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HLA FM ELDERLY COUPLE HELD HOSTAGE-TRX-SOTTOPSVO

33:08 "i woke up and saw this figure- i thought it was my husband by his bureau."

ROBBED AND HELD HOSTAGE.

MORE THAN EIGHT DECADES OF LIFE AND 50 YEARS OF MARRIAGE COULD HAVE NEVER PREPARED ONE COUPLE FOR WHAT THEY AWOKE TO IN THEIR OWN HOME.

HLB CHAR CO HUFFERS-TRX-SSTOPS

TWO PEOPLE TRIED TO PULL OFF THE SAME CRIME IN THE SAME STORE IN A MATTER OF HOURS.

HLC RNC TAMPA POLICE PREPS-TRX-VOTOPS

T-MINUS SEVEN DAYS.

FROM INSIDE TO OUTSIDE --

N-B-C2 IS LOOKING INTO PREPARATIONS FOR NEXT WEEK'S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

5PM OPEN-CLIP

FIRST WEATHER-OMNITOPS-ANIBOX

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

STORMS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

We've started the week on a great note. Blue skies, sunshine, and most of us didn't see a drop of rain.

Tuesday and Wednesday - we won't be as lucky. A feed of tropical moisture is set to push over, and that means slightly more cloud cover and definitely better rain chances.

They'll be very isolated during the day, but become scattered around the late afternoon to early evening. Heavy rains, gusty winds, and frequent lightning will be possible with any storm cell that blossoms.

Thursday through Saturday we'll see benign conditions. Winds will be from the east, and that will help pin the sea breeze along I-75. Do plan on isolated storms during the afternoon. Highs will be in the lower to mid 90s.

Very typical for August.

Our big concern for this week lies in the tropics. There's a tropical wave 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, and the National Hurricane Center has given it an 80% chance of strengthening into a tropical cyclone over the next day or so.

All models have it pushing west and encountering a ripe atmosphere. It's going to strengthen for sure, but the intensity forecast has yet to be deteremined. We need it to form first.

Models diverge around Saturday to Monday with the track of the wave. Some take it into the Caribbean and others take it into south Florida.

This is a long way out and things can change. Don't get worked up about it, but please, do be aware of the POSSIBLE scenario coming our way by Monday.

FM ELDERLY COUPLE HELD HOSTAGE-SOTTOPS-2SH-PUSH-TU

41:01 man he was ready to go and said- well, i'm going to have to tie up your wife and i said no- no way."

AWAKENED FROM SLEEP TO A LIVING NIGHTMARE!

A COUPLE WELL INTO THEIR 80'S SHARES THEIR INCREDIBLE STORY TONIGHT

WITH NBC2.

THANKS FOR WATCHING --

I'M LINDSAY LOGUE.

I'M PETER BUSCH.

A CROOK THREATEND THE COUPLE WITH A KNIFE.WHILE METHODICALLY RANSACKING THEIR HOME IN LEHIGH ACRES --

FM ELDERLY COUPLE HELD HOSTAGE-PKG-BNR

MARRIED FOR 56 YEARS-

THE PANKAVICHS HAVE HAD A PEACEFUL LIFE,

Nat

UNTIL NOW.

34:00 "he has a i believe a switchblade knife in his hands."

BOTH JOAN AND JOHN ARE 83 YEARS-OLD.

NEVER,

DID THEY THINK THEY WOULD BE THE VICTIMS OF A TERRIFYING HOME INVASION.

33:08 "i woke up and saw this figure- i thought it was my husband by his bureau."

IT WAS 4AM SUNDAY.

JOAN QUICKLY REALIZED THE FIGURE SHE SAW-

WASN'T HER ELDERLY HUSBAND,

BUT INSTEAD A ROBBER.

JOHN THEN WOKE UP-

AS THE CROOK DEMANDED CASH, JEWELRY AND ELECTRONICS,

WHILE HOLDING THEM AT KNIFE-POINT.

39:07 man "he did have that thing waving around all the time and we went room to room."

FOR WHAT SEEMED LIKE AN ETERNITY-

THE COUPLE WAS HELD IN THEIR HOME.

40:40 "this went on for 4 hours."

JOHN SAYS THE ROBBER RANSACKED THEIR HOME UNTIL THE SUN CAME UP.

41:01 he was ready to go and said- well, i'm going to have to tie up your wife and i said no- no way."

STILL ARMED WITH THE KNIFE-

DEPUTIES SAY HE FORCED THE COUPLE TO DRIVE HIM TO A NORTH MYERS HOTEL AND DROP HIM OFF.

AS SOON AS THE ROBBER GOT OUT OF THE CAR-

THE PANKAVICHS CALLED THE COPS.

DEPUTIES LATER CAUGHT AND ARRESTED BRETT WENTELA FOR THE CRIME.

40:45 man "we were very calm and cool and we just kept our cool."

IN THE END-

THAT'S HOW THE PANKAVICHS THINK THEY MADE IT OUT ALIVE.

Nat

ALLOWING THEM TO REACH THEIR 57TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY.

CHAR CO HUFFERS-SS

PARTNERS IN CRIME --

TO THE END.

THAT'S WHAT CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY ABOUT TWO PEOPLE ACCUSED OF STEALING FROM THE SAME WAL-MART JUST THREE HOURS APART.

AUTHORITIES SAY THEY ARRESTED THESE TWO FOR THE SAME CRIME --

IN THE SAME CAR OVER THE WEEKEND.

CHAR CO HUFFERS-PKG-BNR

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LATE FRIDAY EVENING, CHARLOTTE COUNTY DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO THIS WAL-MART AFTER A CONCERNED PASSERBY CALLED IN ABOUT A MAN ASLEEP IN HIS CAR.

"THERE WAS A CALL COME IN ABOUT THE INDIVIDUAL ASLEEP IN HIS CAR AND THE CAR PARKED ERATICALLY." CAPT. JAMES KENVILLE/CHARLOTTE CO. SHERIFF'S OFFICE

STANDUP: WHAT CAUGHT THE ATTENTION OF DEPUTIES WAS THE WAY THE CAR WAS PARKED: HALF UP ON THE CURB, HALF IN A HANDICAP PARKING SPOT. WHEN DEPUTIES APPROACHED THE CAR, THEY SAW THE MAN INSIDE HOLDING AN AEROSOL CAN. THEY SAY THE CAR WAS STILL RUNNING, HE TOOK A HUFF OF THE CAN, TRIED TO PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE TO GET AWAY.

"WELL HE'D BEEN HUFFING AND PASSED OUT FOR WHATEVER REASON." CAPT. JAMES KENVILLE/CHARLOTTE CO. SHERIFF'S OFFICE

CAPTAIN JAMES KENVILLE SAYS 52-YEAR-OLD JOHN CRIDER WAS THE MAN SITTING IN THE FRONT SEAT GETTING HIGH WITH CLEANING SUPPLIES.

DEPUTIES ARRESTED HIM AND FOUND MORE THAN TEN-THOUSAND DOLLARS IN CASH AND SYNTHETIC DRUGS IN HIS POCKETS.

KENVILLE SAYS DEPUTIES HANDED THE CAR OVER TO ITS OWNER, CRIDER'S GIRLFIREND WHO WAS SHOPPING IN WALMART AT THE TIME.

"SUBSEQUENTLY, WE HAD ANOTHER RUN-IN WITH HER AFTER THE FACT" CAPT. JAMES KENVILLE/CHARLOTTE CO. SHERIFF'S OFFICE

JUST THREE HOURS LATER, DEPUTIES WERE BACK AT WAL-MART AFTER EMPLOYEES REPORTED A THEFT.

THEY TOLD DEPUTIES, THE SUSPECT PUSHED A CART FULL OF GOODS OUT OF THE STORE AND DROVE AWAY IN THE SAME CAR CRIDER WAS FOUND IN.

THIS TIME AUTHORITES SAY DENISE ISAACS-HALL WAS DRIVING. DEPUTIES TRACKED HER DOWN AT HOME AND ARRESTED HER FOR STEALING.

"IT GOT UP OVER $300" CAPT. JAMES KENVILLE/CHARLOTTE CO. SHERIFF'S OFFICE

CAPTAIN KENVILLE SAYS THE WHOLE SITUATION IS PRETTY UNIQUE.

"IT'S UNUSUAL THAT YOU'D ARREST ONE AND WHAT MAKES IT MORE IS THAT YOU END UP AT THE SAME STORE." CAPT. JAMES KENVILLE/CHARLOTTE CO. SHERIFF'S OFFICE

CRIDER IS CHARGED WITH INHALING OR INGESTING HARMFUL CHECMICALS AND RESISTING AN OFFICER. ISAACS-HALL IS ACCUSED OF GRAND THEFT.

BELL TOWER SUSPICIOUS MAN-VO

SCARY MOMENTS AT A MOVIE THEATER IN FORT MYERS CONJOUR UP MEMORIES OF A MASS SHOOTING IN COLORADO.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY A MAN NAMED KELLY HAIR SHOWED UP TO THE BELL TOWER MOVIE THEATER YESTERDAY IN A TRENCH COAT --

SUNGLASSES AND HAT.

MANAGERS AT THE THEATER SAY HE LOOKED SUSPICIOUS AND CALLED DEPUTIES.

WHEN THEY ARRIVED THEY ESCORTED HIM OUT AND FOUND A LOADED GUN UNDER HIS COAT.

DEPUTIES SAY HE HAS A VALID CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT SO NO CRIME WAS COMMITTED.

PROCTOR TRIAL-SS

THE PRIME SUSPECT IN THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A CAPE CORAL TEACHER WAS IN AN ALABAMA COURT ROOM TODAY ON UNRELATED CHARGES.

AMY PATTERSON DISAPPEARED IN JULY 2011.

DETECTIVES BELIEVE SHE'S DEAD.

HER EX-HUSBAND, DANIEL PROCTOR, IS CHARGED WITH STEALING A CAR AND A GUN IN ALABAMA.

NAPLES HOME FIRE-VO

A VACANT HOUSE FIRE IN COLLIER COUNTY IS RAISING A LOT OF QUESTIONS TONIGHT.

FIREFIGHTERS HAD TO DEAL WITH FLAMES AND HEAT SO INTENSE IT TOOK THEM AN HOUR TO GET THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL.

IT HAPPENED ON 96TH AVENUE NORTH IN NAPLES PARK EARLY THIS MORNING.

NAPLES HOME FIRE-VO-FLY

NAPLES HOME FIRE-REM-26

What's left behind here tells the story best -- this morning's fire tore through this home.

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Joanne Camarro, neighbor

5030 "I can't remember the sound because I was in a deep sleep but then I heard the fire trucks."

Firefighters raced to this Naples Park house before dawn broke.

They battled flames as high as 30 feet for almost an hour -- at the foreclosed property.

Camarro, neighbor

5300 "it's sad sight. They took the bricks off!"

Neighbor Joanne Camarro recalls -- the family who once lived here -- was forced out because a job loss left them unable to pay the mortgage.

Camarro, neighbor

5217 "when I came back they had trucks here and some in my driveway. With the furniture loaded, they were going. They said goodbye to me and we're going to a motel."

It's an increasingly sad situation -- playing out across southwest Florida.

Since April, we've reported at least 5 fires destroyed vacant or foreclosed properties -- like this charlotte county house.

Deputy Chief Sal D'Angelo, North Naples Fire and Rescue

0220 "from the fire prevention standpoint, it's hard because we don't have any jurisdiction."

Sal D'Angelo with north Naples explains they don't have any way of policing how people or banks -- care for forgotten properties.

He tells us -- neighbors of vacant homes can never be too cautious.

D'Angelo 0325 "keep your property well maintained. Your grass mowed, any combustibles put away, tree limbs, clean your gutters."

As for this fire which the fire Marshall believes sparked in the attic, it remains under investigation.

The massive hole in the roof and damage here doesn't just show the fire's rage -- it points to yet another broken American dream.

Camarro, neighbor

NAPLES HOME FIRE-REM-26

TAKE LIVE

Now firefighters tell me not every property in foreclosure ends up in dire straits -- but this one had overgrown grass and power still running.

So now this is an eyesore and there is no telling when someone may be here to clean it up.

COLLIER BOY HIT-OC

A BOY FROM COLLIER COUNTY IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION AFTER BEING HIT BY TWO CARS IN KEY WEST.

WE'RE TOLD TEN YEAR OLD CAGE AMBURGY OF NAPLES WAS WALKING ALONG U-S ONE WHEN HE WAS SIDE-SWIPED BY A CAR AND KNOCKED INTO THE ROAD--

THEN. *ANOTHER CAR HIT HIM.

F-H-P IS NOW LOOKING FOR THE SECOND CAR THAT DID NOT STOP--

DECISION 2012-CLIP

RNC TAMPA POLICE PREPS-VOTOPS-OC-TURN-BOXES

ONE WEEK TO GO BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN TAMPA --

AND TODAY THE CHAIRMAN UNVEILED THE STAGE THAT INCLUDES 13 L-E-D PANELS ABLE TO PROJECT VIDEO FOR AN EVEN BIGGER EXPERIENCE.

BUT OUTSIDE THE TAMPA BAY TIMES FORUM THE FOCUS FOR 50 AGENCIES IS SETTING UP OVER THE NEXT TEN DAYS.

RNC TAMPA POLICE PREPS-CAM99-RTR1

IT'S BEEN 18 MONTHS OF PLANNING - AND TODAY TAMPA POLICE CHIEF, JANE CASTOR - SPOKE TO THE MEDIA - INSISTING HER CITY - AND THOSE WHO ENFORCE THE LAWS ARE READY.

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TC 21:57

jane/there are a lot of worries, that keep a police chief up at night.

TAMPA POLICE CHIEF JANE CASTOR TOOK TIME TODAY TO SHOWCASE PLANS FOR THE NEXT WEEK'S REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION - THE CHALLENGE - TO CREATE A PEACEFUL PLACE FOR PEOPLE TO GATHER, PROTEST AND VENT THEIR VARIOUS VIEWS.

TC 21:08-17

jane/it's our anticipation vast majority of individual will come here to demonstrate will do so peacefully - but there is a small group bent on disruption and destruction.

ALONG WITH A POWER POINT PRESENTATION - MEMBERS OF VARIOUS AGENCIES - WERE ALSO ON HAND, TC 19:03 IN UNIFORM, WITH CANINES TC 10:54- AND WITH VEHICLES AND EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING A BOMB SQUAD - READIED TO HANDLE ANYTHING LAW ENFORCEMENT MAY ENCOUNTER.

TC 22:03-13

jane/number one worry - for us law enforcement officers is lone wolf individual, not communicating with anyone else.to come in and act on their own.

FROM CONTROLLING CROWDS TO RESTORING ORDER, THESE AGENCIES ARE EXTREMELY CONFIDENT - THEIR INTENSE TRAINING - WILL MAKE FOR A LESS-THAN EVENTFUL EVENT.

TC 45:17-28

RNC TAMPA POLICE PREPS-CAM99-RTR1

SOME 35-HUNDRED TO 4-THOUSAND MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT HAVE GONE THROUGH 10 DAYS OF INTENSE TRAINING THAT INCLUDED HOW PEOPLE CARE ALLOWED TO EXERCISE THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.

SOMETHING ELSE THAT WAS INTERESTING HERE -

IN THIS WORLD OF CELL PHONE VIDEO AND YOUTUBE - THEY WERE TAUGHT TO EXERCISE PATIENCE, RESTRAINT, AND AVOID REACTING TO ANY TYPE OF BAITING BY DEMONSTRATORS.

TAMPA BELIEVES - OTHER THAN THE OLYMPICS - THIS WILL BE THE MOST VIEWED EVENT IN WORLD THIS YEAR.

TAMPA, Fla. - The Coast Guard has established 15 additional security zones for bridges in the Tampa Bay area beginning Aug. 25 and running through the Republican National Convention.

The Tampa Tribune reports that boats will be allowed to pass through the security zones, but anchoring, loitering, mooring and stopping are prohibited within 50 yards of designated bridges.

DNC SPEAKERS-SS

MEANWHILE THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS ITS ROSTER READY TO GO FOR ITS CONVENTION--

SOME OF THE MOST PROMINENT NAMES ON THE LIST INCLIDE CHICAGO MAYOR RAHM EMANUEL --

FORMER VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TIM KAINE AND MASSACHUSETTS GOVERNOR DEVAL PATRICK.

OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDE COLORADO'S GOVERNOR JOHN HICKENLOOPER --

SENATOR JOHN KERRY AND OHIO GOVERNOR TED STRICKLAND.

COVERAGE PROMISE-SS-CLIP

N-B-C TWO WILL BE IN TAMPA NEXT WEEK FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION.

CHIEF POLITICAL COORESPONDENT CHAD OLIVER AND I WILL BRING YOU STORIES EVERY DAY.LEADING UP TO THURSDAY'S OFFICIAL NOMINATION OF MITT ROMNEY.

THEN IN SEPTEMBER. NBC2 HEADS TO CHARLOTTE FOR THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

WE ARE YOUR DECISION 20-12 HEADQUARTERS --

TEASE ONE-2SHOT

CHANCES ARE --

IF YOU'VE FILLED UP YOUR GAS TANK THIS WEEK --

YOU ARE FEELING IT IN YOUR WALLET.

N-B-C TWO IS DIGGING FOR ANSWERS ON WHY THE SUDDEN INCREASE IN PRICES AND IF AND WHEN IT WILL END.

PLUS --

IT'S DAVID VERSUS GOLIATH --

OVER THE PLACEMENT OF A VOLLEYBALL COURT.

BUT FOR PLAYERS IT MAY ALREADY BE GAME OVER.

TZ1 A) GAS PRICES ON THE RISE-VO-WIPE

TZ1 B) LEAPIN LIZARDS VOLLEYBALL-SOTVO

TZ1 C) WEATHER TEASE-STC

MARKET CLOSE-CGTOPS

ROBERT WX OPEN-CLIP

FIRST ALERT FORECAST-WXWALL

THIS WEATHERCAST HAS BEEN PREPARED BY THE NBC2 WEATHER STAFF.

IT IS NOT A VERBATIM OF WHAT IS BEING SAID, BUT IS THE FORECAST FOR OUR AREA.

STORMS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

We've started the week on a great note. Blue skies, sunshine, and most of us didn't see a drop of rain.

Tuesday and Wednesday - we won't be as lucky. A feed of tropical moisture is set to push over, and that means slightly more cloud cover and definitely better rain chances.

They'll be very isolated during the day, but become scattered around the late afternoon to early evening. Heavy rains, gusty winds, and frequent lightning will be possible with any storm cell that blossoms.

Thursday through Saturday we'll see benign conditions. Winds will be from the east, and that will help pin the sea breeze along I-75. Do plan on isolated storms during the afternoon. Highs will be in the lower to mid 90s.

Very typical for August.

Our big concern for this week lies in the tropics. There's a tropical wave 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, and the National Hurricane Center has given it an 80% chance of strengthening into a tropical cyclone over the next day or so.

All models have it pushing west and encountering a ripe atmosphere. It's going to strengthen for sure, but the intensity forecast has yet to be deteremined. We need it to form first.

Models diverge around Saturday to Monday with the track of the wave. Some take it into the Caribbean and others take it into south Florida.

This is a long way out and things can change. Don't get worked up about it, but please, do be aware of the POSSIBLE scenario coming our way by Monday.

GAS PRICES ON THE RISE-2SH-CG-BOXES

SOUTHWEST FLORIDA IS CREEPING CLOSER TO RECORD HIGH GAS PRICES.

TAKE A LOOK --

RIGHT NOW WE ARE AVERAGING THREE-63 A GALLON.

THAT IS SIX CENTS HIGHER THAN THIS TIME LAST YEAR --

AND ONLY 43 CENTS AWAY FROM THE HIGHEST-PRICE EVER RECORDED BACK IN 2008.

GAS PRICES ON THE RISE-REM-1

JEN

IN FLORIDA --

DRIVERS ARE PAYING ABOUT EIGHT CENTS MORE FOR A GALLON OF REGULAR THAN THEY WERE LAST SUMMER.

WE'RE APPROACHING LABOR DAY -- USUALLY AFTER THAT WE SEE PRICES DROP.

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DRIVER JUNE VENGHAUS 7:18:16 what are you paying today? 3.59 what do you think about that? it's too much of course

LIKE DRIVERS ACROSS SOUTHWEST FLORIDA AND THE COUNTRY,

JUNE VENGHAUS HAS WATCHED THE NUMBERS CLIMB.

NAT 7:18:27 wish it'd go down!

JESSICA BRADY AAA

00:36 fuel prices have been rising since july 1 and it looks like they're going to continue to increase throughout the month 41

SO WHAT'S BEHIND THE INCREASE??

JESSICA BRADY AAA

:55 the question is what reason is *not behind this. everything from increased tensions in the middle east to peak hurricane season, domestic supply disruptions and various economic news both domestic and abroad have all contributed to the rise in pump prices 10

IT SEEMS REASONABLE TO THINK ISSUES AT HOME ARE HURTING PRICES.

DRIVER JUNE VENGHAUS 7:18:38 right now i think about the drought in the midwest and the loss of all the corn products that we need in our country 43

LESS CORN MEANS LESS ETHANOL --

BUT JESSICA BRADY WITH TRIPLE "A" SAYS THAT'S NOT CAUSING THE CURRENT INCREASE.

DON'T WRITE OFF THE DROUGHT YET -- IF IT CONTINUES, THAT COULD MEAN HIGHER PRICES DOWN THE ROAD.

NAT AT THE PUMP

MERVIN VAUMGARDNER DECIDED TO FLY TO FORT MYERS TO MEET HIS NEW GRANDSON.

BUT WHEN HE COMES BACK IN NOVEMBER -- HE'LL BE DRIVING.

7:24:15 at that time ill be taking the jeep and trailer with me. little bit weary of what gas prices will be coming down 22

USUALLY WHEN OIL REFINERIES MAKE THE SWITCH TO "WINTER" FUEL IN SEPTEMBER --

IT'S CHEAPER TO PRODUCE AND USUALLY CHEAPER FOR YOU TO BUY.

JESSICA BRADY AAA

GAS PRICES ON THE RISE-REM-1

JEN

COMING UP ON NBC2 NEWS AT SIX --

I'LL EXPLAIN THE CHANGES LEE COUNTY IS MAKING TO KEEP ITS FLEET RUNNING WITH HIGHER FUEL PRICES.

THERE'S A TRICK THAT LETS THE COUNTY GET DIESEL FOR 20-25 CENTS LESS THAN WHAT YOU PAY.

FPL RATE HIKE MEETINGS-VO

FLORIDA POWER AND LIGHT WANTS TO RAISE YOUR ELECTRIC BILL --

AND THAT PROPOSAL IS CENTER STAGE IN TALLAHASSEE RIGHT NOW.

EARLIER THIS YEAR.FPL PROPOSED A NEARLY 700 MILLION INCREASE THAT WOULD TAKE EFFECT IN 2013.

NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE SEEMED HAPPY WITH THAT SO THE COMPANY LATER PITCHED BUT THE INCREASE TO 550 MILLION.

YOU WOULD PAY, ON AVERAGE, ANOTHER DOLLAR AND CHANGE EACH MONTH.

DOWNTOWN CAPE REZONING-VOWIPE

THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL IS REVISING ITS LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS IN AN EFFORT TO BRING MORE BUSINESSES DOWNTOWN.

COUNCIL WILL HOLD ONE OF TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS TONIGHT TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ZONING CHANGES.

DOWNTOWN CAPE REZONING-SOTVO

-JOHN JACOBSEN/CRA

TBD"so that's the companion piece to this ordinance. Here's the new regulations now were going to apply it to the 3 downtown zoning districts."

ALL NEW AT FIVE-CLIP

"Plans to build a volleyball court in the downtown cape have been sidelined. I'm alex boyer, with why the city is burying the project."

AS THE CAMPAIGNING HEATS UP, FLORIDA IS SET TO PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN THE UPCOMING ELECTION.

TZ2 A) ALEX STAND UP TEASE-SOT

TZ2 B) IMPORTANCE OF FLORIDA IN ELECTION-BNR-VOTOP

LEAPIN LIZARDS VOLLEYBALL-2SH-TURN-BOXES

GAME OVER-

PLANS TO BRING A VOLLEYBALL COURT TO CAPE CORAL HAVE RUN AGROUND.

THE FORT MYERS BEACH VOLLEYBALL CLUB WAS ALL SET TO OPEN A SAND COURT OFF CAPE CORAL PARKWAY, BUT THE CITY SHUT THEM DOWN.

NBC2'S ALEX BOYER IS WORKING THIS STORY LIVE FROM OUR CAPE CORAL MOBILE NEWSROOM,

LEAPIN LIZARDS VOLLEYBALL-REM-2

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brett hayes/fort myers beach volleyball club

-john jacobsen/CRA

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-playing volleyball

Its a way to bring people together.

-brett hayes/FMB Volleyball Club-"you meet so many different people."

Brett hayes and her husband OWN the Fort myers beach volleyball club.

-hayes-"everybody and anybody who wants to play and wants to be a part of this comes out."

Their volleyball club is 300 members strong. Many of those players live in cape coral, which is why the duo was hoping to bring volleyball to the city.

-playing volleyball

And they thought they had found the perfect location.

-hayes-she had the empty lot available it was great space."

That "great space" was on this empty lot Leapin' Lizards WAS LEASING.

-mary ann evans/owner, leapin' lizards-"we had a plan to bring 2-3 courts here."

So the fort myers beach volleyball club paid for 400 tons of sand. It was "game on" until the city's building official HEARD ABOUT THE project.

-hayes-"it was built, it was done. We just had to put up a net. We built one court and the city kind of shut us down."

In a letter PAUL DICKSON WROTE, the building official determined an outdoor recreational facility such as volleyball courts WAS not permitted within the downtown gateway zoning district."

But that doesn't mean the club can't move the volleyball court to another spot in the city.

-john jacobsen/CRA-"parks and recs has already said that they would be happy to work with them to find a place to play volleyball in one of the city parks."

That - hayes says - would be a big score.

-hayes-"there's nothing in cape coral and we wanted to bring our league and volleyball into cape coral."

LEAPIN LIZARDS VOLLEYBALL-REM-2

Jacobsen tells me he'd like to see the sand volleyball courts relocated to the Cape Coral Yacht Club or Four Freedoms Park. Both parks are owned and operated by the city. Live in cape coral alex boyer nbc2.

NEW AT 530-BNR-2SHOT

HI, EVERYONE, I'M HEATHER TURCO -- AUGUSTA NATIONAL IS NO LONGER "JUST FOR MEN"!

TWO WOMEN *ACCEPT* INVITATIONS TO JOIN THE PRESTIGIOUS GOLF CLUB.

ONE WEEK BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION--

AND THE G-O-P IS CLEANING UP TWO *BIG* MESSES.

TONIGHT--

THEIR PLAN TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT.

AND A NEW MOVEMENT IS UNDERWAY TO *CHANGE* THE WAY WOMEN ARE PERCEIVED *AFTER* A BABY!

A) GOP CONGRESSMAN WOES-VO-WIPE

B) CELEB FEMALS BODIES-VOTOPS