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Hurricane center watching 2 tropical waves. FL to see thunderstorms as tax holiday kicks off
The tropics remained calm as a sales tax holiday for hurricane and other disaster supplies kicked off Saturday, but severe weather could affect portions of Florida over the weekend. Tropical cyclone activity is not expected over the next seven days, the National Hurricane Center reported in its latest update. ...
FORECAST: Thunderstorms expect to develop near coast after 2pm
Here is your forecast for Sunday, August 25th, 2024. This morning we are waking up with temperatures in the mid to upper 70s and mostly sunny skies. Temperatures will climb into the low to mid 90s this afternoon with feels like temperatures around 105°. Sunshine will continue this morning followed by thunderstorms developing after 2pm. Some of these storm will bring locally heavy downpours, look for minor street flooding.
16 families move into new affordable housing in Immokalee
IMMOKALEE, Fla. — Sixteen families in Immokalee are starting a new chapter as a new housing community on the northwest corner of Lake Trafford Road and North 19th Street officially opens its doors. The Immokalee Fair Housing Alliance celebrated the occasion with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, highlighting the completion of...
FGCU returns to the pitch Sunday, travels to face USF
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Florida Gulf Coast University women's soccer will clash with the South Florida Bulls in Tampa, Florida, on Sunday. Kickoff is scheduled for 1 p.m. on ESPN+. FGCU enters Sunday's matchup 0-1-0. The Eagles dropped their season-opening match against FIU, 2-1. The Atlantic Sun Conference Preseason...
Sunny & warm start for Sunday
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A handful of storms are still hanging on through dusk on Saturday. The sky will eventually clear out overnight and into Sunday morning. Lows will be in the mid-upper 70s around sunrise. We will have lots of sunshine early in the day! By late morning,...
Neighbors upset over overflowing garbage outside foreclosed home in Cape Coral
Things have gotten so bad in one Cape Coral front yard that it looks like a junkyard, and one neighbor is fed up with the garbage. “By the end of the night, there was a pile about the size of the house outside the house,” said Tom Ashton, “and I was like, ‘Wow.'”
Florida is much safer than Washington D.C.
Dear Mr. Osgood: The only logical way to look at murder rates is homicides per capita. Cherrypicking a total deaths number without reference to the number of residents in a state is foolish at best and disingenuous at worst. Florida was ranked 27th in the United States with 5.0 deaths...
2024 Sea Turtle Nesting Season Update
It’s the middle of August and the beaches of Manasota Key are adorned with turtle nests galore! After all, Manasota Key does host the densest sea turtle nesting on Florida’s Gulf Coast. As of August 19th, there were 4,620 loggerhead, 122 green, 1 leatherback and 1 Kemp’s ridley nests on the 14 miles of Manasota Key that Coastal Wildlife Club (CWC) volunteers monitor daily during sea turtle season.
North Fort Myers man wanted for grand theft, burglary after failed court appearance
LEE COUNTY, Fla. — Deputies say they are searching for a North Fort Myers man who is wanted for grand theft and burglary of a structure. William Ballard, 48, was caught on surveillance video sneaking around a North Fort Myers air conditioning business overnight while wearing a headlight on his hat.
Syracuse Recruits Shine at City of Palms Classic Basketball Showcase
Syracuse basketball will be represented in the prestigious City of Palms Classic in Fort Myers, Florida, from December 18 to 23. This annual event showcases top high school teams and elite prospects, many of whom have connections to Syracuse's recruiting efforts. Key teams include Long Island Lutheran, IMG Academy, Sidwell Friends, and Westminster Academy, with several standout players competing, including Syracuse commits and recruits.
Entrepreneur invests millions into 'no senior left behind' model
Young twenty-something newlyweds Kris and Chelsea Chana made something of an unusual home choice after their 2011 honeymoon to Staniel Cay in the Bahamas. Upon returning to Florida, the Orlando natives moved to Port Charlotte, where they got into the senior living industry. They got so into it that, after buying, gutting and renovating what was a shuttered 12-bed assisted living home, a $450,000 project, they actually moved into the facility themselves. Chelsea was 21 and a new University of Florida grad. Kris, also a UF grad, who walked away from a career in insurance and financial planning — too boring, he says — was 23. “Chelsea learned how to crochet, I learned how to cook and together we made it work,” Kris Chana says.
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