Andrea Guerrero

A farming community is getting a vaccine boost. The Department of Emergency Management has a mobile vaccination site it hopes will get shots in the arms of residents of Immokalee. The vaccination site cannot be found online. About 450 people were vaccinated at the site on Friday. “The focus is the farm community,” said Gerardo […]

A new partnership between students is helping adults with autism learn golf. The partnership is between FGCU’s occupational therapy program, the Community Autism Network and the PGA Golf Management Program. Its goal is to provide adults with autism education and skills to help them feel more comfortable and confident while golfing. The program, titled Putting […]

Beginning Monday, those aged 40 and older will be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and by April all adults will be eligible for the vaccine. However, many seniors feel left behind and don’t want to be forgotten. It’s been more than three months since getting the shot in the arm became a priority for many, […]

A 9-year-old boy has his own pontoon boat thanks to the Make-A-Wish foundation. Karsen Winters visits Bass Pro Shops in Fort Myers once a week but this week’s visit was that much more special. For Karsen, getting out on the water doesn’t only mean reeling in fish but also making memories that he and his […]

Rutgers University in New Jersey is one of the first colleges to require its more than 70,000 students to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Other big-named universities could soon follow its lead. We looked at whether this will bring more students back to campus or keep them away. There are 15,000 students when FGCU is open […]

A place dedicated to helping our community needs your help. Grace Place, a non-profit dedicated to helping the Southwest Florida community has two days left to reach its fundraising goal. Katty Saba said she felt alone, lost and stuck between four walls before she found Grace Place. “I was feeling insecure,” Saba said. “I was […]

Debra Purcaro was killed in a hit-and-run crash a week ago. This happened along North River Road in Alva. So, this week those close to Purcaro gathered for a memorial bike ride to honor her. Last Sunday, Deborah Purcaro died doing what she loved, riding her bike. She was struck and killed along North River Road. […]

WWII veteran Ed Yerdon turned 95 on Saturday and his family and friends wanted to make sure it was extra special. It began with asking the community to send him birthday cards, but they believed he deserved so much more. So family and friends organized a birthday parade for Yerdon with Tice Fire and Lee […]

A robbery that took place at a gas station in Golden Gate led to a crash in Broward County. But, deputies say the suspects didn’t actually rob the gas station. Collier County Sheriff’s deputies say that early Friday morning suspects robbed a delivery truck driver who came to drop off supplies at the Sunoco at […]

It’s been a year since the pandemic began, and the need for food is still growing in Southwest Florida. For many, this pandemic has meant losing a job and not knowing how to feed the family. With lives turned upside down, food banks have been there to fill the need for millions of people at […]