Morgan Rynor

Some community members in Southwest Florida received a text message encouraging them to make their voices heard on a controversial school district policy. It included a flyer that lays out different ways schools can support LGBTQ students. This all stems from controversy related to The School District of Lee County’s 2020-21 student code of conduct […]

A family is without a home after their sailboat went up in flames early Tuesday. The fire happened at around 6:20 a.m. and caused two sailboats to burn. It happened near the Edison Bridge in downtown Fort Myers. Investigators with the Fort Myers Police Department said arson is suspected in the boat fire. One of […]

A Florida necessity is hitting nearly unaffordable rates. Flood insurance rates are about to get a major hike, as companies adapt to the predicted sea level rise in our coastal communities. The National Flood Insurance Program is changing the way it calculates what each property owner has to pay. Instead of charging based solely on […]

A Cape Coral couple on the way from the hospital with their newborn was hit by a motorcyclist Thursday afternoon. It happened near the intersection of Burnt Store Road and Embers Parkway. The new dad said the motorcycle turned into their path while they were headed down Burnt Store and there was no time to […]

There is a push to remove mugshots of people who are cleared of crimes from websites. We spoke to a man who is dealing with this personally. He explained this can hold people back from jobs and even successful relationships. In October 2019, Blake Mathesie, now a law student, was a senior at University of […]

Two strangers on a beach worked together to try to save a pelican with a hook stuck on its leg. The rescue happened on Blind Pass Beach on Sanibel. Cliff Depiano, who is on vacation with his wife, said there was a pelican limping around on the beach. That’s when he noticed the hook. A […]

America’s two back-to-back mass shootings in Atlanta and Boulder have renewed the call for gun control. Republican Congressman Mario Díaz-Balart said there’s work to be done on gun laws, but that job belongs to Congress. Díaz-Balart said he does not want President Joe Biden to take action on his own. Díaz-Balart represents Florida’s 25th congressional […]

A woman whose rape went unsolved for 30 years spoke in front of the House Criminal Justice and Public Safety Committee on Monday to ask that lawmakers pass a law to create trackers on rape kits. Gail Gardner, an Orange County resident, told lawmakers she was brutally raped by an intruder while her young son […]

Lumber and other construction supplies have gotten so expensive that some builders won’t build you a new home right now. Countless homes are under construction in places like Cape Coral but no one is working on them. Not because of a shortage of desire but a shortage of materials. On one Cape Coral block, there […]

Even during a possible government shutdown, Congressman Byron Donalds wants the federal government to continue monitoring waterways for harmful algal blooms. That’s the first bill Donalds has introduced during his tenure as the representative for Florida’s 19th congressional district. “Our bill dealing with harmful algae blooms is very simple and straightforward,” Donalds said. “We want […]