SWFL Scoreboard: High School Football Week 9Family welcomes baby 1 week after Hurricane Milton floods home
WINK NEWS SWFL Scoreboard: High School Football Week 9 Southwest Florida high school football is back in action after Hurricane Milton disrupted things for a week.
PUNTA GORDA Family welcomes baby 1 week after Hurricane Milton floods home Watch out, world. Baby Arya Marie Rhea is here. A week after Hurricane Milton filled a family’s Punta Gorda home with water, they are feeling blessed and welcoming a new baby into their lives.
CAPE CORAL The Boathouse catches on fire in Cape Coral Crews are actively battling a fire near the yacht club in Cape Coral.
Hero Link wristband could save lives of first responders In critical situations every second counts. When a hurricane is smashing our shores, our first responders are often pulled off the streets for their safety.
FORT MYERS Family of murdered Fort Myers man seeking answers A family is seeking answers after a Fort Myers man was found shot multiple times outside his apartment on Oct. 6. The shooting occurred at the Sunterra Apartments along Evans Ave.
MANASOTA KEY Milton’s impact on Manasota Key’s future Hurricane Milton slammed Charlotte County, much like Hurricane Ian did with Fort Myers Beach.
School District of Lee County announces Milton make-up days The School District of Lee County has announced their make-up dates due to days missed from Hurricane Milton.
PUNTA GORDA Sunken boats and the smell of fuel fill Laishley Park Marina after Milton The refreshing smell of the sea at Laishley Park Marina has been replaced by the thick stench of fuel.
BONITA SPRINGS Local band Roxx Revolt says farewell to SWFL After six years of rocking Southwest Florida, local band Roxx Revolt is setting its’ sights on the nation’s musical mecca: Nashville, Tenn.
Matlacha Milton’s impact on businesses in Matlacha Before Hurricane Milton even made landfall, a violent tornado ripped through the community of Matlacha.
NEAR CLEWISTON Gang violence concerns in Hendry County after fatal shooting of 16-year-old A 16-year-old girl is dead, the apparent victim of alleged gang activity in Hendry County she was not involved in.
PORT CHARLOTTE Charlotte County Sheriff to hold annual Halloween event in wake of Milton The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office is continuing with its annual “Cops & Goblins” Halloween event in the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton.
IMMOKALEE Collier County woman arrested for shooting another woman in the face A woman has been arrested in Collier County after shooting another woman in the face, killing her.
FGCU women’s golf team eyes three straight tournament titles The Florida Gulf Coast University women’s golf program is having its best season so far.
IMMOKALEE WINK News Players of the Week: Immokalee QB Chris Germinal and WR Gilbert Charles After teaming up for 3 TDs in the win over Lely, Immokalee QB Chris Germinal and WR Gilbert Charles are the WINK News Players of the Week.
WINK NEWS SWFL Scoreboard: High School Football Week 9 Southwest Florida high school football is back in action after Hurricane Milton disrupted things for a week.
PUNTA GORDA Family welcomes baby 1 week after Hurricane Milton floods home Watch out, world. Baby Arya Marie Rhea is here. A week after Hurricane Milton filled a family’s Punta Gorda home with water, they are feeling blessed and welcoming a new baby into their lives.
CAPE CORAL The Boathouse catches on fire in Cape Coral Crews are actively battling a fire near the yacht club in Cape Coral.
Hero Link wristband could save lives of first responders In critical situations every second counts. When a hurricane is smashing our shores, our first responders are often pulled off the streets for their safety.
FORT MYERS Family of murdered Fort Myers man seeking answers A family is seeking answers after a Fort Myers man was found shot multiple times outside his apartment on Oct. 6. The shooting occurred at the Sunterra Apartments along Evans Ave.
MANASOTA KEY Milton’s impact on Manasota Key’s future Hurricane Milton slammed Charlotte County, much like Hurricane Ian did with Fort Myers Beach.
School District of Lee County announces Milton make-up days The School District of Lee County has announced their make-up dates due to days missed from Hurricane Milton.
PUNTA GORDA Sunken boats and the smell of fuel fill Laishley Park Marina after Milton The refreshing smell of the sea at Laishley Park Marina has been replaced by the thick stench of fuel.
BONITA SPRINGS Local band Roxx Revolt says farewell to SWFL After six years of rocking Southwest Florida, local band Roxx Revolt is setting its’ sights on the nation’s musical mecca: Nashville, Tenn.
Matlacha Milton’s impact on businesses in Matlacha Before Hurricane Milton even made landfall, a violent tornado ripped through the community of Matlacha.
NEAR CLEWISTON Gang violence concerns in Hendry County after fatal shooting of 16-year-old A 16-year-old girl is dead, the apparent victim of alleged gang activity in Hendry County she was not involved in.
PORT CHARLOTTE Charlotte County Sheriff to hold annual Halloween event in wake of Milton The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office is continuing with its annual “Cops & Goblins” Halloween event in the aftermath of hurricanes Helene and Milton.
IMMOKALEE Collier County woman arrested for shooting another woman in the face A woman has been arrested in Collier County after shooting another woman in the face, killing her.
FGCU women’s golf team eyes three straight tournament titles The Florida Gulf Coast University women’s golf program is having its best season so far.
IMMOKALEE WINK News Players of the Week: Immokalee QB Chris Germinal and WR Gilbert Charles After teaming up for 3 TDs in the win over Lely, Immokalee QB Chris Germinal and WR Gilbert Charles are the WINK News Players of the Week.
MGN Online LONDON (AP) — Two months ago, the World Health Organization launched an ambitious plan to stop the deadly Ebola outbreak in West Africa, aiming to isolate 70 percent of the sick and safely bury 70 percent of the victims in the three hardest-hit countries — Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone — by December 1. Only Guinea is on track to meet the December 1 goal, according to an update from WHO. In Liberia, only 23 percent of cases are isolated and 26 percent of the needed burial teams are in place. In Sierra Leone, about 40 percent of cases are isolated while 27 percent of burial teams are operational. With the target date looming on Monday, it looks almost certain WHO’s goals will be missed, marking another failure in attempts to slow the biggest-ever outbreak of the deadly disease. The Ebola outbreak was first reported in Guinea in March and spiraled out of control after being declared a public health emergency in August. WHO’s Dr. Bruce Aylward acknowledged in October that to reach the December 1 goal would be “really pushing the system hard.” “If we don’t do it in 60 days and we take 90 days: No. 1, a lot more people will die that shouldn’t; and No. 2, we will need that much more capacity on the ground to be able to manage the caseload,” said Aylward, who is directing WHO’s Ebola response. In recent weeks, there have been some successes in curbing Ebola; cases seem to be declining or stabilizing in Liberia and Guinea. But the area around Sierra Leone’s capital and a district in the country’s north are seeing a severe surge in cases. The December 1 targets had been met in many places — but not all, which was the goal, said Anthony Banbury, who is heading the U.N.’s Ebola response. “There are still going to be many people who catch the disease and many people who die from it,” Banbury said. Even if the December 1 targets had been reached, WHO and others had predicted Ebola would continue sickening people in West Africa and possibly elsewhere until sometime next year. Ebola has sickened more than 16,000 people of whom nearly 7,000 have died, according to figures released by the World Health Organization Friday. Failing to reach the December 1 target now suggests Ebola will spread even further as capacities to respond become even more stretched, according to Oyewale Tomori, of Redeemer’s University in Nigeria, who sits on WHO’s Emergency Ebola committee. “We need to redouble our efforts to see what we can do to reduce the spread and catch up with the virus,” he said. “Right now, it doesn’t look good.” Other experts said the WHO goals were never very significant. “You want to isolate 100 percent of patients with Ebola and have 100 percent safe burials,” said Sebastian Funk, director of the Centre for the Mathematical Modelling of Infectious Diseases at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. “Getting to 70 percent doesn’t really mean a lot.” The ultimate goal of WHO’s plan is to isolate all Ebola patients and provide safe burials for all by January 1. “We hope that what we’re seeing in Liberia will continue, but unfortunately what can happen with Ebola is that it can go to new countries, as it has already to Mali,” warned Dr. David Heymann, an Ebola expert who previously worked for the World Health Organization. “The most dangerous thing would be if people now think Ebola is over and become complacent,” he said. Earlier this month, the U.S. announced it was scaling back the size and number of Ebola clinics it had initially promised to build in Liberia, citing a drop in cases. The U.N.’s Banbury said the critical gap in those locations were new beds and that ending Ebola would be a long, hard fight: “We’re by no means out of the woods yet, but we’re headed in the right direction.”