Alva News

A public presentation on community planning for the Alva area is scheduled at 7 p.m. Jan.

When you are doing after-holiday shopping, consider picking up a pair of kid's pajamas, organizers of a local pajama drive ask.

ALVA, Fla. - At Pine Island Rescue, animals keep coming in but the economy is making it hard to keep up.

Join the Sanibel-Captiva Conservation Foundation for a riverboat adventure on the Oxbow & Riverlore Cruise to experience the historical Caloosahatchee.

In his mind's eye, the shoeless man is ever present. "I'll always remember that guy," said the Most Rev.

The Southwest Florida Walk Now for Autism Speaks mission is to increase awareness about autism, to support families living with autism and to raise much-needed funds for Autism Speaks.

Lehigh Acres Fire Chief Don Adams confirmed that one adult woman was taken by helicopter to Lee Memorial Hospital's trauma unit.

Dennis Osterbrink, a bus driver with the district for three years, has filed a federal discrimination charge against the district through the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission.

Two bridges, a slippery, six-mile course, and a torrential downpour just weren't enough to keep more than 300 runners from competing in the 31st Annual River Run at Centennial Park in downtown Fort Myers.

LABELLE : Defense attorneys for murder suspect Joseph Shook say their client won't testify in his defense - nor will anyone else.

Bubinga ... wenge ... padauk ... cocobolo ... wormy chestnut ... pecky cypress ... Are you feeling the tingle yet? If you're a woodworker or furniture maker, these names probably get your creative juices flowing.

Four-Day Trial Ends With 6-Member Jury Finding Guilt LABELLE, FL. -- A five-female, one-male member jury begins deliberations at the Hendry County Courthouse in LaBelle this afternoon after hearing the State Attorney's arguments seeking a murder conviction of Joseph Shook.

LABELLE : Sources say the trial of Joseph Shook could wrap up today. The Alva man is accused of killing his estranged wife, Melissa, in July 2007.

In the months and days before she died, Melissa Shook was "the happiest she'd ever been in her whole life," her father said.

An impending divorce and the possibility he could lose not only his wife but custody of his children and financial stability drove Joseph Shook to murder, according to prosecutors.

Before proceedings were halted for lunch, the court heard from one last witness.

The trial of an Alva man accused in the 2007 killing of his wife begins today in Hendry County.

Trial begins today in Hendry County for Joseph Shook, the Alva man accused of killing his estranged wife Melissa in 2007.

We got a lot of good guesses about this one: that these weren't haystacks, but piles of Spanish moss, buttonwood charcoal ricks or sugar cane - or that this was the old sisal hemp factory in St.

To donate to Toys for Tots, there are four locations affiliated with the Bayshore Fire Department.