Firefighters respond to house fire in Fort Myers

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 18, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Rescue crews with the Iona McGregor Fire Department responded to reports of a house fire early Tuesday morning. The fire ignited around 3 a.m. inside a home on Duera Mae Drive in Harlem Heights. Three people were inside the home when the fire broke out and they made it outside safely. No injuries have been reported. One of the people inside the home told NBC2 that she was sleeping and smelled smoke. Then they heard a crackling noise and ran out of the house. Information about what caused the fire or details on the extent of the damage it caused is not known. The post...

Forecast: Dry weather prevails for your Tuesday

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 18, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

*NBC2’S Fire Alert has been extended through Tuesday, May 18th. Same forecast, different day. We are in desperate need of rain as we once again have issued a Fire Alert for Southwest Florida. The lack of rain, low humidity, and breezy winds are all again feeding into our high brush fire risk, and until we get a significant increase in humidity or decent accumulation of rain, we are going to be talking about Fire Alerts and brush fires nearly every day. Today, on top of the dry weather, we will have mainly sunny skies with high temperatures into the low 90s. A very subtle uptick...

WATCH: Plane caught on video getting very close to Marco Island beach

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 18, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

MARCO ISLAND, Fla.– A plane was caught on video getting close to the beach and buildings near Marco Island. According to Naples Control Tower officials, planes must be 1,000 feet over structures or people in populated areas. Over the water on the other hand, there isn’t a limit. When someone breaks the rules, things are then handed over to the FAA. The plane caught on video is owned by Icon Aviation and it is also registered to the company. We reached out to them but we haven’t heard back. The post WATCH: Plane caught on video getting very close to Marco Island beach appeared...

Two of the areas best players put team first this spring

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 18, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

NAPLES, Fla.– The Spring football season is in full swing in Southwest Florida with everyone preparing for the fall. Two of the areas top players have continued to earn an impressive list of scholarship offers while focusing on the team. For every coach and player, it feels great to be back out on the field after missing out on the spring season in 2020. “Oh yeah I was very thankful because I mean just getting away from the game you can get a little rusty not having that full equipment on,” Naples senior cornerback Devin Moore said. If you step out onto the practice field at Naples...

Fort Myers City Council members discuss combining law enforcement agencies

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 17, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — A discussion to combine law enforcement agencies in Fort Myers brought dozens of people to speak in support of keeping the Fort Myers Police Department as it is. More than 100 supporters of the Fort Myers Police Department demonstrated at Monday’s City Council meeting. One city council member proposed having the Lee County Sheriff’s Office take over policing in Fort Myers. Councilman Fred Burson added the item to Monday’s agenda after learning that Chief Derrick Diggs applied for a job at the Columbus Police Department. Burson said he has no intent to harm individual...

Naples Park trees to be removed for infrastructure repairs

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 17, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

NAPLES, Fla. – Trees in Naples Park are soon getting the axe due to infrastructure repairs. Collier County Public Utilities continues to revamp the neighborhood’s infrastructure by replacing water, wastewater, and stormwater systems. In some areas, pipes are over 50 years old. The project began in 2015. Its new phase to revamp 108th Ave N and 109th Ave N started in late April. Before work begins, the county is tasked with clearing out any trees or landscaping that blocks access to the underground pipes. Last week, the county spray painted trees that will be removed with orange...

Water experts study blue-green algae bloom

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 17, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

FORT MYERS, Fla.– Blue-green algae is back with a vengeance. “The algae is thriving because the conditions are just right for them,” said FGCU Water School Professor, Barry Rosen. Rosen is working with his students to collect samples of the bloom to study. “The rainy season will come which will give us a flush off the land which could stimulate the growth but also during the rainy season it becomes much more turbulent. The water will get stirred up, they’ll get moved out of the light and they don’t do as well,” said Rosen. Over the course of the next several...

Officers looking for missing & endangered man in Cape Coral

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 17, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — Officers are searching for a man that went missing in Cape Coral on Monday afternoon. Russel Andrew Devane, 31, was last seen Monday around 1:30 driving a 2013 brown Dodge Ram with Florida Handicap tag ZK15R. He is considered to be missing and endangered, officers with the Cape Coral Police Department said. Devane is a white man, 5’11”, 165lbs, with brown hair and brown eyes. He has a heart tattoo on his right wrist and was last seen wearing a grey t-shirt, red plaid pajama bottoms, and slides. If you recognize Devane and have information on his whereabouts,...

Southwest Florida coronavirus case totals for Monday, May 17

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 17, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

Data per the Florida Department of Health as of Monday, May 17. Additional case data compares to the previous update. TOTAL CASES IN FLORIDA: 2,292,004 (+1,976)TOTAL DEATHS IN FLORIDA: 36,857 (+59)TOTAL IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA: 132,044 (+180) LEE COUNTY – 72,272 (+110) | 987 (+1)COLLIER COUNTY – 36,493 (+48) | 540 (+2)CHARLOTTE COUNTY – 13,144 (+13) | 426 (+1)HENDRY COUNTY – 4,796 (+8) | 84 (+0)DESOTO COUNTY – 4,374 (+1) | 94 (+0)GLADES COUNTY – 965 (+0) | 19 (+0) The post Southwest Florida coronavirus case...

1 dead, 2 others injured in Monday morning Collier County crash

Written by Naples Mortgage Syndicated User on May 17, 2021. Posted in Naples Florida Mortgage, Naples Mortgage.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. — A 23-year-old Immokalee woman is dead and two others are injured after a Monday morning crash on State Road 29, officials said. Troopers with the Florida Highway Patrol responded to the crash on SR-29, about three miles north of County Road 858, just after 6 a.m. The 23-year-old Immokalee woman was driving north on SR-29 with an 18-year-old Immokalee teen. Their SUV crossed over into the southbound lanes and hit the front of a 33-year-old Lehigh Acres man’s car, troopers said. Both cars stopped in the area of the crash. The 23-year-old woman was taken to...

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