ORLANDO – Trapped inside a bathroom of the Pulse nightclub with gunman Omar Mateen and other hostages, Patience Carter could only hope there would be no more bullets.

       

An 11-foot alligator was found in a Fort Myers drain after complaints of water backup and foul smells.

       

Days after the worst mass shooting in U.S. history at an Orlando nightclub, Florida Gov. Rick Scott voiced his continued support for gun rights Tuesday morning, saying “the second amendment didn’t kill anybody.”

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In just days, the Rev. Dr. Betty Deas Clark will be commemorating the one-year anniversary of the night a lone gunman shot and killed nine members of her church, Mother Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C.

       

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has been called in to assist a Sunday morning mass shooting at a gay nightclub that left at least 20 people dead, which the agency and state lawmakers are calling an act of terrorism.

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We’re connecting the dots in this week’s show. Starting with a look at wheels of fortune, featuring an up-close look at the concentration of exclusive car dealerships in Southwest Florida.

       

By some estimates Southwest Florida is the top destination to buy a fancy set of wheels. Watch a video preview of Sunday’s show.

       

TALLAHASSEE – A lawyer for a Fort Pierce man who was convicted of openly carrying a handgun in public insists Florida should have no regulations that restrict people from carrying weapons throughout the state.

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Florida gas price averages have risen 10 cents per gallon since the Memorial Day weekend.

       

In this week’s show we go behind the scenes with “In the Know” columnist Tim Aten as he celebrates 10 years of…