Dannielle Garcia

Jaimee Zrebiec is a sixth-grade math teacher in Alva, but she cannot trust the numbers to solve her most pressing problem – her husband, Matt, is currently in the final stage of renal kidney failure. Matt suffered from kidney disease for 16 years, almost as long as they have known each other. “We’ve known all […]

The popular TV show “Cops” could return to Southwest Florida. Police Chief Derrick Diggs pushed for the return of the show during the Monday Fort Myers City Council meeting, and we looked at why the show could help FMPD. “Cops” has a history in Fort Myers, having worked with FMPD four previous times. The last […]

We continue to report about deadly hit-and-runs that bring tragedy to communities of Southwest Florida. And, it turns out, the number of people who have been killed while walking on the street is at a 30-year high nationwide. We look at whether there is a solution. A memorial in the Suncoast Estates community of North […]

Collier County homeowners are now required to purchase flood insurance if they fall within newly drawn flood zones. FEMA just updated its flood zone maps. And, if you are living in Collier County, you may be at risk. We looked at how residents can read new flood zone maps Monday. “I know there was flooding […]

Being a police officer is a stressful job. They never know what or who they’re going to encounter on a call. So we looked at how they prepare for dangerous scenarios. Fort Myers Police Department shared a behind-the-scenes look at one of its training techniques. To an officer a firearms training simulator can be the […]

Hurricane Maria put the people of Puerto Rico to the test. Years later, they are still being tested. Paola Reyes is a student at Florida Gulf Coast University. She joined five other students, plus their professors, in producing a documentary asking the question: where does Puerto Rico go from here? Reyes moved to Southwest Florida […]

Good Wheels medical transportation is suspending its services, effective immediately at the end of the day on Wednesday. Joan Gordon depends on Good Wheels to get to her doctor’s appointments because she is unable to drive. “I do have one scheduled for the 29th,” Gordon said, “and now I have not been contacted by them […]

Crash investigators worked late into the night trying to answer two basic questions: What caused the driver of a minivan to crash into a tree along Martin Luther King Boulevard right before rush hour and why was the 3-year-old girl not in a car seat? RELATED: 3-year-old girl killed, 2 others injured in single-vehicle crash […]

The Fort Myers Police Department responded to a shooting with one person killed in Fort Myers Saturday night. Thunda Nathaniel Strawder, 27, was arrested Tuesday in connection to the shooting. He faces charges of second-degree homicide and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, FMPD confirmed. Fort Myers police officers were dispatched after multiple […]

Fort Myers is honoring one of its own this weekend — Super Bowl champion Sammy Watkins of the Kansas City Chiefs, a former South Fort Myers football star. Watkins returns to Southwest Florida Saturday where he will have the distinction of being the honorary grand marshal of the Edison Festival of Light parade and celebration. […]