LEE COUNTY, Fla.– The Lee County Board of Commissioners will vote if they will accept different state and federal grants on the morning of June 15. Lee County officials are set to accept over $3 million dollars for homelessness relief. All of the funds will go towards housing and resources for homeless citizens in the county. The money must be used by June 30, 2022.
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TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – The body of a missing Hillsborough County woman in her 30s was found burning in the woods near the Sunshine Skyway bridge Wednesday night. Deputies with the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office did not release the woman’s name due to Marsy’s Law, however, they confirmed the victim is connected to a missing person case, NBC affiliate WFLA reports. “It’s unclear at this time when the murder occurred or why it may have occurred so we’re asking all of you to help get this message out,” said Crystal Clark, an HCSO spokesperson. Deputies said the woman worked as a security...
LEE COUNTY, Fla. – A lack of rain this year has led to a lack of a lovebug season, according to experts. FGCU Entomologist Dr. Joyce Fassbender said that lovebugs’ big season is typically from the middle of April until about the middle to the end of May. “Their young actually require really moist soils in order for the eggs to develop, for the larvae to develop, and then for them to become adults,” said Dr. Fassbender. “If we have a drought or just a really dry, late spring, then they’re not going to be able to do that.” That’s what we’ve...
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Lately, it seems like just about everything we buy is costing us more. For starters, gas prices have hit nearly $3 per gallon in Fort Myers. “I like to shop around, but at the same time you have to accept that if you need the gas, you gotta get the gas,” Daniel Bevarly said while at the pump. The price of a vehicle itself is also on the rise. Analysts say used car prices in particular are up about 20% over the past year. Price hikes have also hit grocery stores — specifically the meal coolers. The USDA says beef prices are up 10%...
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. — The identity of a murder victim has been revealed 27 years after their death thanks to modern DNA technology. The victim who was known for years as John Doe #1 has now been identified as Gerald (Jerry) Lombard. In 1994, two hunters in Charlotte County found the body of Gerald that was decomposing, but at the time investigators were unable to identify the person who had died or their cause of death. The body was given the temporary name of John Doe #1. Two years later, on April 17, 1996, two county workers found human body parts dissected and decomposed,...
4:04 p.m. Police are responding to a rollover crash with injuries at Diplomat Parkway East just past Andalusia Boulevard. Officers are asking drivers to avoid the area for the next few hours. 1:54 p.m. A motorcycle crash with injuries is causing delays at the 900 block of Del Prado Boulevard South in Cape Coral. Officers are asking drvers to avoid the area. 1:18 p.m. A crash is blocked the northbound lanes on US 41 and Lakeshore Drive in Lee County. 11:08 a.m. A rollover crash with injuries has closed SR 82 in both directions at Gator Slough Road in Collier County. Florida Highway Patrol...
FORT MYERS, Fla.– Fort Myers Police Officers responded to a shooting at 2475 Central Avenue on June 1st. Police found a locked blue Ford SUV with a man shot inside, when they arrived. Officials broke the drivers side window to open the door and found Montrell Amari O’Neal inside. He had a large gunshot wound on his forehead, according to police. O’Neal was pronounced dead at the scene. While investigating, officers found a black Toyota Camry and a white Toyota Sequoia with bullet holes in the area. Two witnesses in the nearby complex told officers they heard gunshots...
CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – A scary situation for a Charlotte County mother in a Lyft ride with her children ended up just being a case of miscommunication, deputies said. The mother had been taking a Lyft to Fort Myers to pick up her vehicle from the shop with her two children on Monday when she claimed her driver had started to ignore his GPS directions. The woman said the driver claimed he needed to stop at his house to get a different credit card to pay for gas after they had already stopped at a gas station. She said she felt uncomfortable doing so and said she asked him to stop the...
ROYAL PALM BEACH, Fla. — Three people with gunshot wounds were found dead inside a Publix Supermarket in Royal Palm Beach, officials said. Deputies with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office are investigating the shooting that left one adult male, one adult female, and one child dead inside the Publix in the 1100 block of Royal Palm Beach Boulevard. The shooter is one of the dead. Law Enforcement arrived at the scene of the shooting around 11:39 a.m. on Thursday. Detectives from the Violent Crimes Division is currently on scene and investigating the shooting. Information about...
COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – A driver was seriously injured after a dump truck hauling gravel flipped on SR 82 in Collier County Thursday morning. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office confirmed SR 82 is closed in both directions near Gator Slough Road due to the rollover crash. Florida Highway Patrol is investigating the crash and said troopers believe the dump truck was the one vehicle involved. The gravel hauled by the dump truck will need to be cleaned up, according to troopers. Drivers are being asked to seek an alternate route while crews work. This is a developing story.
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