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The Lee County Sheriff's Office on Wednesday announced it was expanding its school threat enforcement team, called STET.

Lee sheriff expands school threat team; Cape Coral police report threat, student, 13, faces charges

School threats were top law enforcement news Wednesday as the Lee County Sheriff's Office announced the expansion of its school threat enforcement team and Cape Coral police said they arrested a 13-year-old private school student for making a threat.

People made homeless by Hurricane Ian are living in tents and campers under the Matanzas Pass Bridge, a state road span that connects the mainland to Fort Myers Beach. Lee County said its workers are talking with the campers about options to move elsewhere.

Tent City under Matanzas Pass bridge: A haven for Ian's homeless

Lee County has begun a gentle push to help Hurricane Ian victims leave a tent city near Fort Myers Beach. Some of the people are starting their fifth month living under a bridge on the approach to the hurricane-devastated island.

Former Naples Community School coach named to FHSAA Board

A former Naples school head football coach who is also the school's COO and CFO is one of eight appointees to the Florida High School Athletic Association Board of Directors.

Sides square off outside Lee school board offices over teacher's "Hate has no home here" banner

Leaders of the Republican Party of Lee County say the banner indoctrinates students.

Jorge Manuel Guerrero Torres, left, has been found guilty and sentenced to life in prison, for the kidnapping and murder of 9-year-old Diana Alvarez, right.

Torres gets life in prison sentence in 2016 murder of Diana Alvarez

The sad and terrifying case of 9-year-old Diana Alvarez came to an end Wednesday with a life sentence in prison given to Jorge Manuel Guerrero Torres after he was found guilty of the child's 2016 kidnapping and murder.Diana disappeared from her Unique Circle home at the Sheltering Pines mobile home neighborhood off U.S. 41 in south Lee County early in the morning of May 29.

Deputy Gilbert Acciardo, public information officer with the Laurel County Sheriff's Office, gives details on the progress of the investigation of the shooting along I-75 in London, Ky., on Sunday.

Police search for a suspect after 5 people were shot on a Kentucky highway

Schools in several Kentucky counties were closed on Monday as the search continued for Joseph Couch, 32, who authorities say is the suspect in the shooting that occurred Sunday on Interstate 75.

At least 4 people are dead after tornadoes slam Oklahoma, Iowa and Nebraska

Multiple tornadoes over several days leveled buildings and left a trail of damage in parts of the South and Midwest.

Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd talks about a return to a state program to crack down on undocumented immigrants in the state.

Florida Sheriffs revive controversial ICE program, call racial profiling fears ‘total BS’

The Florida Sheriff’s Association plans to bring back a controversial program that faced criticism for racial profiling. The group announced it at a meeting in Polk County Monday detailing how they plan to crack down on undocumented immigrants in the state.President of the Florida Sheriff’s Association Bill Prummel announced they are reinstating a street task force program. It gives state and local law enforcement more power under ICE to deport undocumented immigrants.

Supporters of Fort Myers Beach Elementary School walked to the school steps after a meeting Wed

Fate of Fort Myers Beach Elementary School discussed by town, school board

A meeting Wednesday morning delved into the status of storm-ravaged Fort Myers Beach Elementary School. WGCU’s Cary Barbor was there.

An engineer restores pay phones for free public use

In a rural Vermont county, spotty cellphone coverage is the norm. But a local tinkerer is using old technology to help his community stay connected free of charge.

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