Jack Lowenstein

SK Food Group, a Groveport, Ohio and Reno, Nevada establishment, is recalling more than 174,000 pounds of chicken wrap products that contain vegetables that may be contaminated with salmonella and listeria monocytogenes, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced on Friday, Oct. 19. The frozen, fully cooked chicken wrap items […]

A hand-written note was found in a Pine Island family’s home newspaper. It warns them of a coyote in their neighborhood after a newspaper carrier spotted a little girl walking to her bus stop.   “We’ve been hearing them, but someone took the time to actually write us the note and tell us and had a concern about our neighborhood,” Christine […]

Pilots know the risk of airshows when they participate. Last week, a pilot at a Virginia airshow, who was scheduled to come to the state, died in a crash. So, people may have concerns for the safety of these shows. One pilot participating at the Florida international Airshow is confident in the preparations for the […]

People have described the aftermath of Hurricane Michael in the Florida Panhandle as complete devastation. The Southwest Florida Urban Search and Rescue team returned home Friday from a week of helping with the recovery. They worked above and beyond and worked 16 to 18 hour days with maybe two hour sleeps. Some nights, no sleep,” […]

A Lee County public school bus was involved in a crash with a car at Trailwinds Drive and US 41 Friday.   The front left corner of the bus collided with the front bumper of the car. Fifty-three children from Villas Elementary School were on the school bus at the time of the incident. No one from either the bus or the car was injured.   Some children were released […]

Community leaders are sharing their concerns after a series of shootings killed for people and hurt four others. Now, the founder of Hoops On Mission is reaching out in hope the bloodshed will stop. Fort Myers native Dwayne Jackson, founder of Hoops On Mission, is responding to the recent local shootings. “It’s not easy growing […]

A new structure will be installed to one Fort Myers park, and you can’t miss it. It’s brightly colored and was designed to get more people reading. Making reading fun for all, one Tanglewood Elementary student is sharing her passion and project with the community.  Ten-year-old Evelin Rienzo transformed a newsstand into a library as an opportunity for her Fort Myers […]

A new policy means local youth soccer teams will have to provide marshals at the games to make sure parents behave. The Southwest Florida Soccer Association announced new rules that requires each home team have a field marshal to keep parents on the sidelines in check. “There are fist fights,” John Prater said. “They shouldn’t […]

For the first time ever, the School District of Lee County is allowing parents to pre-register their children for school, wiping out long wait lines.  Lee County will allow parents to pre-register their children Monday, Oct. 22 through November 30.  “I have friends who have waited in entire lines for three hours or more,” Gina Falzone said.  If your child starts kindergarten […]

It was a special moment, as a family reunited ahead of the holidays. An army specialist decided to surprise her brother at Barron Collier High School.   Army Specialist Emily Roa decided to surprise her younger brother at Barron Collier Wednesday. “I completely freaked out, and I was so happy at that moment,” Robert Roa said. Everyone began clapping when Robert’s […]