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Job seekers turn to employment centers as unemployment benefits run out

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Career Source of Southwest Florida plans to help reacclimate thousands of people back into the workforce in the coming month. Federal unemployment benefits are set to run out at the end of June.  Until then people who continue to collect the $300 a week in federal funds must prove they’re looking for a job. In Southwest Florida alone, there are 20 thousand people who are still unemployed and many of them are expected to visit Career Source to find a job after more than a year of collecting unemployment. Mia Williams lost her job last March and she said...

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Estero man sentenced to seven years for child porn

ESTERO, Fla. – A 28-year-old Estero man was sentenced to seven years in federal prison Tuesday after pleading guilty to child porn charges in 2019. Kyle O’Brien was also sentenced to a lifetime of supervised release after the FBI, joined by other agencies, swarmed a unit at the Coastal Village Apartments in Estero to serve a search warrant in April 2019, according to court documents. O’Brien was accused of sending, receiving, and viewing sexually explicit material involving a child younger than 12 on his iPhone7.  The investigation began in February 2019 when a woman who had met...

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Southwest Florida coronavirus case totals for Tuesday, June 1

Data per the Florida Department of Health as of Tuesday, June 1. Additional case data compares to the previous update. *Note: Numbers indicate totals after 4 days due to FDOH not reporting over Memorial Day weekend. TOTAL CASES IN FLORIDA: 2,326,755 (+5,937) TOTAL DEATHS IN FLORIDA: 37,609 (+97)TOTAL IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: 134,501 (+406) LEE COUNTY –  73,701 (+239) | 1,007 (+3)COLLIER COUNTY –  37,102 (+93) | 549 (+5)CHARLOTTE COUNTY –  13,413 (+52) | 437 (1)HENDRY COUNTY –  4,868 (+11) | 86 (+0)DESOTO COUNTY –  4,435 (+9) | 97 (+0)GLADES COUNTY –  982 (+2) | 19 (+0) The post Southwest Florida...

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Lehigh Acres crews respond to propane grill fire

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla.– Lehigh crews responded to a grill fire on Tuesday afternoon. Officials said the fire started from a propane tank on the patio of the home, off 19th Street Southwest. The flames did not spread to the house. No one was injured during the incident. Lehigh Acres Fire Control posted a reminder on their social media, cautioning people that “grills should be set up away from your home or other structures just in case something unexpected occurs”. The post Lehigh Acres crews respond to propane grill fire appeared first on NBC2 News. NBC2 (WBBH-TV)

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Teen pushes bear to save dogs in viral video

LOS ANGELES, Calif. – A security camera in California caught the moment a teen girl rushed to save her dogs from a potential bear attack, NBC Los Angeles reports. The now viral video shows a bear and two cubs walking along a barrier before four dogs charge the bears. California teen, Hailey Morinico, 17, ran towards the action and pushed the bear off the wall before running away carrying one dog. WATCH HERE: No injuries were reported except for a small scratch on the teen. All dogs were, reportedly okay. The post Teen pushes bear to save dogs in viral video appeared first on NBC2...

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