Frustrated Lehigh parents want action after violent school fights go viral onlineTurtle Club beachfront restaurant relaunches in Naples
LEHIGH ACRES Frustrated Lehigh parents want action after violent school fights go viral online Violence at a Lehigh Acres Middle school was captured and posted online.
Turtle Club beachfront restaurant relaunches in Naples After a series of private friends and family events this week, The Turtle Club will reopen May 5 and begin taking reservations again May 6.
Jimmie The Beef Guy opens in Fort Myers Jimmie “The Beef Guy” Hart opened the first Jimmie The Beef Guy in 2021 on the southeast corner of Bonita Beach Road and U.S. 41.
SARASOTA Distressed endangered sawfish euthanized nearly a month after rescue Wildlife officials euthanized a distressed smalltooth sawfish that was rescued from Cudjoe Bay in the Florida Keys where it was swimming in circles.
FORT MYERS Help identify driver of SUV related to Fort Myers shooting Police hope someone can help identify the driver of an SUV involved in the shooting on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and Michigan Avenue.
FORT MYERS Owners of Richards Building speak out over paint job of historic property The Richards Building in downtown Fort Myers, aged 101 years, recently underwent a controversial transformation with a fresh coat of white paint, defying a stop-work order and sparking public outrage.
FORT MYERS Jake’s story: What needs to change to protect other young people? November 8, 2021, Jake Pfeiffer took his own life. His mom shared Jake’s story with WINK News in the hopes of saving another life.
FORT MYERS Man accused of fatal shooting of truck driver appears in court A man facing second-degree murder charges following an altercation with a pickup truck driver made an appearance in court.
NAPLES SUV crashes into Naples restaurant’s window; no injuries A popular Naples restaurant is cleaning up after an SUV partially crashed into it, but luckily, nobody was hurt.
PUNTA GORDA 20th annual Hibiscus Festival begins in Punta Gorda The 20th annual Hibiscus Festival at Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda begins Friday morning and runs all weekend.
WINK NEWS Lehigh Acres senior caretaker accused of stealing over $70K of patients’ jewelry A senior caretaker has been arrested for allegedly stealing over $70,000 of her patients’ jewelry and pawning it.
Tim Aten Knows: Next phase of Restaurant Row Naples under way Construction of the final phase of Restaurant Row Naples was stalled for months because of financial issues but the three-building project was recently revived.
NAPLES Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s first Florida theater opens in Naples The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has now opened at the company’s first-ever Florida location at Mercato in Naples.
FORT MYERS Friday’s Furry Friends: Rhett, Tag For this week’s Friday’s Furry Friends, WINK visits the Gulf Coast Humane Society to showcase two adorable animals ready to be adopted.
WINK NEWS Recall issued for ground beef sold with possible E. coli at Walmart The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a recall for several ground beef products distributed from Pennsylvania to Walmart’s nationwide.
LEHIGH ACRES Frustrated Lehigh parents want action after violent school fights go viral online Violence at a Lehigh Acres Middle school was captured and posted online.
Turtle Club beachfront restaurant relaunches in Naples After a series of private friends and family events this week, The Turtle Club will reopen May 5 and begin taking reservations again May 6.
Jimmie The Beef Guy opens in Fort Myers Jimmie “The Beef Guy” Hart opened the first Jimmie The Beef Guy in 2021 on the southeast corner of Bonita Beach Road and U.S. 41.
SARASOTA Distressed endangered sawfish euthanized nearly a month after rescue Wildlife officials euthanized a distressed smalltooth sawfish that was rescued from Cudjoe Bay in the Florida Keys where it was swimming in circles.
FORT MYERS Help identify driver of SUV related to Fort Myers shooting Police hope someone can help identify the driver of an SUV involved in the shooting on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and Michigan Avenue.
FORT MYERS Owners of Richards Building speak out over paint job of historic property The Richards Building in downtown Fort Myers, aged 101 years, recently underwent a controversial transformation with a fresh coat of white paint, defying a stop-work order and sparking public outrage.
FORT MYERS Jake’s story: What needs to change to protect other young people? November 8, 2021, Jake Pfeiffer took his own life. His mom shared Jake’s story with WINK News in the hopes of saving another life.
FORT MYERS Man accused of fatal shooting of truck driver appears in court A man facing second-degree murder charges following an altercation with a pickup truck driver made an appearance in court.
NAPLES SUV crashes into Naples restaurant’s window; no injuries A popular Naples restaurant is cleaning up after an SUV partially crashed into it, but luckily, nobody was hurt.
PUNTA GORDA 20th annual Hibiscus Festival begins in Punta Gorda The 20th annual Hibiscus Festival at Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda begins Friday morning and runs all weekend.
WINK NEWS Lehigh Acres senior caretaker accused of stealing over $70K of patients’ jewelry A senior caretaker has been arrested for allegedly stealing over $70,000 of her patients’ jewelry and pawning it.
Tim Aten Knows: Next phase of Restaurant Row Naples under way Construction of the final phase of Restaurant Row Naples was stalled for months because of financial issues but the three-building project was recently revived.
NAPLES Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s first Florida theater opens in Naples The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has now opened at the company’s first-ever Florida location at Mercato in Naples.
FORT MYERS Friday’s Furry Friends: Rhett, Tag For this week’s Friday’s Furry Friends, WINK visits the Gulf Coast Humane Society to showcase two adorable animals ready to be adopted.
WINK NEWS Recall issued for ground beef sold with possible E. coli at Walmart The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a recall for several ground beef products distributed from Pennsylvania to Walmart’s nationwide.
MGN COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – Former New England tight end great Ben Coates has heard from too many friends recently all bashing the Patriots for deflating footballs. Hold off, Coates said Monday, pointing fingers because “honestly, stuff happened all the time” and the Patriots are looked at more harshly because of their success. Coates was a 1991 draft pick of the New England out of Division II Livingstone College and blossomed into their best tight end of the decade with 490 receptions and 50 touchdowns in his nine seasons. He was named to five straight Pro Bowls and was voted to New England’s all-1990s team. Coates rolls his eyes about team’s latest controversy about under-inflated footballs in last January’s AFC championship game. The 6-foot-5 Coates said friends of his are all too happy to think New England is breaking rules because of their success of four Super Bowls in the past 15 years – and the issues the team has had “The Patriots are now getting scrutinized so much, you’re like, ‘Okay (NFL), if you’re going to do something to them, go ahead and do it,” Coates said. “You’re talking about the ‘Spy-gate’ before, now you’re talking about the inflated balls, who knew, who didn’t know.” Coates spoke before the NFL levied punishment against the Patriots on Monday, including hitting the organization with a $1 million fine and suspending quarterback Tom Brady for the first four games of the next season. The former New England tight end left the Patriots after the 2000 season, catching playing one more memorable NFL season in 2000 when he helped the Baltimore Ravens win a Super Bowl. Coates has no direct knowledge of whether Brady had other staffers alter specified football air pressure before New England’s AFC title game win over Indianapolis this past season. Brady and New England followed that two weeks later with their fourth Super Bowl win under coach Bill Belichick. But Coates doesn’t believe “Deflategate” tarnishes the team’s achievements and brand them as rule-breakers. “I don’t worry about the reputation,” he said. Running back Terry Allen, like Coates a South Carolina Athletic Hall inductee, played with Coates on New England in 1999. Allen smiled when asked about the deflated-football issue. “Considering I didn’t ever play with a quarterback that didn’t have a clue what was going on with the footballs, I’ll leave it at that,” said Allen, a Clemson runner who scored 79 touchdowns in 11 seasons with five NFL clubs. Allen, following the issue while finishing his degree at Clemson, said before the NFL announced its penalties that New England would receive similarly harsh penalties from the league as New Orleans did in 2012 for its wrongful bounty program. Saints coach Sean Payton was suspended for that season as was linebacker Jonathan Vilma. Several other coaches and players were suspended and the team lost second round draft picks in 2012 and 2013. “I’d be surprised if (New England) didn’t get better or equal to what happened with New Orleans,” Allen said. Along with Coates and Allen, the other inductees were South Carolina pitcher Kip Bouknight, the Golden Spikes Award winner in 2000 as the nation’s top baseball amateur; Joe Cabri, a former Lander tennis coach who won 12 national titles in 31 seasons; former Clemson and U.S. soccer standout Bruce Murray; Furman national championship winning football coach Jimmy Satterfield; and the late Les Timms, a longtime sports writer and editor at South Carolina newspapers. Coates, 45, was born and raised in Greenwood, South Carolina. He’s proud that his Patriots of the 1990s began the run that’s resulted in stellar success. And he knows, like “Spygate” before, the furor of “Deflategate,” will subside, too. He believes the Patriots would deal with the penalties, “and hopefully, move on.”