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LEE COUNTY, Fla.- A shooting Wednesday morning sent multiple people to the hospital. The shooting happened in the Harlem Heights area. Authorities say the victims were dropped off at HealthPark Medical Center. Deputies are investigating a separate, connected scene near Wall Drive. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office says there is no threat to the public. […]

WAHNETA, Fla. (AP) – Authorities say central Florida man accidentally ran over his 18-month-old son while going to the store for milk. Polk County Sheriff’s deputies say the boy had apparently walked outside before 34-year-old Cesar Resendez got into his truck on Monday night. He told authorities he didn’t know he hit the boy until […]

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – Southerners moved a bit more last year than people who lived in any other region of the United States. New figures released Wednesday by the U.S. Census Bureau show that 12.5 percent of people in the South moved from 2013 to 2014. They moved either within their county, from one home […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Healthy Start of Southwest Florida is a non-profit organization working to ensure moms and babies have access to the medical care and other community services they need. Last year more than 17,000 pregnant women, babies and you children received help. Healthy Start is asking for your help in a special event […]

ESTERO, Fla.- Disney On Ice presents Let’s Celebrate! Presented by Stonyfield YoKids Organic Yogurt opens Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. at Germain Arena. In addition to opening night, performances are Friday, March 20 at 10:30 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Saturday, March 21 at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and Sunday, March 22 […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – It’s Wednesday and it’s time to fire up the WINK kitchen. Here today showing us how to make a delicious Italian dish is Chef Cal from Bruno’s of Brooklyn Italian eatery.

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) – Israel’s opposition leader has conceded defeat in the country’s election. Isaac Herzog who heads the left-center Zionist Union says Wednesday that he called Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to offer congratulations for his election victory. Netanyahu’s Likud appeared to have earned 30 out of parliament’s 120 seats and was in a […]

CHICAGO (AP) – A fraternity under scrutiny because of a racist chant caught on video plans to announce an extensive review of its chapters around the country. Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity said it will unveil Wednesday what it calls a “national plan to combat racial intolerance.” The Evanston, Illinois-based organization is holding a news conference […]

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla- A major construction project in Charlotte County is making roads a mess and sending more traffic to already busy U.S. 41. Edgewater Drive will be shut down for the next two years to update bridges, widen roadways and add roundabouts. The project will cost $28 million, paid for by taxpayer dollars from […]

MEXICO CITY (AP) – The Mexican army says soldiers have seized 229 kilograms (505 pounds) of opium paste hidden in buried containers in the mountains of southern Guerrero state. The army said Tuesday that the opium paste would have produced about 20 kilograms of processed heroin. It said the seizure was made 10 days earlier […]