Settlement reached in Punta Gorda K9 attack

FORT MYERS, Fla. — The city of Punta Gorda is settling a lawsuit regarding a Punta Gorda police officer who has been accused of shooting a woman in a citizen’s police training class. The city of Punta Gorda paid $70,000 to Richard Schumacher, who was critically injured last year after Officer Lee Coel unleashed his […]

Mystery surrounds south Fort Myers death investigation

SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — More questions than answers remain a day after employees of Pinnacle Landscapes Inc. alerted authorities to a body they found in a south Fort Myers business park, sparking an investigation.  

Official says thousands of Indiana voter registrations altered

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) – Indiana’s chief elections official said Tuesday that thousands of voter registrations were altered, raising concerns about possible fraud and prompting her office to warn voters to check whether their information is correct online and vote early to avoid problems on election day. Secretary of State Connie Lawson said in a statement that […]

Naples man given 20-year sentence for prostitution ring

NAPLES, Fla. — A Naples man was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison for two counts of human trafficking and two counts of tampering with a witness for his role in an organized crime ring that profited from sexual exploitation, the office of the state attorney said. Gary Cherelus, 33, coerced his victims into […]

Lehigh Acres teen’s car hit in alleged post-football game shooting

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – A teenager told deputies he was caught in the middle of gunfire on Oct. 14 while driving home from a Lehigh Acres Senior High School football game. The alleged shooting happened on 12th Street near Floyd Avenue, according to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office. The teenager said he heard gunshots and […]

Navy fighter jet painted pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month

(CNN)–The fight against breast cancer picked up a powerful new ally — a retired US Navy fighter jet. And of course, it’s pink. A Grumman F9F-8 Cougar, painted a vivid shade of pink called “Heliconia,” has been unveiled on the flight deck of the World War II aircraft carrier USS Lexington, anchored at Corpus Christi, […]

GPS thwarts Cape Coral armed robbery

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A stolen GPS-enabled cellphone helped Cape Coral police track down three people who robbed a 15-year-old at his home. The trio came into the boy’s home at 1433 S.W. 54th Terrace and hit him on the head with a gun before making off with the cellphone, a laptop and a small […]

Pet-eating maggots spread in Florida Keys

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A parasite that poses a risk to pets has been found in additional areas of the Florida Keys, the state’s agriculture department said. The New World screwworm, or Cochliomyia hominivorax, are fly larvae can feed on the living flesh of warm-blooded animals and, in rare cases, humans. They most often enter through […]

Union builds wall of taco trucks around Trump hotel

LAS VEGAS – The Culinary Workers Union is fed up with Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s antics. So it is responding with free food and a “wall” of taco trucks. The group is planning a rally outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas to demand better treatment of employees and protest against a Trump presidency. […]