Joey Pellegrino

Two teenagers have been arrested in connection with a Gel Blaster gun shooting that occurred in Whiskey Creek on Sunday. Lee County Sheriff’s deputies went to Whiskey Creek Drive over the weekend after a woman walking her dog was struck multiple times with gel pellets by a Gel Blaster gun fired from a white sedan. […]

President Joe Biden on Monday will sign an executive order aimed at saving Americans time and frustration when seeking a broad array of federal services, like renewing passports, applying for Social Security benefits and getting aid after natural disasters. The White House released details about the order on Monday, ahead of a planned afternoon signing […]

A woman facing charges of fraudulent dog breeding practices and animal abuse has been extradited to DeSoto County Monday. The DeSoto County Sheriff’s Office says Rose Romano, 39, has been extradited and booked into DeSoto County Jail on 107 criminal charges and a $75,000 bond. 18 of the dogs seized from Romano’s care in early […]

Lee Health has announced that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is now available for booster doses for people age 16 and older who received their second dose of the vaccine at least six months ago. Booster doses help provide extra protection against the coronavirus and have been shown to be effective against the new omicron variant. […]

A Lehigh Acres man was arrested Monday after police found drugs, paraphernalia and cash at addresses connected to him. On Friday, DEA agents and vice detectives with the Fort Myers Police Department searched three different locations for narcotics, one in Lehigh Acres and two in Fort Myers. Lw enforcement says Otis Lorenzo Salley, 51, was […]

A motorcyclist was seriously injured in a crash on SR-82 in Lehigh Acres Friday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a car driven by a 61-year-old man from Cape Coral, with a 5-year-old boy as his passenger, was traveling north in the outside lane of SR-82, north of Sunshine Boulevard, around 6:45 a.m. A […]

A Fort Myers man has pleaded guilty to conspiracy as leader of a drug trafficking ring. 23-year-old Marvin Harris, Jr., aka “Mesh,” was accused of conspiring to distribute fentanyl, cocaine base and cocaine. He faces a minimum mandatory penalty of 5 years, and up to 40 years, in federal prison. A sentencing date has not […]

Mack Mitchell has been hired to replace Earnest Graham, who announced his decision to step down as the head coach at Evangelical Christian School this week. Graham and his family have decided to move to Atlanta, Georgia, according to a press release from ECS. “We are so thankful for all that the Graham family has […]

Two North Port High School students were struck by a vehicle while crossing the street Wednesday morning. According to the North Port Police Department, two teenage girls, 14 and 15 years of age, who attend North Port High School were struck by a vehicle near the intersection of Chamberlain Boulevard and Hamilton Avenue around 6:40 […]

The former interpreter for the U.S. Army counts himself among the lucky as an Afghan who managed to make it through frantic crowds outside the Kabul airport to board a military evacuation flight out of the country with little more than the clothes on his back. Esrar Ahmad Saber now waits, along with 11,000 other […]