July 27, 2015

ESTERO, Fla.- Three kids living in a neighborhood with flooded streets solved the problem in just 10 minutes. For the past 72 hours, a street in the Fountain Lakes community has been under more than 6 inches of water. Cars were nearly flooding their engines trying to get home. It wasn’t until Monday, when three […]

CAPE CORAL, Fla.- Neighbors in the Sandoval community are furious after vandals slashed tires, adding up to thousands of dollars in repairs. Six homeowners on Hopefield Court had a rude awakening Sunday morning when they went out to their driveway to find the damage. “It isn’t necessarily the dollar factor. I just feel invaded. I […]

HEMPSTEAD, Texas (AP) – A committee of outside attorneys will assist the Texas district attorney investigating the death of Sandra Bland, the black woman who authorities say hanged herself in her jail cell three days after a traffic stop by a white state trooper. Authorities also released an initial toxicology report for Bland on Monday, […]

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Outspoken Donald Trump says some controversial things, but WINK News uncovered an outrageous claim being made about him. A Republican congressman from South Florida has a theory that Trump may have been planted by democrats to help get Hillary Clinton elected. In a recent radio interview U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla. Said […]

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – A federal judge says BP will begin paying up to $1 billion in settlements to compensate local governments across the Gulf Coast for lost tax revenue and other economic damages they blame on the company’s 2010 oil spill. An order issued Monday by U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier said all of […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Jody Kearns doesn’t like to spend time obsessing about her Parkinson’s disease. The 56-year-old dietitian from Syracuse, New York, had to give up bicycling because the disorder affected her balance. But she still works, drives and tries to live a normal life. Yet since she enrolled in a clinical study that […]

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – A South Florida man has been convicted of killing and dismembering his landlord. A Palm Beach County jury found 51-year-old Scott Tobiassen guilty of first-degree murder Monday. The Palm Beach Post (http://goo.gl/Nv5qka ) reports that he faces life in prison. Tobiassen didn’t deny bludgeoning Gerard Longo to death in […]

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- With all of this rain, it’s just a matter of time for the infestation of mosquitoes to arrive. But, it may take a couple weeks to fight all of the pests. It doesn’t take long for standing water to give life to those insects that drive most residents insane. The Lee County Mosquito Control District tells WINK News […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Sign up for the “Upromise” program and earn cash back for your kid’s college fund. The Upromise program is through Sallie Mae. You can sign up for free and it helps you earn cash back for college on the things you are already buying and doing anyway. Once you register your […]