Mugshot of Jose Raul Bonilla, 24 (Credit: Lee County Sheriff's Office)

Zombicon shooting suspect caught on tape admitting details, documents show

The suspected Zombicon killer continues to sit in jail without bond as the public finds out more and more about how police put together their case against Jose Bonilla. Court documents outline a possible motive behind the shooting, and also show what Bonilla’s family say he told them about the 2015 shooting. According to the […]

WATCH LIVE: Eaglets spend afternoon in nest

Check out the Southwest Florida Eagle Cam’s live look of the nest as E10 and E11 continue to grow. MORE: LIVE: Harriet, eaglets ready to ring in new year

Students ditch spring break to solve food insecurity in Immokalee

While most students spend their spring break on the beach, others are using that time to solve food insecurity problems. Florida Gulf Coast University professor Thomas Felke is working with his students to document where Immokalee residents have access to fresh and healthy food. “So far from the field research we’ve done, there’s not a […]

Lee activist to take students to gun control rally in D.C.

Thousands of students will soon march to inspire change in Washington, D.C. after the Parkland massacre. Local activist Willie B. Green has fought for civil rights for more than 60 years and is now rolling up his sleeves and planning to head back to the nation’s capital. “It’s a way of life for me, it’s […]

SWFL Burmese python ingests deer that weighed more than itself

A Burmese python completely devoured a white-tail deer fawn that weighed more than itself at the Collier-Seminole State Park. Wildlife biologists with the Conservancy of Southwest Florida held a predation event Thursday to discuss research findings and graphic photographs of the surprising discovery. “This was traumatic for everybody,” wildlife biologist Ian Bartoszek said. While this […]

In Florida, texting and driving still not a primary offense

Will Florida join most of the rest of the country and place an outright ban on texting and driving? Probably not anytime soon. The Florida House overwhelmingly approved a measure Thursday that would make texting behind the wheel a primary offense. Currently, it’s a secondary offense, meaning an officer must see another violation such as […]

Marco Rubio says he’ll introduce gun violence restraining order bill

Sen. Marco Rubio took to the Senate floor Thursday morning to outline his ideals for gun-related reforms in the wake of the high school shooting in his state that left 17 dead last month. Rubio said this attack “could have and should have” been prevented, if federal law was fully followed. Rubio, a Republican, was […]

Dow drops more than 500 points on tariff and trade worries

U.S. stocks dropped sharply in another dizzying day of trading on Thursday as investors feared that Trump administration tariffs on imported steel and aluminum will lead to retaliation from other countries. The Dow Jones industrial average lost more than 500 points. President Donald Trump told industry executives he will impose a tariff of 25 percent […]

Uber starts offering rides to the doctor

Uber is driving deeper into health care by offering to take patients in every U.S. market where it operates to their next medical appointment. The ride-hailing service said Thursday its Uber Health business will handle rides set up by doctor’s offices or other health care providers and then bill that business, not the patient, for […]

Raising kids to be readers

In a national survey of over 15 hundred parents, 71 percent of them say they wished their kids did more things that did not involve screen time, such as reading books. Reading builds vocabulary and language skills and is correlated with success in school. But with so many tantalizing tech toys out there, it may […]