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  1. Check areas targeted for traffic enforcement todayRead the original story

    8 hrs ago | News Press

    Today, the Lee County Sheriff's Office Traffic Unit will target at least one of the following three locations for enforcement: Three Oaks Parkway, south Lee County North River Road , Alva 23rd Street S.W., Lehigh Acres Locations are selected based upon high incidents of crashes, traffic surveys and resident complaints.

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    Related Topix: Lee County, FL, Lehigh Acres, FL

  2. Lee school bus driver accused of making racial slurs against coworkers claims discrimination

    16 hrs ago | BonitaNews.com - Bonita Springs, Florida

    ... will make a ruling on whether Osterbrink should be fired from his job with the district. Osterbrink drove a bus for Alva Middle School in East Lee County until late 2007, when he called the students on his bus "poor white trash" and accused them of ...

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    Related Topix: Education Etc., Lee County, FL

  3. Sheriff's Office traffic enforcemen.....Read the original story

    17 hrs ago | Cape Coral Daily Breeze

    ... at least one of the following three locations for enforcement Wednesday, Dec. 9: 2. North River Road (State Road 78), Alva 3. 3rd Street S.W., Lehigh Acres Locations are selected based upon high incidents of crashes, traffic surveys and citizen ...

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    Related Topix: Lee County, FL, Lehigh Acres, FL

  4. Woman, two children taken to hospital after Lehigh Acres crashRead the original story

    Yesterday | News Press

    ... Jackie Palmer operates A+ Pet Grooming. "I stepped out to smoke and boom," Palmer said. A woman driving north toward Alva just stopped and was rear-ended by another car, Palmer said. The woman's car spun and was hit broadside by another car going ...

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    Related Topix: Lehigh Acres, FL

  5. Today's mailbagRead the original story

    Sunday Dec 6 | News Press

    ... lands. It is with respect and thankfulness that I mention these special environmental activists who wish to keep Alva, Olga, and Bayshore rural. Rural means no concentrated housing or commercial building in these areas. North Olga and the Babcock ...

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    Related Topix: Lee County, FL, Olga, FL, Kamen, Germany, World News, Germany, Cape Coral, FL

  6. Montoya captures crown in River RunRead the original story w/Photo

    Sunday Dec 6 | News Press

    ... cycling and tennis will be taking place throughout Lee and Collier counties through Dec. 13. Mary Rine, 52, of Alva won the women's Senior Games race, finishing in 50:54.37, the 14th-best overall female time. For 70-year-old Senior Games runner ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Fort Myers, FL, Lee County, FL, Collier County, FL

  7. Alva man supplies exotic wood varieties to craftsmen around the globe

    Saturday Dec 5 | News Press

    ... jewelry boxes, boat hulls or harps. And they're all cut, stacked and waiting just over the Hendry County line at Alva Hardwoods. From a tiny framed-in office inside his corrugated metal barn of a warehouse, owner Merrill Morrison runs his one-man ...

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    Related Topix: Watches, Hendry County, FL, Labelle, FL, North Fort Myers, FL

  8. To some River runners, rain a welcome companion

    Saturday Dec 5 | News Press

    ... cycling and tennis will be taking place throughout Lee and Collier counties through Dec. 13. Mary Rine, 52, of Alva won the women's Senior Games race finishing in 50:54.37, the 14th best overall female time. For 70-year-old Senior Games runner ...

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    Related Topix: Weather, Fort Myers, FL, Lee County, FL, Collier County, FL

  9. Shook Murder Decision-Guilty Says Hendry JuryRead the original story

    Friday Dec 4 | Southwest Florida Online

    ... his wife Melissa Shook in 2007, and then burying her in a shallow grave on the Hendry-Lee county line just east of Alva, Florida. Prosecutors displayed evidence to the jury including duct tape and a shovel found at the Shook home which were said to ...

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    Related Topix: Labelle, FL, Hendry County, FL

  10. Shook murder: Defendant won't testifyRead the original story

    Friday Dec 4 | WZVN

    ... attorneys for murder suspect Joseph Shook say their client won't testify in his defense - nor will anyone else. The Alva man is accused of killing his estranged wife, Melissa, in July 2007. Read courtroom updates from Stacey Deffenbaugh in the box ...

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law, Law

  11. VIDEO: Shook murder trial may go to jury as early as FridayRead the original story

    May 3, 2009 | BonitaNews.com - Bonita Springs, Florida

    ... The defense will begin its case when jurors return Friday morning. It's unknown if Shook will testify. The 35-year-old Alva man faces life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder. Prosecutors say he strangled his wife, Melissa Shook, a mother ...

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    Related Topix: Hendry County, FL

  12. Shook Trial Live Blog: Shook will not testify; Defense to rest its caseRead the original story

    Friday Dec 4 | BonitaNews.com - Bonita Springs, Florida

    ... for the coming arguments and potential verdict. Keith "Ted" Shook, Joseph Shook's brother, who lived with him at the Alva home during the time of the death, is in the courtroom for the first time. Joseph Shook's girlfriend, Katherine Crowell, is ...

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  13. Shook murder: No signs of struggle in home

    Thursday Dec 3 | WZVN

    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.

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Criminal Defense Law, Law

  14. Shook Trial Live Blog: Focus turns to duct tape, shovel possibly used ...Read the original story

    Thursday Dec 3 | BonitaNews.com - Bonita Springs, Florida

    ... said his wife dropped it off, but prosecutors say it never left his driveway after Melissa Shook dropped by the Alva home to run an errand. Dunaske had said she was surprised how tidy the van was, and she noted it yielded few fingerprints. "Had you ...

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    Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law

  15. Joseph Shook murder trial continues todayRead the original story

    Thursday Dec 3 | News Press

    ... from Melissa's phone late that morning and afternoon were made within a three- to five-mile radius of Joseph Shook's Alva home - even one saying she had reached the rehab center. Melissa, 31, had spoken to family members that morning, telling them ...

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    Related Topix: Cell Phones, Electronics, Hendry County, FL

  16. Prosecutors: Girlfriend of murder suspect didn't witness anything overly suspiciousRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | BonitaNews.com - Bonita Springs, Florida

    ... Estero mother Melissa Shook disappeared, Katherine Crowell spent hours watching TV at eventual suspect Joseph Shook's Alva home as he busied himself with an unseen task in the master bedroom. He was sweaty when he first greeted her, she recalled, ...

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    Related Topix: Criminal Defense Law, Law, Estero, FL, Hendry County, FL

  17. Shook murder trial updates 12/2Read the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | WZVN

    LABELLE : Testimony continues today in the murder trial of Joseph Shook. The Alva man is accused of killing his estranged wife, Melissa, in July 2007.

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    Related Topix: Violent Crime, Hendry County, FL

  18. Testimony continues today in murder trial of Alva manRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 2 | News Press

    Testimony will continue this morning in the trial of Joseph Shook, the Alva man accused of strangling his wife, Melissa, two years ago just before their divorce was finalized.

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  19. Alva woman's last days recalled at trial

    Wednesday Dec 2 | News Press

    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.

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    Related Topix: Hendry County, FL

  20. Prosecutors in homicide trial of Joseph Shook describe him as a - desperate man'Read the original story

    Tuesday Dec 1 | BonitaNews.com - Bonita Springs, Florida

    ... "cast adrift toward a waterfall," Joseph Shook faced imminent ruin as his divorce finalized in July 2007, jurors in the Alva man's homicide case were told Tuesday. Unemployed and expected to obtain and share a second mortgage with his estranged ...

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    Related Topix: Personal Finance, Mortgage, Hendry County, FL

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