FORT MYERS FGCU students affected by Covid celebrate first commencement ceremony Graduation is a right of passage from school to the real world, but for these students, reality hit them in 2020.
PUNTA GORDA Motorcycle crash leaves 1 dead One person has died after a motorcycle crash in Charlotte County.
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.
FORT MYERS FGCU students affected by Covid celebrate first commencement ceremony Graduation is a right of passage from school to the real world, but for these students, reality hit them in 2020.
PUNTA GORDA Motorcycle crash leaves 1 dead One person has died after a motorcycle crash in Charlotte County.
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.
FORT MYERS, Fla. (FGCU Athletics) – The FGCU baseball team (5-6-1) took a 4-0 lead in the first but was unable to tack on any more runs as Minnesota (2-7) was able to chip away and eventually come away with a 5-4 win at Swanson Stadium on Saturday afternoon. The Eagles will return for the series finale with Minnesota tomorrow with a Noon start scheduled. Josh Dye (Deland, Fla./Deland HS) made his second start of the season on Saturday and was pretty good through the first two innings but struggled mightily in the third, giving up four-consecutive hits and two runs with one out before being replaced by Sterling Koerner (Fort Pierce, Fla./John Carrol HS). The sophomore would strikeout a career-best eight batters over 5.2 innings of work, giving him a team-best 26, but he would allow seven hits and three runs to earn his first loss of the season. Jake Noll (Punta Gorda, Fla./Charlotte HS) was the lone Eagle to collect multiple hits in the game, going 2-5 with a double while it was Adam Eggnatz (Tampa, Fla./Middle Georgia College) who drove in the only runs of the afternoon when he lifted a bases-loaded single to left in the bottom of the first that would clear the bases. Three other Eagles would pick up a hit to account for the team total of six. “We can’t rely on one big inning against good teams,” head coach Dave Tollett said. “We did everything we were supposed to do in the first; we put runners on with two outs and found a way to drive them all in but that can’t be enough for us. We have another chance to play tomorrow.” Dye would surrender a leadoff single to start the game but he bounced back with a strikeout and retired the next two batters to work a relatively clean first. With two outs in the bottom half Nick Rivera (Cape Coral, Fla./Bishop Verot HS) and Colton Bottomley (Parkland, Fla./Marjory Stoneman Douglas HS) put together back-to-back singles. Tyler Selesky (Estero, Fla./Estero HS) later walked after a wild pitch put both runners in scoring position. With the bases loaded, Eggnatz came to the plate and lifted a single to left and the rolling ball found its way under the glove of the Minnesota leftfielder allowing Selesky to score all the way from first and letting Eggnatz slide safely in to third. Matt Reardon (Palm City, Fla./Martin County) then came to the plate and actually struck out but the third strike escaped the grasp of the Gopher catcher allowing Reardon to reach first safely and bring in Eggnatz for the fourth and final run of the frame. Dye sat down the Gophers in order in the second then picked up a fly-out to start the third before giving up four-consecutive singles that led to two runs. Koerner took over at that point and struck out the only two batters he faced in the inning to halt the rally. The sophomore gave up a leadoff single in the top of the fifth then served up a two-run homerun to left to tie the game 4-4. He would work out the fifth and toss an uneventful sixth before heading to the seventh. With one out, Matt Fiedler tripled to deep center then it was Michael Handel singling to left to drive in the go-ahead run for Minnesota. Koerner would strike out the next batter and induce a groundout to end any further threat. The Eagles would get a runner on third in the bottom of the seventh but that would be as close as they would come to scoring the rest of the way as Minnesota was able to hang on for the 5-4 victory. FGCU would strand six runners on Saturday afternoon and run its total for the weekend up to 17 runners left on base.