Human skull found in Cape Coral canal, forensic testing underwayDeputies searching for endangered North Fort Myers woman
CAPE CORAL Human skull found in Cape Coral canal, forensic testing underway A human skull was found in a canal in Southwest Florida’s largest city, leading to an investigation and testing.
NORTH FORT MYERS Deputies searching for endangered North Fort Myers woman Deputies are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing woman from North Fort Myers who they believe could be endangered.
ESTERO Motorcyclist speaks out about road rage attack in Estero A man is in jail for ramming a motorcyclist with his SUV.
CAPE CORAL Water shortage woes continue in Cape Coral Why are the people in Cape Coral having such a hard time getting any? The answer? The 2008 housing crisis. Help from a water treatment facility that never came.
Lehigh football prepping for second season under young leadership Antwan Dixon is one of the youngest head football coaches in southwest Florida which he sees as a blessing and a curse.
New ways to prevent and treat concussions In 2022, more than two million children suffered a concussion, according to the CDC.
NEW YORK (AP) ‘Make sure it doesn’t get released;’ Star witness Michael Cohen implicates Trump in hush money case “You handle it,” Cohen quoted Trump as telling him after learning that a doorman had come forward with a claim that Trump had fathered a child out-of-wedlock.
Love Me Two Times designer consignment store debuts in Naples Love Me Two Times launched April 25 and had a grand opening party May 8 in a nearly 1,100-square-foot space at 7935 Airport-Pulling Road, Suite 111.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY $500K bond set for former SWFL priest accused of sexually abusing young boys A former Southwest Florida priest who allegedly sexually abused multiple young boys 40 years ago has appeared in an Iowa court.
Books-A-Million settles into temporary Edison Mall spot after flooding This month, Books-A-Million reopened in a temporary location inside the mall, near the food court on the mall’s northwest side.
DESOTO COUNTY Traffic lights out in DeSoto County due to power outages According to the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office, several Kings Highway and Sandhill Boulevard traffic lights are out on Monday.
NEAR FORT MYERS State Road 78 road closures could affect your commute Heads up, drivers. We have road closures. Some of you may face some trouble during your commute.
State fines insurer $1M over Hurricane Ian violations The Tampa-based insurer agreed to be fined and to pay $10,000 in administrative costs for violations that include failing to acknowledge receiving claims within 14 calendar days and not paying or denying claims within 90 days.
NEW YORK (AP) ‘Make sure it doesn’t get released;’ Star witness Michael Cohen implicates Trump in hush money case Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, directly implicated the former president in a hush money scheme Monday, telling jurors that his celebrity client approved hefty payouts to stifle stories about sex that he feared could be harmful to his 2016 White House campaign.
BONITA SPRINGS Bonita Springs landowners will get to address concerns over Rail Trail Conversion project Bonita Springs landowners impacted by a biking and walking path stretching almost 15 miles will get to address their concerns about the project.
CAPE CORAL Human skull found in Cape Coral canal, forensic testing underway A human skull was found in a canal in Southwest Florida’s largest city, leading to an investigation and testing.
NORTH FORT MYERS Deputies searching for endangered North Fort Myers woman Deputies are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing woman from North Fort Myers who they believe could be endangered.
ESTERO Motorcyclist speaks out about road rage attack in Estero A man is in jail for ramming a motorcyclist with his SUV.
CAPE CORAL Water shortage woes continue in Cape Coral Why are the people in Cape Coral having such a hard time getting any? The answer? The 2008 housing crisis. Help from a water treatment facility that never came.
Lehigh football prepping for second season under young leadership Antwan Dixon is one of the youngest head football coaches in southwest Florida which he sees as a blessing and a curse.
New ways to prevent and treat concussions In 2022, more than two million children suffered a concussion, according to the CDC.
NEW YORK (AP) ‘Make sure it doesn’t get released;’ Star witness Michael Cohen implicates Trump in hush money case “You handle it,” Cohen quoted Trump as telling him after learning that a doorman had come forward with a claim that Trump had fathered a child out-of-wedlock.
Love Me Two Times designer consignment store debuts in Naples Love Me Two Times launched April 25 and had a grand opening party May 8 in a nearly 1,100-square-foot space at 7935 Airport-Pulling Road, Suite 111.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY $500K bond set for former SWFL priest accused of sexually abusing young boys A former Southwest Florida priest who allegedly sexually abused multiple young boys 40 years ago has appeared in an Iowa court.
Books-A-Million settles into temporary Edison Mall spot after flooding This month, Books-A-Million reopened in a temporary location inside the mall, near the food court on the mall’s northwest side.
DESOTO COUNTY Traffic lights out in DeSoto County due to power outages According to the DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office, several Kings Highway and Sandhill Boulevard traffic lights are out on Monday.
NEAR FORT MYERS State Road 78 road closures could affect your commute Heads up, drivers. We have road closures. Some of you may face some trouble during your commute.
State fines insurer $1M over Hurricane Ian violations The Tampa-based insurer agreed to be fined and to pay $10,000 in administrative costs for violations that include failing to acknowledge receiving claims within 14 calendar days and not paying or denying claims within 90 days.
NEW YORK (AP) ‘Make sure it doesn’t get released;’ Star witness Michael Cohen implicates Trump in hush money case Donald Trump’s fixer-turned-foe, Michael Cohen, directly implicated the former president in a hush money scheme Monday, telling jurors that his celebrity client approved hefty payouts to stifle stories about sex that he feared could be harmful to his 2016 White House campaign.
BONITA SPRINGS Bonita Springs landowners will get to address concerns over Rail Trail Conversion project Bonita Springs landowners impacted by a biking and walking path stretching almost 15 miles will get to address their concerns about the project.
When you think red tide, dead fish probably come to mind, along with coughing and respiratory issues, but for one group, it’s the size and the science behind the algal blooms that matter. While anyone looking for a beach day on Sanibel tries to avoid the dead fish, a team from FGCU’s Water School is looking for them. “We’re measuring some of the dead fish counts after the red tide bloom, see which species were affected what like magnitude was the like fish, biomass and everything like that, basically how many fish in the local area died,” said Michael Kratz, an FGCU grad student. This is an ongoing study that started after Hurricane Ian. “So we’re basically setting up little areas with tape measures. So it’s standardized, and then measuring the fish within that and trying to find areas that represent the beach kill,” Kratz said. Dead fish on Sanibel. (Credit: WINK News) “It’s also a historical record-keeping thing where you don’t know how bad the red tide is unless you quantify the impact of the red tide,” said Rick Bartleson, a Sanibel Captiva Conservation Foundation research scientist. “This has probably been the least severe,” said Kratz. Researchers are seeing lower fish kill counts compared to October last year. “We were counting areas like 30 by 10, we were getting like 700 fish sometimes. So it was really high density.” The number of fish that wash up and wash away can change day to day based on the winds, but this team has a tool to track them as well. It’s called eDNA. “So eDNA stands for environmental DNA. Basically, we can use specific regions of DNA that we know are conserved, like in fish, and we can use that to ID different fish species just by taking water, so we don’t actually have to see the fish in person,” said Kratz. Red tide toxins kill or injure more than just fish, birds, manatees, sea turtles, and many more feel its effects. As of Thursday, there was a red tide health alert in place for Blind Pass, Gasparilla Island State Park, and on Sanibel at Tarpon Bay Road and Lighthouse beaches.