July 19, 2015

CAPE CORAL, Fla. – The Cape Coral Police Department (CCPD) held their third impaired driving enforcement operation over the weekend and made seven arrests in a span of four hours. In 2015, 56 people have been killed in Lee County because of some sort of traffic crash, making this one of the deadliest years yet. […]

LEE COUNTY, Fla. – Crews are investigating what caused a car to catch fire at a 7-Eleven Sunday afternoon. The driver of the SUV told WINK News he was at McGregor Boulevard and Cypress Lake Drive, when he noticed smoke coming from his air conditioning. He said he pulled into the 7-Eleven and within minutes […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans’ swift condemnation of Donald Trump’s disparaging comments about Sen. John McCain’s military service marks a turning point in the party’s cautious approach to the billionaire-turned-presidential candidate. But Trump simply may not care; indeed he seemed to bask in his McCain takedown. After dismissing McCain’s reputation as a war hero because he […]

DADE CITY, Fla. (AP) – A 2-year-old Pasco County boy is being treated after is foot was severed by a lawn mower. Emergency officials say the toddler ran into the riding lawnmower that his mother was driving early Saturday. The boy’s leg got caught under the mower and was severed below the knee. He was […]

HAVANA (AP) – Cuba’s blue, red and white-starred flag is set to fly outside the country’s diplomatic mission in the United States for the first time since the countries severed ties in 1961. While no formal ceremony is planned Monday for the U.S. Interests Section in Havana, it too will become a full-fledged embassy just […]

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. (AP) – An Air Force bomb squad has safely detonated a barnacle-encrusted bomb that washed ashore on St. Pete Beach. A spokesman for Mac Dill Air Force base says the object was a photoflash bomb, used to aid WWII-era night photographic missions. A beachgoer found the old bomb while combing the […]

(CNN)- A surfing competition in South Africa was canceled Sunday after championship surfer Mick Fanning escaped a shark attack in the opening minutes of the final heat. Organizers of the J-Bay Open, the sixth stop on the 2015 Samsung Galaxy World Surf League Championship Tour, canceled the remainder of the competition after clearing the waters. Video of […]

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) – A southwest Florida police officer is being lauded after he went above and beyond to help a mentally disabled man whose bike was stolen. Guy Sloben has been riding his bike to the supermarket where he bags groceries since 2006. He was devastated when his bike was stolen about two […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Nearly 50 people drove to Famous Daves in Fort Myers from Lehigh Acres on Sunday flying Confederate flags. They tell WINK News they had one message–the flag is about heritage, not hate. “Hertigate not hate, man. Let’s keep the flag alive,” one man in the procession said. “It’s all about southern […]