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DOW identifies an Army casualty

The Department of War announced the believed to be death of an active-duty soldier who was supporting overseas operations in Jordan. Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of Ozone Park, New York, is believed to have been killed in action on July 17, 2026, during an enemy attack at Muwaffaq Salti Air ...

FHP arrests homicide suspect in Lee County

State troopers took a man sought in a St. Petersburg homicide into custody following a standoff on I-75 that shut the highway down outside of Fort Myers Wednesday, and which has widely been reported to have involved guns being fired. The Florida Highway Patrol has released little information ...

DOGE Request for Information available on CapeCoral.gov

Additional correspondence between the City of Cape Coral and the Department of Governmental and Operational Efficiency is now available online: https://www.capecoral.gov/government/doge_correspondence.php "In response to the DOGE Letter on May 26, 2026, all requested records were provided by ...

DOW Identifies an Army casualty

The Department of War has identified a third active-duty soldier who was killed while supporting overseas contingency operations in Iraq. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, was killed in action during a controlled detonation of a downed One-Way Unmanned Aerial ...

DOW releases names of two soldiers killed in line of duty

The Department of War has released the names of two active-duty soldiers who were killed while supporting Operation Inherent Resolve. 1st Lt. Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Ewa Beach, Hawaii was killed in action on July 18, 2026, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Carrollton, Texas, was killed in ...

Home ‘a total loss’ following fire

An early morning fire caused serious damage to a Cape Coral home Tuesday morning. Cape Coral Fire Department firefighters responded to the 4:15 a.m. call in the 2200 block of SE 15th Street. Arriving crews found flames coming through the roof of the home. Two adults, two children, and a ...