ESTERO, Fla. – The Village of Estero is looking to join Lee County and Bonita Springs in passing a pedestrian safety ordinance that would crack down on panhandling. The ordinance would be nearly identical to ones passed in Lee County and Bonita Springs. It would ban people from lingering in medians and crosswalks. It would also prevent any drivers from interacting with a pedestrian on village maintained roads. The village held its first reading of the ordinance on Wednesday. Estero officials said they plan to pass it at their next village council meeting later in June.
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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — An inmate serving life in Florida has confessed to killing six people in Pennsylvania in the 1970s, state police said Wednesday. Pennsylvania State Police investigators obtained the confessions in March from Edward A. Surratt at a state prison in Raiford, Florida, the agency announced. Surratt, now 79, a truck driver and former resident of Aliquippa, implicated himself in four cases — the 1977 slayings of William and Nancy Adams in Beaver County, Guy and Laura Mills near Bedford and Joel Krueger near McConnellsburg and the 1978 death of John Shelkons in Beaver County....
LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – Lehigh Acres Fire Control and Rescue District has set aside free smoke alarms in an effort to help out its senior citizens. Fire officials said senior resident’s that don’t have a working smoke alarm system in their home can contact their safety team to set up a system for free. Residents can call (239) 303 5335. Lehigh Acres Fire said these smoke detectors are available now.
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LEE COUNTY, Fla. – The JBS cyberattack hasn’t impacted local residents ability to buy beef or pork in Southwest Florida. Mario’s Meat Market co-owner Michael Pica said that he hasn’t seen any impacts on his own Fort Myers store’s meat supply or the secondary suppliers he gets meat from. He wants it to stay that way. “I’m not that worried yet,” Pica said. “Still a little too soon.” When cyberattackers hit major international beef and pork supplier JBS over the holiday weekend, Pico immediately heard about it from his secondary...
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – A scammer claiming to represent “Atlantic Key Energy” has been going up to homeowners in Cape Coral. The Cape Coral Police Department said the scammer is targeting people in-person rather than over the phone. They have said to homeowners that Lee County Electric Cooperative will replace their power meter and install solar panels on their house within a month. Officers said this is a red flag because LCEC does not use third party companies to remove power meters or contact you in person. Any residents who have had this happen to them is asked to call...
KEY LARGO, Fla.– The Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is searching for three men who removed killed a Tarpon. On March 15, the three grabbed the fish out of the water and killed it at the Calusa Campground, according to FWC. Tarpons should remain in the water unless an angler is trying for a record using a Tarpon tag. The tags cost $50 per tag, per fish. “Keep tarpon, especially the gills, in as much water as is safely possible,” FWC said on their website. If you have any information about the situation, call Wildlife Alert at 1-888-404-FWCC (3922)...
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CAPE CORAL, Fla. – Officers are searching for a man who attacked a woman and two girls in a Cape Coral road rage incident. The Cape Coral Police Department said the man beat up the three females and tried pulling them from their car after stopping in a parking lot. The road rage incident happened near the 1100 block of Del Prado Boulevard South. Two of the victims in the other car have minor injuries after the incident, according to Cape Coral police. The suspect is described as a Hispanic man in his 40’s with a goatee and a black ball cap. CCPD said he was of average height and...
From Ana to Wanda, these are the names of the 2021 Atlantic hurricane season, including rollover names if the season exhausts the pre-determined list.
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