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Terry Kelly coached basketball at the Canterbury School in Fort Myers, where women say he sexually abused them when they were students in the '90s. Kelly also coached at Estero High and at private schools near Los Angeles and Atlanta. → Read More
A YouTube video and text messages sent to voters falsely claimed one of the candidates, Byron Donalds, had dropped out of the race. → Read More
Ray Rodrigues had more money, more endorsements and more time in the race. He won 75% of votes to Heather Fitzenhagen's 25 percent. → Read More
Byron Donalds says he had nothing to do with the decision to use leftover money from his former state PAC to fund attacks on his opponents → Read More
The number of positive coronavirus cases and, more significantly, hospitalizations continues to increase rapidly in the region. → Read More
1,000 Men March focuses on accountability for racism and police brutality. → Read More
As protests over George Floyd’s death at the hands of a Minnesota cop continue to roil the nation, data show that only about 1 in 10 of the nearly 1,700 officers disciplined for using excessive force are barred from law enforcement jobs in Florida. → Read More
Florida has now tested 1% of its population for COVID-19. Experts say testing is crucial to curtailing the epidemic and must be expanded. → Read More
Facebook post with 150,000 shares claims Florida border is closed at the Alabama and Georgia lines. It is not, but there are traveler checkpoints. → Read More
Black people in Florida are experiencing faster growth in infection and death rates compared to white people, according to early data. → Read More
The people who have lost their jobs because of the coronavirus are more than just numbers in state reports. They’re real people with families to feed, bills to pay and careers that have temporarily been put on hold. → Read More
Facebook users contended that a video about a Fort Myers DJ's death was fake. The 39-year-old was indeed killed by coronavirus. → Read More
A video clip claims to show a Florida county commissioner advising uninsured people to kill the coronavirus by inhaling hot air from a blow dryer. → Read More
Florida has now tested 1% of its population for COVID-19. Experts say testing is crucial to curtailing the epidemic and must be expanded. → Read More
The bridge loans are meant cover a temporary drop in revenue or unexpected expenses resulting from a disaster. → Read More
As we leave the 2010s, The News-Press and the Naples Daily News take a look back at some of the most important local stories of the last 10 years. → Read More
At least seven City of Fort Myers employees have been implicated in a theft-of-time scheme, according to an audit of the public works department. → Read More
"There is literally nothing too corny to get them adopted," said Karen Fordiani, public information specialist for Lee County Domestic Animal Services. → Read More
The Nursing Home Compare website marked the nursing homes with a symbol showing a bright red circle around upraised hand in the "halt" position. → Read More
Prosecutors officially filed charges of soliciting prostitution, perjury and official misconduct against a Fort Myers police captain a day after his retirement was official → Read More