WGCU Staff
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A collaborative effort by animal advocates and Arthrex innovation a wild, female bobcat that was injured during a research capture spent a few weeks at Naples Zoo recovering behind-the-scenes and has been released back into the wild.
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The impacted area of Overlook Drive and adjacent streets in South Fort Myers can resume normal water use.
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A grant from The Collaboratory helped to replace a hurricane-damaged aviary at the Wonder Gardens in Bonita Springs. There is fundraising continuing for additional aviaries.
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With a critical nesting season in progress, boaters and beachgoers are urged to give space to nesting birds along area beaches.
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The project has proceeded enough that the Lighthouse Beach parking lot (Bayside) has been reopened. Sand is being now placed in the final two areas.
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ond was set Friday at $350,000 for a Fort Myers woman who allegedly sexually battered a male teen when she worked as a teacher's aide in a Lee County School.Lauren Angelica King, 32, remains in custody at the Lee County Jail on charges of lewd lascivious behavior/molestation and lewd lascivious behavior/lewd or lascivious battery. A Lee County School District spokesman said King no longer works for the school. The spokesman would not say if she was fired or quit.
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Donated, not wasted, foods will be accepted March 18 through April 1.
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A Naples woman has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to her conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Her actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.Lin Marie Carey, 56, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony, and misdemeanor offenses of knowingly entering or remaining in any restricted building or grounds without lawful authority, disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building or grounds, disorderly conduct in a Capitol building, parading, picketing, and demonstrating in a Capitol building.The FBI arrested Carey on Feb. 28, in Naples. She has made her initial appearance in the Middle District of Florida.
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Open forums will be held next week for the top three candidates for chief of the University Police Department at FGCU.James Slapp, the UPD's current chief, will be retiring in May after a 45-year career in law enforcement.
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Spring Training is back, and Lee County’s Traffic Operations Center reminds motorists to be prepared for increased traffic near the stadiums at game time, especially when the Minnesota Twins and the Boston Red Sox take to their respective fields at the same time on the same day.This year, DOT advises motorists to avoid the Daniels Parkway corridor on the afternoon of three specific dates this season.