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- College football locals: UAB's Austin Watkins lives up to family name with huge season
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 02:31 PMNorth Fort Myers graduate Austin Watkins having a season his cousin Sammy Watkins of the Kansas City Chiefs can appreciate
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - George Mayo, Lee County teacher and civil rights leader, passes the torch
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 03:04 PMStatutes may not be erected for teachers like George Mayo, who passed away last Friday in Fort Myers, but lives are shaped by them, his former students attest.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Medical examiner: No way to tell how many assailants were involved in Teresa Sievers' death
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 05:47 PMMedical Examiner Thomas Coyne said there is no way to tell how many hammers used or how many assailants involved in the killing of Teresa Sievers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A generation vanishes: Naples Ukrainians illuminate the history of their genocide
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 08:00 AMThe Ukrainian National Women's League of America is bringing the story of the Holodomor to the Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Nestor watch: Potential Tropical Cyclone 16 will likely become a tropical storm later today
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 07:24 AMPotential Tropical Cyclone 16 is expected to approach the northern Gulf Coast later today then move over portions of the southeastern United States Saturday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Massive Everglades restoration project in Picayune Strand more than two thirds complete
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 07:55 AMOne of the first projects under CERP is 70 percent complete. After spending more than $700 million, the nearly 2 decade old project is in final stages.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Watch: Fort Myers volleyball holds off Riverdale rally, wins fifth straight district title
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 10:55 PMParis Thompson and Emily Stewart tallied 19 kills apiece as Fort Myers held off a Riverdale rally for a 3-1 victory in the Class 6A-District 8 final.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fort Myers, First Baptist, ECS, LaBelle celebrate volleyball district championships
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 11:14 PMFort Myers won its fifth straight district title with a 3-1 win over Riverdale in the Class 6A-District 8 championship game on Thursday.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - DA: Faked brake work not to blame for New York limo wreck that killed 20
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 03:51 PMThe Schoharie, New York district attorney provided more information about the cause of the deadly October 2018 crash in a new court filing.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The News-Press Athlete of the Week for Oct. 7-12: Oasis golfer Eric Feichthaler
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 01:58 PMThe freshman shot a personal best 47 against Bonita Springs High School on Oct. 8.
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- Lehigh Acres tops nationwide list of fastest-growing 'cities'
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 02:11 PMThree of America's fastest growing "cities" are in Lee County.
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One of them stands at No. 1 — Lehigh Acres. - NASA makes history once again; finally conducts first all-female spacewalk
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 04:45 PMNASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir performed the space station's 221st spacewalk and first all-female spacewalk on October 18, 2019.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Two female astronauts are making history. How to watch NASA’s first all-female spacewalk
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 11:40 AMThis is NASA astronauts Christina Koch's fourth spacewalk and Jessica Meir's first. The duo is replacing a failed power controller.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Fort Myers man convicted after arrest with 128 bags of heroin
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 11:34 AMA Lee County Sheriff's deputy pulled over a Fort Myers motorist for a seatbelt violation and 128 bags of heroin fell out of his pants, authorities said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - 'Every time he touches the ball, everyone holds their breath': Kicking to Bishop Verot junior Malik Curtis is not a good idea
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 07:00 AMMalik Curtis, a South Fort Myers transfer, quickly became Southwest Florida’s most lethal weapon with the ball in his hands this season.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Can Democracy survive and does the rule of law still apply? Your say in News-Press Friday, Oct. 18, 2019
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 06:00 AMLetter writer: Every day something new happens to tear down this country. How can sane people believe in our current leadership?
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - North Fort Myers woman known as 'Auntie' convicted in 'massive' drug conspiracy, faces 40 years
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 07:34 PMAttorneys say Elizabeth Kuc of North Fort Myers was part of a massive drug distribution ring. Her drug conviction has her facing 40 years in prison.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Suspect admits to killing Teresa Sievers in trial for alleged co-defendant Jimmy Rodgers
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 08:37 PMCurtis Wayne Wright Jr. admitted to his part in the killing in exchange for a 25-year prison sentence during the trial of one of his co-defendants Jimmy Ray Rodgers.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The News-Press Athlete of the Week for Oct. 7-12: Oasis golfer Eric Feichthaler
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 01:56 PMThe freshman shot a person best 47 against Bonita Springs High School on Oct. 8.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Watch live: Curtis Wayne Wright Jr., who pleaded guilty in Teresa Sievers killing, testifies in Jimmy Rodgers trial
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 02:45 PMCurtis Wayne Wright Jr. is expected to testify in the Jimmy Rodgers trial beginning at 1:30 p.m. Rodgers is accused of killing Teresa Sievers
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- Lee County Electric Cooperative CEO Dennie Hamilton retiring after 12 years of leading not-for-profit electric cooperative
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 01:48 PMLee County Electric Cooperative's top executive is retiring after more than a decade of leading the utility — and a successor has been named.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - High school football: Live scoreboard, chat for Week 9 in Southwest Florida
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 06:14 PMParticipate in a live chat with News-Press and Naples Daily News sports journalists as we break down the action from tonight's preseason games.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Wildlife officers bust turtle trafficking ring, free hundreds of reptiles
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 04:37 PMFlorida wildlife officers have shut down a huge black market freshwater turtle poaching operation based in Fort Myers, freeing hundreds of turtles.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Watch live: NASA astronauts conduct first ever all-female spacewalk on ISS
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 07:07 AMWatch live early Friday as NASA astronauts Christina Koch and Jessica Meir venture outside the ISS to conduct the first all-female spacewalk.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Six sea turtles found dead on Marco Island, red tide likely the culprit, county says
Friday - 10/18/2019 - 08:21 AMSix dead sea turtles washed ashore on Marco Island in the span of two days and red tide is likely the culprit, according to Collier County.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - House education panel looks for ways to boost teacher pay
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 07:22 PMA House education panel on Thursday began delving into the issue of raising teacher pay, with a key lawmaker saying that while "everything is on the table," the panel still needs to figure out where the money would come from.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - PHOTOS: Fort Myers wins fifth straight district volleyball title
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 11:26 PMFort Myers faces Riverdale in the Class 6A-District 8 volleyball championship game on Thursday, October 17, 2019, at Fort Myers High School.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - What JLB ate (and more): A Table Apart
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 05:42 PMGo behind the plates of JLB's review of A Table Apart in Bonita Springs.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Strong storms can generate 'stormquakes,' scientists say
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 01:17 PMScientists discovered a phenomenon that occurs when a strong storm sparks seismic events in the seafloor.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Dead sea turtles and fish showing up on Southwest Florida beaches again
Thursday - 10/17/2019 - 01:13 PMDead fish and other sea life are being recorded in Southwest Florida. There is a red tide outbreak off the coast.
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