Cape Coral frustrated with LCEC

CAPE CORAL, Fla. – In a memo to the City Council Thursday, Cape Coral city spokesperson Connie Barron wrote, “LCEC does not appear to be willing to work with the City of Cape Coral in a collaborative spirit.” The memo came after an LCEC board meeting in which the company approved a roughly three-year $11.8 million project […]

VA problems mount as missteps continue

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Department of Veterans Affairs faces a serious numbers problem – multiple in fact. It can’t count how many veterans died while waiting to sign up for health care. It says some VA hospitals may have to close if the agency can’t get $2.5 billion. And a year after scandal rocked the […]

Floridians failing written driving test at higher rates

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – State officials say more Floridians are failing the revamped written driver’s license test. Three out of every five have flunked through the first six months of the year. In some counties, more than 80 percent of drivers were unable to pass. Officials for the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor […]

House panel wants to interview Planned Parenthood official

WASHINGTON (AP) – A Republican-led House committee asked Friday for a briefing from the Planned Parenthood official whose secretly recorded discussion of how her organization obtains tissue from aborted fetuses for research has ignited a new GOP political offensive on abortion. The letter to Planned Parenthood from GOP leaders of the House Energy and Commerce […]

Magic mushrooms confiscated from luggage at Orlando airport

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) – Officials say they confiscated magic mushrooms, marijuana, pot cookies and hashish from a woman’s luggage at Orlando-Sanford International Airport. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Friday they uncovered more than three ounces of the drugs, including multiple mushroom kits, from the bags of a 37-year-old traveler earlier this month. Authorities […]

Mysterious letter warning of crime making the rounds in the Cape

CAPE CORAL, Fla.- A local resident seems to be taking matters into his own hands, with a letter warning neighbors of illegal drug activity. “I’d question it. There’s some weird stuff going on in the Cape,” said resident Ray Roberts, while looking at the letter warning him of “severe drug activity in his surrounding neighborhood.” It’s addressed “Dear civilian” and […]

LCSO: Child injured after being pushed through window

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- A mother is under arrest after her toddler was cut so badly, he had to get staples in his head. Deputies say the child was hurt after his mother got locked out of their San Carlos Park home. Authorities say she broke a window, and then passed the boy through the jagged glass […]

Fishing with the Port Charlotte Football Team

In three seasons as the head football coach at Port Charlotte High School, Jordan Ingman has compiled a 24-9 record with a trip to the third round of the state playoffs in 2013. But he tells WINK Sports, some of his favorite memories come from the annual fishing trip he takes with his senior players. […]

Officer who witnessed 5-year-old’s death speaks out for the first time

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WTSP)- It’s an unforgettable, disturbing crime. Five-year-old Phoebe Jonchuck allegedly thrown off a Florida bridge by her own father. Now, the only witness to her death was honored for his rescue efforts. “I’m the only witness to a terrible tragedy.” St. Petersburg Officer Drew Vickers will never forget the early hours of […]