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THREE LEE COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS WHO WRESTLED A GUN AWAY FROM ANOTHER STUDENT ARE SUSPENDED FROM SCHOOL.

NEW AT SIX, AN NBC2 EXCLUSIVE:

51:09 they saved my child's life the child that was in the altercation with mine his life as well

THE FAMILY OF THE STUDENT WITH THE GUN TALKS ONLY WITH NBC2 --

AS WE WORK TO FIND OUT WHY THE SCHOOL PUNISHED THE PROTECTORS.

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NO SHOW --

THE LEE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT TAKES A PERSONAL DAY. MISSING HIS OWN MISCONDUCT HEARING.

NBC2 IS LIVE WITH TEAM COVERAGE AS THE BOARD DEBATES HIS FATE.

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AND POLICE SAY A CAPE CORAL WOMAN IS SERIOUSLY INJURED AFTER HER HUSBAND DROVE HIS VAN INTO THIER HOUSE TRYING TO KILL HER.

NEWS AT 6PM OPEN-CLIP

BREAKING PROCTOR-TRX-VO

NBC2 IS BREAKING NEWS AT SIX:

THE MAN SUSPECTED OF KILLING HIS EX-WIFE NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO IS OFFICIALLY CHARGED WITH MURDER.

AMY PATTERSON'S BODY, A CAPE CORAL TEACHER, WAS FOUND ON A REMOTE PIECE OF PROPERTY ON PINE ISLAND LAST SUMMER-

INVESTIGATORS SAY HER EX, DANIEL PROCTOR -- LED THEM THERE.

MISSING COLLIER KID-SSTOPS

ALSO BREAKING NOW.

AUTHORITIES IN COLLIER COUNTY ARE SEARCHING FOR A TEEN WITH A VIOLENT HISTORY WHO ESCAPED STATE CUSTODY.

INVESTIGATORS SAY CRISTIAN ARRIOLA TOOK OFF FROM THE COLLIER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT TODAY AROUND TWO.

THE 15 YEAR OLD HAD BEEN TAKEN THERE FROM A JUVINELLE JUSTICE FACILITY IN OCHOPEE.

YOU SEE HIS PICTURE ON YOUR SCREEN -- HE'S ALSO GOT TATOOS ON HIS FOREARMS --

LEHIGH ACRES FIRE-TRX-SS-VOTOPS

ALSO BREAKING RIGHT NOW --

FLAMES BURST THROUGH THE ROOF OF A HOME ON 15 STREET SOUTHWEST IN LEHIGH ACRES TONIGHT.

WE'RE TOLD NO ONE WAS HOME AT THE TIME.

CREWS GOT A HANDLE ON THE FIRE BUT AS YOU CAN SEE THERE IS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE.

BURKE INVESTIGATION HEARING-SS-BOXES-PLASMA-DISSOL

DID THE LEE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT INTERFERE WITH AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO ONE OF HIS TOP EMPLOYEES?

THAT QUESTION DOMINATED A SPECIAL BOARD MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.

AS MEMBERS DECIDED HOW TO RESPOND TO A LETTER SENT BY THE STATE WITH ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DR. JOSEPH BURKE.

NOTICEABLY ABSENT, THE SUPERINTENDENT HIMSELF.

HE TOOK A PERSONAL DAY.

WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE TONIGHT --

THE NBC 2 INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING INTO TESTIMONY FROM AN EMPLOYEE CLAIMING SHE WAS RETALIATED AGAINST FOR BLOWING THE WHISTLE --

BURKE INVESTIGATION HEARING-REM-LIVE

THE BOARD ULTIMATELY VOTED 3-2 TO RESPOND TO THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION'S LETTER.

WHICH ALLEGES BURKE MOVED MONEY WITHOUT THE BOARD'S APPROVAL; AND USED OTHER MONEY FOR TOP ADMINISTRATOR RATHER THAN IN THE CLASROOM.

THE BOARD WILL SEND THE STATE A LETTER BASICALLY SAYING IT'S ALREADY RESOLVED THESE ISSUES.

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0 Jeanne dozier

13 Cathleen Morgan

102 don Armstrong

121 Mary Fischer

Jeanne Dozier // We would never have gotten to this point if we would have done our job properly.

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER JEANNE DOZIER AND CATHLEEN MORGAN BOTH CALLED FOR OUTSIDE FORENSIC INVESTIGATIONS TODAY INTO ALLEGED ACTIONS BY THE SUPERINTENDENT.

Morgan sound bite // If simply just pass these documents back then we have not solved our problem, the administration problem, or the staff problem.

MOST OF TODAY'S DISCUSSION CENTERED AROUND AN ALLEGATION THAT TOP ADMINISTRATOR - DR. DEEDRARA HICKS - REPORTED TO WORK INTOXICATED AND THAT SUPERINTENDENT DR. JOSEPH BURKE SUSPENDED AN ACTIVE INVESTIGATION INTO HER ACTIONS.

Jeanne Dozier / If you look through all of these documents, you'll see, suppress, suppress suppress. Next to the last highlight, it says on september the 4th the superintendent Burke called the commissioner of education Pam Stewart and requested that dr. Kicks investigation be dismissed.

BUT, A MOTION TO GO FORWARD WITH THAT OUTSIDE INVESTIGATION FAILED THREE TO TWO - WITH BOARD MEMBERS MARY FISCHER, DON ARMSTRONG AND TOM SCOTT VOTING NO

don Armstrong // I am not an investigator. That is not my job. I'm a policy setter. That's what I do. That's what we all do up here. This is investigational work. I want investigational work, there's a phone book with the pi's in there. I'll call one of them. I don't find any if this my concern.

AND WHILE A MOVE BY THE BOARD TO INVESTIGATE BURKE WON'T HAPPEN NOW- ONE BOARD MEMBER COULD SUPPORT IT AT A LATER TIME.

BURKE INVESTIGATION HEARING-REM-LIVE

NOW THE OFFICE OF PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS CLOSED IT'S INVESTIGATION INTO HICKS IN THE MIDDLE OF FEBRUARY -- SAYING 'AT THIS TIME, FURTHER ACTION BY THIS OFFICE IS NOT WARRANTED.'

HOWEVER THAT OFFICE CANNOT INVESTIGATE DOCTOR BURKE'S ACTIONS - BECAUSE IT DOESN'T HAVE AUTHORITY.

BURKE FEAR TACTICS ACCUSATIONS-TRX-OC-BOXES

THE NBC2 INVESTIGATORS DIGGING DEEPER INTO THIS STORY FOR US TONIGHT.

A FORMER SCHOOL EMPLOYEE TODAY PUBLICLY ACCUSED HER BOSSES OF RETALIATING AGAINST HER.

AFTER SHE TOLD AN INVESTIGATOR WHAT SHE SAW THE DAY DR. HICKS WAS ALLEGEDLY FOUND INTOXICATED ON THE JOB.

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THE EMPLOYEE WHO TESTIFIED WAS A SECRETARY IN THE DISTRICT AND WAS AMONG THOSE

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Jeanie Dozier/Board Member / 06:27 Did the superintendent act appropriately? Did he follow policy? This is all about the superintendent. Did he do what he was supposed to have done? 06:35

LONG TIME SECRETARY JUST RECENTLY RETIRED, REBECCA DEMO TESTIFIED EMPLOYEES WITH INFORMATION ARE BEING INTIMIDATED.

Demo / 13:45:12 i am concerned about any investigation. The employees of the district can not say anything about Dr. Burke or their job is in jeopardy. 13:45;24

CLAIMING RETALIATION AFTER SHE PROVIDED A STATEMENT TO A DISTRICT INVESTIGATOR CONCERNING ALLEGATIONS A TOP ADMINISTRATOR CAME TO WORK INTOXICATED.

13:45:04 I was persecuted the next day by my passwords being taken away at work and no work given to me. 13;45:11

DEMO CLAIMS THERE ARE OTHERS WITH INFORMATION.

Demo / 13:45:32 Most people who have more information than I have as to what's going on can not testify or make a statement against the administration. 13:45:42

BURKE FEAR TACTICS ACCUSATIONS-CAM 99

THE DISTRICT HAS 30 DAYS TO RESPOND TO THE STATE. COUNT ON NBC-2 TO

LET YOU KNOW IF THERE ARE ANY NEW DEVELOPMENTS INTO THIS

CYPRESS HIGH GUN FOLO-2SH

SOME THINK THEY'RE HEROES.BUT THE LEE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT.SUSPENDED THEM.

WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE TWO CYPRESS LAKE HIGH STUDENTS WHO WRESTLED A GUN FROM ANOTHER STUDENT ON THE BUS.

TONIGHT.EVEN THE SUSPECT'S STEP-MOTHER.SAYS THOSE STUDENTS WHO STEPPED IN.GOT A RAW DEAL.

CYPRESS HIGH GUN FOLO-PLASMA

PARENTS WERE SHOCKED TO FIND OUT --TWO OF THE STUDENTS IN TROUBLE --HAD HELPED *BREAK UP THE FIGHT AND WRESTLE THE GUN AWAY.

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NEARLY A WEEK HAS GONE BY.

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SINCE THE ARREST OF A CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.

56:57 the school has not contacted any of his parents 57:06

IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW--QUADRAYLE DAVIS'S STEP MOTHER--ASKED US NOT TO SHOW HER FACE TO PROTECT HER OTHER CHILDREN AT HOME.

AS WE BEGAN TALKING-SHE MADE IT CLEAR SHE WAS NOT DEFENDING HER SON.

54:00 its good he was caught in that situation because it got a gun off the street and parents are aware of what's going on 54:10

DAVIS WAS ARRESTED FEBRUARY 28TH.

DEPUTIES SAY HE BROUGHT A GUN ON BOARD A SCHOOL BUS.

HE PULLED THE GUN --POINTED AT ONE OF HIS FOOTBALL TEAMMATES AND SAID HE'D SHOOT.

THE GUN NEVER WENT OFF --QUICK THINKING STUDENTS --JUMPED FROM THEIR SEATS.

THEY WRESTLED DAVIS --PULLING AWAY THE GUN.

PARENTS OF THOSE STUDENTS DIDN'T WANT TO SHOW THEIR FACE BUT PRAISED THEIR SONS EFFORTS.

:15 he was very heroic and he did the right thing:19

BUT THE SCHOOL DIDN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.

IT SUSPENDED THEM BOTH FOR THREE DAYS.

A DECISION THAT IS BAFFLING TO PARENTS --INCLUDING THE STEP MOTHER OF THE STUDENT WITH THE GUN.

51:02 id like to reach out to their parents i don't think its right them being suspended from school 51:09 they saved my child's life the child that was in the altercation with mine his life as well and other students on the bus that day 51:23

CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL WOULDN'T RETURN OUR CALLS.

THE DISTRICT SAYS THIS ABOUT IT'S DECISION.

"the students involved refused to cooperate with school authorities"

"appropriate disciplinary actions were taken at that time"

THE BOY WHO HAD THE GUN PULLED ON HIM --WAS NOT SUSPENDED--BUT IS NO LONGER ATTENDING CYPRESS LAKE HIGH SCHOOL.

DAVIS IS SERVING 21 DAYS IN SECURE DETENTION--AND IS ALLOWED FAMILY VISITS.

WITH THE STUDENTS IN TROUBLE -- PARENTS SAY THEY HAVE MORE QUESTIONS FOR THE DISTRICT.

CYPRESS HIGH GUN FOLO-PLASMA

CYPRESS HIGH SCHOOL IS KEEPING TIGHT LIPPED ABOUT THE SUSPENSIONS.

WE TRIED TO ASK WHAT ADMINISTRATORS MEANT WHEN THEY SAID THE STUDENTS "WEREN'T COOPERATING".

THEY DID NOT RETURN OUR CALLS.

STOCKS BUMP-TRX-CG

WHAT A DAY ON WALL STREET.

THE DOW CLOSED AT AN ALL TIME HIGH TODAY. A PYSCHOLOGICAL MARKER FOR MANY INVESTORS.

THE DOW FINISHED UP 125 POINTS TO CLOSE AT 14 THOUSAND 253.

THE OLD MARK OF 14,164 SET BACK IN OCTOBER OF 2007.

THE NASDAQ JUMPED 42 POINTS.

CAPE CAR INTO HOUSE-VOTOPS

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS --

POLICE IN CAPE CORAL SAY A MAN PURPOSELY DROVE HIS CAR INTO THE MASTER BEDROOM OF HIS OWN HOME TRYING TO KILL HIS WIFE.

CAPE CAR INTO HOUSE-ANIMAP-BOXES

THE WHOLE BIZARRE SCENE PLAYED OUT ON SOUTHWEST 16TH TERRACE THIS MORNING.

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RICKY MICHELENA/CAPE CORAL -:46

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"this baffles me whats going on i mean why he do? and the way he do wasnt smart either." RICKY MICHELENA

RICKY MICHELENA HAS KNOWN 41 YEAR OLD JOSE ACEVEDO AND 45 YEAR OLD YOLIMA PAPA-SANCHEZ FOR ABOUT THREE YEARS.

"my own definition of a temperamental guy he was a temperamental guy."

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HE SAYS HE NOTICED ACEVEDO HAD A BIT OF A TEMPER - BUT THE TWO RARELY FOUGHT AROUND HIM.

THEY ALWAYS SEEMED NICE AND CORDIAL.

"i didnt see that coming i mean they have problems obviously." RICKY MICHELENA

THINGS TOOK A TURN TODAY WHEN POLICE SAY ACEVEDO CONFESSED TO TRYING TO KILL HIS WIFE.

OFFICERS SAY AROUND 630 THIS MORNING HE FIRST DROVE HIS VAN INTO THEIR HOME ON SW 16TH TERRACE WHERE THE MASTER BEDROOM IS LOCATED.

OFFICERS TELL US THE COUPLE THEN GOT INTO AN ARGUMENT -- ENDING WITH ACEVEDO HITTING HIS WIFE MULTIPLE TIMES WITH A BASEBALL BAT.

PAPA SANCHEZ HAS SERIOUS INJURIES TO HER SKULL AND BODY.

SHE'S EXPECTED TO SURVIVE.

NEIGHBORS SAY THEY DIDNT HEAR THE CRASH BUT HEARD A WOMAN'S CRIES.

"i heard screaming a woman screaming a lot for a good two or three minutes" PAT TOWNSAND

POLICE SAY THE COUPLES 7 YEAR OLD SON WAS INSIDE AND WATCHED THE ENTIRE INCIDENT.

HE WASN'T INJURED AND IS NOW STAYING WITH FAMILY.

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TAKE SARA --

CAPE CORAL POLICE SAY THEY DID RESPOND TO THIS HOME FOR A DISTURBANCE A FEW DAYS AGO BUT SAY NOTHING CAME OF IT.

ACEVEDO REMAINS IN THE LEE COUNTY JAIL.

COLONIAL CRASH FOLO-VO

TWO PEOPLE ARE LUCKY TO BE ALIVE TONIGHT AFTER COLLIDING WITH A DUMP TRUCK. THEIR CAR BASICALLY CUT IN HALF.

JUST LOOK AT THE CAR --

THE CRASH HAPPENED NEAR COLONIAL BOULEVARD AND ORTIZ EARLY THIS MORNING.

STATE OF THE STATE-SOTVO

TODAY GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT GAVE HIS ANNUAL STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS.

"Mr. President, Governor of the great state of Florida."

GOVERNOR SCOTT SAID MANUFACTURING AND EDUCATION ARE HIS TWO TOP PRIORITIES THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION.

HE WANTS TO ELIMINATE SALES TAX FOR COMPANIES BUYING NEW EQUIPMENT.

THE GOVERNOR IS ALSO CALLING FOR A 25-HUNDRED DOLLAR PAY RAISE FOR TEACHERS.

WITH THE EXTRA MONEY COMES ACCOUNTABILITY.

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"We don't want a war on teachers; we want a war on failure."

TWO YEARS AGO - SCOTT ANGERED THE TEACHERS' UNION BY CUTTING 1-POINT-3 BILLION DOLLARS FROM EDUCATION.

DURING THE RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNOR, THE DEMOCATIC LEADER IN THE SENATE CALLED FOR ELECTION REFORM.

COSTELLO TRIAL DAY SEVEN-VO

A SHORT TIME AGO, THE JURY RECESSED FOR THE NIGHT, IN THE TRAIL OF A LEE COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS INFANT SON.

DELIBERATIONS BEGAN THIS AFTERNOON IN THE MURDER TRIAL OF RYAN COSTELLO.

PROSECUTORS SAY HE BEAT HIS 11-WEEK OLD SON DARWIN TO DEATH IN 2010.

COSTELLO SAYS HIS FIANCE THREW SOMETHING AT HIM --

FM TOOTHLESS ROBBERY ARREST-SSTOPS

IN FORT MYERS --

POLICE SAY THEY CAUGHT THE SO CALLED TOOTHLESS BANDIT.

KELLIE HARRIGAN IS ACCUSED OF ROBBING THE PUBLIX ON SUMMERLIN ROAD LAST WEEK.

ARRESTED FOR URINATING ON LUNCH-SS

A LEE COUNTY DEPUTY HAD A ROUGH TIME DEALING WITH SOME UNDERAGE SPRING BREAK PARTIERS AT PINK SHELL ON FORT MYERS BEACH.

DEPUTIES SAY CHRISTOPHER BRENNAN OF ESTERO URINATED ALL OVER THE FRONT SEAT OF A PATROL CAR --

INCLUDING A CELL PHONE --

A LUNCH BAG AND WATER BOTTLES.

INVESTIGATORS SAY BRENNAN WAS IN THE BACK OF THE CAR AND BEGAN THRASHING AROUND AND SCREAMING --

TEASE ONE

NEXT AT SIX.

A DRAMATIC RESCUE --

ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

A HORSE SEEN FLOATING IN THE CALOOSAHATCHEE RIVER IS PULLED TO SAFETY -

HOW THE WHOLE THING UNFOLDED.

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TZ1 C) FORECAST TEASE-STC

ROBERT VAN WINKLE FORECAST 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.

BRIEF COOL DOWN TOMORROW

Just like we anticipated Tuesday was sunny, dry, and warmer. That explains our week ahead pretty well, but there will be a couple speed bumps along the way.

The main speed bump will be felt by early Wednesday, as a few light showers will be possible as our next cool front slides through Southwest Florida around 7:30 AM.

The timing of the rain will be close to sunrise Wednesday, but the showers should be gone by the mid-morning hours, leaving us with sunny skies for the remainder of the day. Once the front clears the area, temperatures will stay fairly cool through the day as winds become more northerly behind the front; most areas should only reach the low 70s for daytime highs.

By Wednesday night into Thursday morning, we'll have another round of temperatures in the mid 40s across the urban corridor and even some mid to upper 30s deeper inland.

Thursday will be another cool day with highs only reaching the low 70s under full sunshine, and then we'll spend another night in the 40s and 50s as we head into your Friday morning.

DRAMATIC HORSE RESCUE-VOTOPS-2SH

THIS IS THE VIDEO YOU'VE GOT TO SEE TO BELIEVE-

A 1000-POUND HORSE IN DISTRESS IS LIFTED FROM THE CALOOSAHATCHIE RIVER 15 FEET BELOW.

BOATERS SPOTTED THE HORSE --

AND DEPUTIES RESCUED HIM FROM THE WATER.

AND IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

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WHAT STARTED AS A CALM DAY OUT ON THE CALOOSAHATCHIE-

19:01 "that was a sight- it was really something."

TURNED INTO A NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN-SHOW FOR GEORGE ORSINI.

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HIS DAY TO REMEMBER INVOLVED A 1000 POUND HORSE.

19:45 "it was like he was flying through the air."

THE AVID BOATER-

WAS JUST MAKING HIS WAY DOWN THE RIVER IN ALVA,

WHEN HE SPOTTED THE ANIMAL IN THE WATER.

18:41 "we come across this horse going across the river."

THE HORSE WAS IN DISTRESS,

SO GEORGE AND HIS FRIEND GUIDED THE MARE TO A NEARBY BANK AND CALLED THE LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE.

15:40 "the horse was approximately 15 feet below the banks where the waters edge was."

SERGEANT RANDY HODGES KNEW GETTING THIS HORSE TO HIGH GROUND WOULD BE A QUITE A CHALLENGE,

SO HE CALLED ON A REGIONAL TEAM, MADE UP OF AREA DEPUTIES AND FIREFIGHTERS.

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USING AN A-FRAME-

THEY HOISTED UP THE ANIMAL

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THROUGH THE AIR-

AND FINALLY ONTO DRY LAND.

19:14 "it was nice to see something like that happen- the way they got him up and rescued him- that was really cool the way they did it."

THE HORSE WAS TAKEN TO THE HENDRY COUNTY IMPOUND.

DEPUTIES ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR IT'S OWNER.

19:30 "he was really skinny- he was skin and bones.

THERE'S NO TELLING WHY THE ANIMAL WAS IN THE WATER,

BUT IT'S A DAY GEORGE WILL NEVER FORGET.

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COLLIER RED LIGHT CAMERAS COMING DOWN-VO

THOSE RED LIGHT CAMERAS ARE DISAPPEARING IN COLLIER COUNTY.

WE FOUND CREWS TAKING DOWN THE CONTROVERSIAL CAMERAS AT PINE RIDGE AND U-S 41 TODAY.

ALL TEN CAMERAS SHOULD BE DOWN BY TOMORROW.

THE COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS ENDED THE RED LIGHT CAMERA PROGRAM BECAUSE THEY SAID THERE ISN'T ENOUGH PROOF THEY MAKE ROADS SAFER.

THEY DID MAKE MONEY.

CAPE HOUSE FIRE-VO

A SCARY LESSON FOR A WOMAN IN CAPE CORAL TODAY.

AUTHORITIES SAY SMOKE FILLED A DUPLEX OFF SOUTHEAST 24TH AVENUE AFTER THE HOMEOWNER TURNED ON HER HEAT.

ROSEMARY WHIPPLE SAYS IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE IT'S BEEN ON.

FIREFIGHTERS SAY SHE'S NOT ALONE --

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Rosemary Whipple, Homeowner

4132 "it started to smell like it was burning so I went to check in the attic and smoke was pouring out so I called 911."

Steve Olson, Fire Battalion Chief

"word TO EVERYONE watching being that it's the cold season I urge everyone to have their ac units inspected and cleaned."

WE'RE TOLD THERE WERE NO FLAMES --

AND CREWS AIRED OUT THE HOUSE AND RESTORED POWER.

THE HOMEOWNER IS BACK IN AND SAFE --

BONITA SLOTS-NATSVO

BONITA SPRINGS LEADERS ARE HEADED TO TALLAHASSEE TO LOBBY FOR SLOT MACHINES AT THE NAPLES FORT MYERS GREYHOUND TRACK.

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14:19:03-06

ALRIGHT, ARE WE GOING!?

THEY BOARDED THET BUS TODAY.

THEY WANT LEGISLATORS TO APPROVE A TWO YEAR TRIAL PERIOD FOR SLOT MACHINES.

LEE COUNTY RESIDENTS VOTED IN FAVOR OF ADDING SLOT MACHINES.

BUT THE STATE STILL HAS TO GIVE THE OK.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

ASUN PLAYER OF YEAR-ON CAM

ON THE EVE OF THE ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCES' BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT.

FGCU BROWN-VOTOPS

SENIOR GUARD SHERWOOD BROWN IN THE ATLANTIC SUN CONFERENCE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

THE FIRST FGCU MENS PLAYER EVER!!!.TO WIN THE AWARD.

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BROWN WAS THE PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

FELLOW GUARD BERNARD THOMPSON WAS THE DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE YEAR. HE'S 6TH IN THE NATION. WITH CLOSE TO 3 STEALS A GAME.

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AND ON THE WOMEN'S SIDE.IT WAS A SWEEP OF THE MAJOR AWARDS.

JUNIOR FORWARD SARAH HANSEN IS THE CONFERENCE'S PLAYER OF THE YEAR.

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THE EAGLES ALSO HAD THE BEST DEFENSIVE PLAYER.

THIS WAS A REGULAR HIGHLIGHT THIS SEASON.SENIOR BRITTANY KENNEDY.STEALING THE BASKETBALL

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AND WHEN YOUR TEAM HASN'T LOST A CONFERENCE GAME THIS SEASON.HOW CAN YOU NOT BE THE CONFERENCE COACH OF THE YEAR.

THIS IS THE 3RD STRAIGHT TIME.4TH OVERALL.THAT KARL SMESKO HAS WON THE COACH OF THE YEAR AWARD.

ASUN TOURNEY-ON CAM

TO GUARANTEE THAT.THEY CAN WIN THIS WEEK'S CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT IN MACON GEORGIA.

THE WOMEN AND MEN PLAY IN THE QUARTER-FINALS TOMORROW.

THE ENTIRE TOURNAMENT SCHEDULE IS ON OUR WEBSITE.

RED SOX PROSPECT ARRESTED-SS

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES SAY PITCHER JOHN DRAKE BRITTON HIT SPEEDS OF OVER A HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR IN A 45 ZONE --

CRASHED THROUGH A FENCE --

AND DESTROYED PROPERTY ALL WHILE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.

RED SOX ARREST-ON CAM

THAT ALL HAPPENED EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

ON MONDAY.THE RED SOX OPTIONED THE 23-YEAR OLD PITCHER TO THEIR MINOR LEAGUE CAMP.

RED SOX FARRELL-SOT

RAYS TWINS-VOTOPS

SPRING TRAINING BASEBALL.

TWINS HOSTED THE RAYS..

IN THE FIRST. RAYS LEFTY.MATT MOORE.GETS RYAN DOUMIT SWINGING. ONE OF 2 STRIKE OUTS.

SPORTS TOSS-ON CAM

CAPE FIRE CHIEF SALARY-OC

CAPE CORAL'S CITY MANAGER WILL OFFER THE MAXIMUM SALARY TO THE NEW FIRE CHIEF.

COUNCIL APPROVED TO PAY AROUND 130 THOUSAND DOLLARS PER YEAR.

THAT'S ABOUT 7 THOUSAND MORE THAN THE LAST CHIEF MADE.

THE CITY MANAGER HAS NARROWED DOWN THE LIST OF CANDIDATES FROM FIVE TO TWO.

NAPLES RITZ CARLTON-VO

ONE OF NAPLES ICONIC RESORTS IS CLOSING IT'S DOORS THIS SUMMER.

THE RITZ-CARLTON BEACH RESORT WILL SHUT DOWN FOR SIXTY-SIX DAYS COME JULY FOR RENOVATIONS.

REMODELING WILL CONSIST OF UPGRADES TO IT'S CURRENT GUEST ROOMS.

THE LAST TIME THE RESORT CLOSED WAS BACK IN 2005 BECAUSE OF HURRICANE WILMA.

RACE FOR THE CURE-SS-BNR

THE SUSAN G KOMEN RACE FOR THE CURE IS THIS WEEKEND.

N-B-C TWO IS A PROUD SPONSOR OF THE EVENT TO HELP FIGHT BREAST CANCER.

THE RACE IS THIS SATURDAY MORNING AT COCONUT POINT MALL IN ESTERO.

YOU CAN REGISTER AS AN INDIVIDUAL, START A TEAM, OR JOIN AN EXISTING TEAM.

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