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Browsing Posts published on December 9, 2008

A Cape Coral family fears for their lives tonight after a drive by shooting pelts their home with bullets.

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Patients are packing into a Naples clinic that serves the working poor. The patient base at the Neighborhood Health Clinic has nearly doubled and the numbers aren’t the only things changing.

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Lee County deputies are trying to figure out how 12 dwarf royal palm trees disappeared from an Estero church.

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Just as predictable as the morning rush on US-41, you could always count on Tropical Hardware to be open for business. Tuesday dozens of customers pulled in, looked inside, and saw one word taped to the front door – Closed.

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A purse snatching outside Port Charlotte Town Center Mall is serving as a safety reminder for holiday shoppers.

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The Centers for Disease Control or CDC has declared Tuesday “Children’s Vaccination Day.” It’s all a part of National Influenza Vaccination week. Experts say if your child has not gotten a flu shot, you don’t want to wait any longer.

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The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing disabled adult – 43-year-old Jose Rodolfo Salcido.

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Before Friday’s start of the three-round Merrill Lynch shootout, the PGA Pros will team with amateur golfers in the two-day Pro-Am event on Wednesday and Thursday.

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A man sought for fleeing from Lee County deputies was found in Charlotte County.

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A new system is keeping wanted criminals off the streets. Lee County leaders hope it will keep people like Abel Arango, a convicted criminal who should have been in jail at the time he killed Fort Myers Police Officer Andrew Widman, off the streets.

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Officials with The Lee County Sheriff’s Office are warning people that an old scam is making a comeback in Southwest Florida. So far, several people have been victimized by the Jamaican Lottery Scam.

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A new cost-saving move has raised public safety concerns in Collier County. County EMS is cutting back on the number of paramedics on board its MedFlight helicopters. It has left resident wondering if the budget-cutting decision comes at the expense of quality care.

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A judge ruled in favor of Coastland Center mall last week in an approximately .2 million judgment against Tami’s Trendy With a Twist Boutique for nonpayment of rent through its contract ending October 2016, according to court records. Owners of the men’s and women’s clothing store, John and Tamara Magocs, signed a 10-year lease in 2006 with monthly rent of ,383.94, not including annual increases.

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The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing disabled adult.
Jose Rodolfo Salcido, 43, was last seen at his residence, located at 4619 New Haven Drive, Fort Myers, on Dec. 7, 2008 between 9:30a.m. – 10a.m.

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