WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child PornThe Weather Authority: Sun, clouds, humidity, rain – it’s all in your weekend forecast
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child Porn This week’s segment of Wink Neighborhood Watch features an armed robber, fraud at a pawn shop, and possession of child pornography.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Sun, clouds, humidity, rain – it’s all in your weekend forecast Saturday afternoon will be hot and humid, with a mix of sun and clouds.
LEHIGH ACRES Chaotic lake getting fence and security Now, with all the negative attention it has gotten, some think putting up a fence is a great way to keep that bad activity out.
CAPE CORAL What we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride along On Friday, WINK News got to ride along to see just what people are doing that could be wasting water.
FORT MYERS Students affected by COVID-19 able to graduate for the first time For many young people, COVID stripped away one of their greatest rites of passage: graduation.
Deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County Authorities are at the scene of a deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County on Friday afternoon.
Celebrating Free Comic Book Day in SWFL JP Sports store manager Jonathan Powell said this is a generational event that brings families together to reminisce on comics and other hobby-related knickknacks.
FORT MYERS Group rescues dogs before getting put down in Lee County Our animal shelters are packed with amazing puppies who have the sole desire to be loved.
FORT MYERS FGCU student beats all odds and is able to graduate Nearly four years ago, Marisa Manning had her heart set on going to Florida Gulf Coast University but never thought she’d find her passion for studying parasites.
FORT MYERS Victim in MLK Blvd. shooting identified as social media influencer The victim of the Martin Luther King Boulevard shooting has been identified as a local social media influencer.
FORT MYERS Could a Ferris wheel in downtown Fort Myers work? Right now, there are talks to bring a Ferris wheel to downtown Fort Myers, but several things are still up in the air.
LITTLE HICKORY BAY Improving ‘Hell’s Gate’ safety, a notoriously dangerous waterway for boaters A push to make an area known as “Hell’s Gate” safer since it’s a dangerous stretch of water with several blind corners within Little Hickory Bay.
Fixing failed back surgeries More than a million and a half people in the U.S. undergo back surgery each year. However, classic back surgery has one of the highest failure rates of any surgery.
WINK NEWS Getting an inside look at the FEMA discount controversy Picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ian has been difficult for many and moving on can impact our wallets.
FGCU FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff playing for hometown team after labrum injury FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff is living the dream playing for the hometown team after he overcame a labrum injury.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child Porn This week’s segment of Wink Neighborhood Watch features an armed robber, fraud at a pawn shop, and possession of child pornography.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Sun, clouds, humidity, rain – it’s all in your weekend forecast Saturday afternoon will be hot and humid, with a mix of sun and clouds.
LEHIGH ACRES Chaotic lake getting fence and security Now, with all the negative attention it has gotten, some think putting up a fence is a great way to keep that bad activity out.
CAPE CORAL What we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride along On Friday, WINK News got to ride along to see just what people are doing that could be wasting water.
FORT MYERS Students affected by COVID-19 able to graduate for the first time For many young people, COVID stripped away one of their greatest rites of passage: graduation.
Deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County Authorities are at the scene of a deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County on Friday afternoon.
Celebrating Free Comic Book Day in SWFL JP Sports store manager Jonathan Powell said this is a generational event that brings families together to reminisce on comics and other hobby-related knickknacks.
FORT MYERS Group rescues dogs before getting put down in Lee County Our animal shelters are packed with amazing puppies who have the sole desire to be loved.
FORT MYERS FGCU student beats all odds and is able to graduate Nearly four years ago, Marisa Manning had her heart set on going to Florida Gulf Coast University but never thought she’d find her passion for studying parasites.
FORT MYERS Victim in MLK Blvd. shooting identified as social media influencer The victim of the Martin Luther King Boulevard shooting has been identified as a local social media influencer.
FORT MYERS Could a Ferris wheel in downtown Fort Myers work? Right now, there are talks to bring a Ferris wheel to downtown Fort Myers, but several things are still up in the air.
LITTLE HICKORY BAY Improving ‘Hell’s Gate’ safety, a notoriously dangerous waterway for boaters A push to make an area known as “Hell’s Gate” safer since it’s a dangerous stretch of water with several blind corners within Little Hickory Bay.
Fixing failed back surgeries More than a million and a half people in the U.S. undergo back surgery each year. However, classic back surgery has one of the highest failure rates of any surgery.
WINK NEWS Getting an inside look at the FEMA discount controversy Picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ian has been difficult for many and moving on can impact our wallets.
FGCU FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff playing for hometown team after labrum injury FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff is living the dream playing for the hometown team after he overcame a labrum injury.
MGN Online MOSCOW (AP) – Russian prosecutors on Friday asked a court to sentence President Vladimir Putin’s chief foe to 10 years in prison, but the defiant opposition leader vowed to keep up his fight against the Kremlin regime. Alexei Navalny, 38, rose to prominence with his investigations of official corruption and played a leading role in organizing massive anti-Putin street protests in 2011 and 2012. But within a month of the government’s May 2012 crackdown on the opposition, investigators slapped Navalny with several criminal cases. In a trial last summer, Navalny was found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to prison, but he was released the next day after thousands of people protested in the streets of Moscow. He was given a suspended sentence instead. In their closing arguments in a separate trial in a Moscow courthouse, prosecutors asked a judge on Friday to convict Navalny and imprison him for nine years, with an additional year added because of the prior conviction. Navalny and his brother Oleg are being prosecuted for allegedly defrauding a French cosmetics company. The company, Yves Rocher, wrote a complaint to investigators, but its representatives have insisted throughout the trial that there never were any damages. The French executive who wrote the complaint also left Russia shortly afterward and never attended the hearings. The prosecutors, who demanded eight years in prison for Oleg Navalny, insisted that the brothers forced the company “into disadvantageous contracts” and defrauded them of 26 million rubles (currently worth about $440,000). Alexei Navalny’s attorney, Olga Mikhailova, argued that “no evidence has been presented in court, in either of the episodes, that the crime even took place.” Oleg Navalny said the indictment contains conflicting statements, including the dates of the alleged fraud and laundry of its proceeds. He also said the prosecutors never said where money that allegedly had been stolen could have gone. Alexei Navalny, a lawyer and popular blogger, came in a strong second in Moscow’s mayoral election in September 2013, nearly clinching a runoff with a Kremlin heavyweight. In Friday’s court hearing, he rejected the charges against him as a payback for his investigations of official corruption, and he dismissed them as “nonsense from the first to the last word.” The opposition leader said, “I’m standing here and I’m ready to stand up here as long as necessary in order to prove to you that I won’t tolerate these lies.” Navalny, who has opposed Putin’s policy in Ukraine, slammed the Kremlin for using state television to feed Russians with lies about their nation’s role in the Ukrainian conflict and corruption in high ranks. “We have allowed them (the government) to turn us into cattle. What did they give us?” he said. Looking at the judge and prosecutors, who he has claimed have shown no enthusiasm during the trial, Navalny said: “What did they pay to you who look down at your desks? Nothing. I’m never going to accept the system that was built in the country because it is aimed to rob everyone who is in this courtroom today.” The request for such a lengthy prison sentence this time – unusual for financial crimes in Russia – sends a signal that the government may no longer have any qualms about putting Alexei Navalny behind bars, as Putin’s approval ratings have soared to more than 80 percent, bolstered by the annexation of Crimea. Navalny urged his supporters to rise up against the government. “I believe people have a legitimate right for an uprising against this unfair, corrupted government, this junta that has stolen everything,” he said. Talking to a smattering of protests outside the courthouse in central Moscow, Navalny said he felt guilty that his “family members were taken hostage because of my political activities.” But he vowed to fight on: “I’m absolutely sure that if they isolate me, if they jail me, someone else will take my place.” The verdict is expected on Jan. 15.