FORT MYERS Researchers will soon know the impact toxic blue-green algae blooms have on you, coming a year and a half after the algae took over waters in Southwest Florida. A new paper breaks down how researchers will detect toxins in your body using blood, urine and samples from your nose. Regardless of which Florida…
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Former child actor and star of “The Mighty Ducks” Shaun Weiss has been arrested after breaking into a car in a garage while under the influence of methamphetamine.
LEE COUNTY Fort Myers Police say they are on the scene of a shooting at Babe’s Night Club, on U.S. 41. where two men were transported to Lee Memorial Hospital with non-life-threatening wounds. Police have secured the scene and are searching for the shooter who they believe acted alone, and then fled the scene in…
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DOWNTOWN NAPLES Video shows a driver in a red Jeep on Tuesday as he comes speeding around a corner and his car flips over. The driver is okay, but what the suspect does next will surprise you. The suspect, Jacob Calvian Eisenhauer, 28, faces charges of DUI Under Influence Alcohol or Chemical Substance Faculties Impaired,…
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FORT MYERS Pieces of furniture, clothing and garbage sprawled across the front yard of one Fort Myers home along Evans Avenue. Neighbors say it’s been there for weeks. Thomas Mikos says he called code enforcement about this “dump” three weeks ago and called again, and again, before late last week, the city came and issued…
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The publisher of Jeanine Cummins’ controversial novel “American Dirt” has cancelled the remainder of her promotional tour, citing concerns for her safety
A teenage girl filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Scores accusing the nationwide strip club chain of sexual abuse and human trafficking.
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FORT MYERS Fort Myers Police Department says 78-year-old Porter Taylor Albert has been missing for a week Thursday and now considers his disappearance suspicious. Police are seeking the public’s help to learn his whereabouts. Albert lives alone and has no local relatives who can confirm when he was last seen. Porter Taylor Albert’s last known…
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SANIBEL A Sanibel mother was shocked to find a worker at her child’s day care wrote a note home on her son’s body Monday – that teacher is now fired. Heather Chisum said a worker at the day care, Children’s Education Center of the Islands, wrote, “Mom, I’m out of diapers. Pls read my report,”…
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