon Martin. According to a Seminole County sheriff’s report on the Sunday evening incident, Zimmerman told the officers he had a short conversation with another man over the man’s tattoos and was trying to prove who he was when another man identified only as Eddie asked if he was bragging about the 2012 shooting for which Zimmerman was acquitted. Zimmerman told deputies he said, “No,” and went back to his table after the man made a profane remark and demanded he leave the restaurant. A few minutes later, the man approached Zimmerman and his friends and punched him in the face, Zimmerman said. The report says restaurant staff separated the two parties and the man left. Zimmerman also told police he wasn’t bragging about killing Martin, but was explaining how he acted in self-defense. Other witnesses gave a different version of events. Joseph Whitmer said Zimmerman came up to his table and said, “I love your tattoos. My name is George Zimmerman, you know, that guy who killed Trayvon Martin?” His wife, Beverly Whitmer, said Zimmerman said he liked the man’s “racist tattoos,” and took out his driver’s license to brag about who he was, the report says. Another man at the table, David Worrell, said it was he who questioned Zimmerman’s identity. Once he saw Zimmerman’s ID, he asked him to leave the table, Worrell said. Worrell said another friend went over to Zimmerman’s table and there was a heated exchange. Worrell didn’t describe any punch, according to the report, but said he knocked an object out of the hand of one of Zimmerman’s friends. That object might have been the cell phone of Gregory Horne. He said he was eating lunch with Zimmerman at the Gators Riverside Grille in Sanford when five men came to the table, began yelling at Zimmerman and acted in a threatening manner. One man punched Zimmerman, Horne told deputies, so he stepped between them and started to use his cell phone camera. One of the men knocked the phone away and it broke, he said. Zimmerman and Horne each called 911. “We were standing right here eating,” Zimmerman tells a 911 operator in a recording released by police. “This man punched me in the face. He said he’s gonna kill me. You need to send three or four cops.” Zimmerman tells the operator the man threatened to kill him and called him an “(expletive) lover.” Near the end of the seven-minute call the operator asks Zimmerman if he needs an ambulance and he says yes, that he is bleeding. The investigating officer wrote that the man identified as Eddie was the instigator and recommended detaining him on a battery charge. CNN reached out Thursday to Zimmerman but didn’t get an immediate response.