July 7, 2015

FORT MYERS, Fla.- People at a Fort Myers apartment complex are back in their homes after a man barricaded himself inside with weapons. Police say the man is a combat veteran in his late 20s with sever PTSD. It took about three hours for a negotiator to get him to come outside of his home […]

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- New developments in a disturbing animal cruelty case. WINK News first told you about Indie last week, a bait dog who had its nose bitten off. Now we’re learning, two more dogs were dumped in the same area. “We have three different cases now, Collier, Lee, and Hendry County where we’ve seen […]

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – A major setback for a local plan to grow business and create hundreds of jobs. The governor just vetoed $2.5 million in state funding for two incubator sites in Collier County, one in Naples and another in Immokalee. “There’s this really great sense of community,” said Shawna Ferris, who works for […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The City of Tampa is offering you a pass for five of its attractions at a big discount. For $99 per adult and $89 per child, you can buy a Tampa Bay City Pass. The pass allows you to visit Busch Gardens, the Florida Aquarium, the Lowry Park Zoo, the Clearwater […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – For the second time in two weeks, Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Federal Trade Commission have filed a federal court lawsuit to protect consumers from a credit card interest rate reduction scam. This time, Bondi and the FTC halted a Pinellas County-based group of businesses and individuals from operating a […]

NAPLES, Fla. – A teen arrested for breaking into a home on Monday is also suspected in a string of burglaries in the area. Naples police caught 18-year-old Zach Delgado running from a home on 5th Street near 4th Avenue North on Monday. When they emptied his pockets, they found a screwdriver, a chisel and […]

LEE COUNTY, Fla. The hospital is usually a place you try to avoid. But, something amazing is happening at one local medical center that has people eager to come back week after week. The soothing sound of a piano melody fills the atrium at HealthPark Medical Center in south Fort Myers. People can’t help but […]

LEE COUNTY, Fla.,- WINK News got a sneak peek at the new cardiac unit at HealthPark Medical Center. The new space is double the size of the old. WINK News takes a look at the new technology. “This has been a long process, several years and we are finally there,” said Beth Moss, System Director […]

OCALA, Fla. (AP) – As lawmakers in South Carolina consider removing the Confederate flag from the Statehouse grounds, a north Florida county has decided to do the opposite. The Marion County Commission voted Tuesday unanimously to again fly the Confederate flag in front of a government building, weeks after it had been taken down. The […]