Lee Deputies work to track down transient sex offenders who fail to registerThe Weather Authority: Stay alert – chance of showers and storms on Sunday
LEE COUNTY Lee Deputies work to track down transient sex offenders who fail to register WINK News Anchor Corey Lazar goes on patrol with Lee County Deputies in search of transient sex offenders who don’t register.
National Hurricane Preparedness Week: Know your risk Hurricane season starts on June 1st, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has designated the week of May 5 through May 11 as National Hurricane Preparedness Week. Each day, Meteorologist Lauren Kreidler will be highlighting ways to stay prepared ahead of this year’s hurricane season.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Stay alert – chance of showers and storms on Sunday Hot, humid, and more rain for parts of Southwest Florida on Sunday.
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.
The Weather Authority: A wet Saturday evening as storms move through Southwest Florida A rainy Saturday evening across much of southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS Lee Health Touch-A-Truck event educates families on Trauma Awareness On Saturday morning, sirens were ringing to celebrate Lee Health Trauma Center’s 30 years of service and to provide the public with trauma education and prevention methods.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (CBS) CDC says bird flu viruses “pose pandemic potential,” cites major knowledge gaps Bird flu continues to appear to pose a “low risk to the general public” for now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. But the agency’s scientists ran into roadblocks investigating a human case of this “pandemic potential” virus this year, they said in a new report.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Bay Street Yard set to open in late May A new place to hang out in Downtown Fort Myers is opening this spring.
Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ+ customers in need of fertility treatment.
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.
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.
LEE COUNTY Lee Deputies work to track down transient sex offenders who fail to register WINK News Anchor Corey Lazar goes on patrol with Lee County Deputies in search of transient sex offenders who don’t register.
National Hurricane Preparedness Week: Know your risk Hurricane season starts on June 1st, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has designated the week of May 5 through May 11 as National Hurricane Preparedness Week. Each day, Meteorologist Lauren Kreidler will be highlighting ways to stay prepared ahead of this year’s hurricane season.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Stay alert – chance of showers and storms on Sunday Hot, humid, and more rain for parts of Southwest Florida on Sunday.
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.
The Weather Authority: A wet Saturday evening as storms move through Southwest Florida A rainy Saturday evening across much of southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS Lee Health Touch-A-Truck event educates families on Trauma Awareness On Saturday morning, sirens were ringing to celebrate Lee Health Trauma Center’s 30 years of service and to provide the public with trauma education and prevention methods.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (CBS) CDC says bird flu viruses “pose pandemic potential,” cites major knowledge gaps Bird flu continues to appear to pose a “low risk to the general public” for now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. But the agency’s scientists ran into roadblocks investigating a human case of this “pandemic potential” virus this year, they said in a new report.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Bay Street Yard set to open in late May A new place to hang out in Downtown Fort Myers is opening this spring.
Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ+ customers in need of fertility treatment.
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.
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.
MGN LOS ANGELES (AP) – Lady Gaga. Jennifer Hudson. Common and John Legend. Adam Levine. Rita Ora. Tegan & Sara. Tim McGraw. This isn’t the lineup for an upcoming pop concert, but rather for Sunday’s Academy Awards. “We want to entertain,” said Neil Meron, producing his third consecutive Oscar ceremony with Craig Zadan. “And there’s no better entertainment than to do it with music.” Host Neil Patrick Harris will perform an original song by the Oscar-winning writers behind “Let It Go,” the producers said. Called “Moving Pictures,” the musical number will set a “subliminal theme” for the evening, Meron said. “It really is celebratory about movies and yet it’s kind of cheeky in a way,” he said. “But yet it has a beautiful musical motif which… we integrate throughout the show as kind of a call-back theme.” Added Zadan: “We didn’t want to do a musical number that could have been on the Tonys, or anywhere else for that matter.” “It’s a multimedia musical number,” he said, “something that we’ve not done before.” Music is part of the production pair’s professional DNA, though. The two produced the “The Sound of Music” and “Peter Pan” live TV specials, as well as the movie musicals “Hairspray” and “Chicago,” which won the best picture Oscar in 2003. The producers said they started booking musical acts even before they learned the year’s nominees. But they were delighted with the nominated original songs. “We were smiled upon in that respect,” Meron said. A spate of stars will bring those songs to life on the Oscar stage. Common and Legend are set to perform their song, “Glory,” from “Selma.” Levine will sing “Lost Stars” from “Begin Again.” Ora will take on Diane Warren’s song from “Beyond the Lights,” ”Grateful.” Tegan & Sara will join with The Lonely Island for “The Lego Movie” song, “Everything is Awesome.” McGraw will perform Glen Campbell’s song “I’m Not Gonna Miss You,” from the documentary about his struggle with Alzheimer’s, “Glen Campbell… I’ll Be Me.” The producers wouldn’t say what Hudson, Gaga and other entertainers, including Jack Black and Anna Kendrick, will sing. Suspense about their performances will have to stand in for the lack of suspense for most of the acting categories. Patricia Arquette of “Boyhood” and J.K. Simmons of “Whiplash” have locked up supporting-actor awards all season, and Julianne Moore is shoo-in for the best-actress Oscar for “Still Alice.” The lead actor competition has some excitement, with Michael Keaton of “Birdman” and Eddie Redmayne of “The Theory of Everything” splitting many of the early honors. “Birdman” and “The Grand Budapest Hotel” lead all nominees with nine bids apiece, including best picture, director, cinematography and original screenplay. Also up for best picture are “American Sniper,” ”Boyhood,” ”The Imitation Game,” ”The Theory of Everything,” ”Selma” and “Whiplash.” Among the highlights of last year’s top-rated ceremony was host Ellen DeGeneres’ surprise pizza delivery and superstar-selfie moment. Meron and Zadan wouldn’t say what antics are planned this year – if they’re planned at all. “Everyone thinks that we pre-planned the selfie and pizza thing exactly the way they happened last year, but we didn’t!” Zadan insisted, detailing the various ways the bits could have gone wrong: “Nobody takes a piece of pizza, and then it’s weird. Ellen is standing there with pizza.” But they do promise real magic on Oscar night. After all, host Harris is a magician.