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American Pickers to film in Florida, looking for leads

The American Pickers are excited to return to Florida. They plan to film episodes of The History Channel hit television series throughout Southwest Florida in January 2024. American Pickers is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique “picking” on The History ...

Cape Coral Poker Run and Car Show Saturday

The Chamber of Commerce of Cape Coral invites the public out this weekend for the fourth annual Cape Coral Poker Run and Car Show, which kicks off and ends at Gator Mike’s Family Fun Park. “We felt a need as a chamber to bring more of our events into the north Cape,” Chamber of ...

Flood recovery: Tips for safely using pumps when cleaning up

A water pump is an important part of the flooding clean-up process, helping move gallons of water quickly and efficiently to dry out flooded basements and assist contractors on job sites. “These pumps are powerful and can speed up a cleanup job after a flood,” said Kris Kiser, President ...

DOH-LEE: Idalia may negatively affect area waters, beaches

The Florida Department of Health in Lee County is advising the public not to enter the water due to the possible increased risk of water-borne illness. Water quality has been affected by Hurricane Idalia. Swimming is not recommended. Public beaches Heavy winds and rain can negatively impact ...

Sun Splash Family Waterpark is now hiring

Sun Splash Family Waterpark has announced it is looking to fill 150 jobs for its 2023 season which begins March 11 and runs through late October. A diverse range of job opportunities are available in all areas including front gate, retail, food and beverage, cabana attendants, lifeguards, ...

Cajun Navy Ground Force, with Camilo Andrade at the helm, helping islanders

According to Cajun Navy Ground Force Incident Commander Camilo Andrade, once you’re a Marine, you’re always a Marine. He’s a man, who by his own admission likes to get things done and he said he came here to work. Andrade originally came to Pine Island just days following Hurricane ...

PHOTO & VIDEO: Florida shrimpers race to get battered fleet back to sea

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The seafood industry in southwest Florida is racing against time and the elements to save what's left of a major shrimping fleet — and a lifestyle — that was battered by Hurricane Ian. The storm's ferocious wind and powerful surge hurled a couple dozen ...

Lost wedding ring found in brush pile after Hurricane Ian

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Ashley Garner had given up on ever seeing her wedding ring again. She lost it outside her Fort Myers home just days before Hurricane Ian crashed into the coast of southwest Florida last Wednesday. Despite enlisting her husband and three young children to help search ...

Hurricane Ian drowning victim was ‘the best big brother’

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Craig Steven Markgraff Jr., a construction worker and the "best big brother ever," was last seen clinging to a tree as rising waters from Hurricane Ian lashed areas dozens of miles inland from Florida's Gulf Coast. One of the storm's first publicly identified ...

PHOTO GALLERY: As search goes on, Floridians await OK to survey Ian’s wrath

FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — William Wellema has been living under a bridge for four days, waiting to get to Fort Myers Beach on Florida's Estero Island to see if his vacation home survived Hurricane Ian. On Friday, he was beyond frustrated as he continued to await permission to drive ...