Fort Myers double amputee completes Ironman World Championship

FORT MYERS, Fla.- “The announcer, Mike Riley, when I got the finish line, he said, ‘Jason, welcome to the finish line.’ What he meant was ‘welcome to the finish line, we’ve been waiting.’” For Jason Gunter, that moment was everything; the moment he crossed the finish line at the Ironman World Championship in Kona, Hawaii […]

Florida deputy leaves loaded gun in movie theater restroom

WINTER PARK, Fla. (WKMG)- An Osceola County deputy caused a stir at a Winter Park movie theater after leaving his loaded gun in a restroom stall. A customer found the gun and reported it to a theater employee. The police report filed Sunday says the firearm was found with the hand grip up, resting on top of […]

Court reinstates lawsuit over NYPD surveillance of Muslims

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal appeals court on Tuesday reinstated a lawsuit challenging the New York Police Department’s surveillance of Muslim groups in New Jersey after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, saying any resulting harm came from the city’s tactics, not the media’s reporting of them. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, reversing a […]

Ex-staffer disputes Gowdy claim on Benghazi investigation

WASHINGTON (AP) — Lawyers for a former Republican staffer fired from the House Benghazi committee on Tuesday challenged comments by the panel’s GOP chairman, calling them “unequivocally false” in an escalating internal dispute just days before Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies. The former staffer, Air Force Reserve Maj. Bradley Podliska, has said he […]

Bees swarm Lehigh Acres neighborhood

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. – Stephanie Evans had a surprise guest in her front yard Monday. Actually… hundreds of them. “Just like a thousand little dots flying over to the bush,” Evans told WINK News Tuesday. The little dots were bees, and they filled the sky in front of her home for hours. “I just thought […]

Memorial grows for 9-week-old Chance Walsh

NORTH PORT, Fla. – A memorial is growing for missing 9-week-old Chance Walsh as investigators continue to search for answers in his disappearance. The baby’s parents, Kristen Bury and Joseph Walsh, remain in jail in South Carolina facing child neglect charges. Tuesday morning, Chance’s grandparents were carting away the baby’s belongings from his North Port home. The landlord says, he wants […]

Airbus stacks passengers in new airplane seating proposal

It might seem as if airlines have left no space unused in their efforts to cram as many people as possible into planes, but one aircraft maker is demonstrating that’s far from true. Airbus, one of the top aircraft manufacturers, has designed a new way of seating passengers that will undoubtedly cheer profit-minded airlines while […]

Out for Game 4 of NLDS: Cardinals’ Molina, Cubs’ Russell

CHICAGO (AP) — St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina and Chicago Cubs shortstop Addison Russell are out of the lineup for Game 4 of the NL Division Series on Tuesday. Molina missed the last part of the regular season because of a strained ligament in his left thumb, and it’s clear the injury is still […]

Charlotte County cold case murder trial begins

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- The trial of an accused murderer is underway. Phillip Barr is charged with killing 19-year-old Tara Sidarovich in Charlotte County back in 2001. Sidarovich was at home alone the morning of Oct. 1, waiting for septic workers when she vanished. Barr was one of those septic workers. Testimony in the courtroom on […]

With Grier suspended, No. 8 Florida will learn about Harris

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida coach Jim McElwain has insisted for months that he has two quarterbacks capable of producing in the Southeastern Conference. The eighth-ranked Gators will find out soon if McElwain was being completely truthful. Starter Will Grier was suspended one year Monday for violating the NCAA’s policy on performance-enhancing drugs. Grier, who […]