Motorcycle crash leaves 1 deadLee Deputies work to track down transient sex offenders who fail to register
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.
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.
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.
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.
Expavious Tyrell Taylor with his sister, Amanda Andrews CLEWISTON, Fla. – The voice on the other line was frantic. The news was just as startling. “The girlfriend called me. She was like screaming into the phone and I was like ‘Calm down,” said Amanda Andrews. “She was like ‘He got shot, he got shot.’ I said ‘Who got shot? She was like ‘Tyrell got shot, Tyrell got shot.’ So my reaction was, ‘Is he okay?’ So she was like ‘No, he’s laying in my lap. He’s not moving. Hes not breathing.’ She’s like, ‘Tyrell wake up, Tyrell wake up.’ She was like…’Amanda he’s dead.'” Andrews’ younger brother, Expavious Tyrell Taylor, 20, was shot dead Saturday night while attending ZombiCon in downtown Fort Myers. Five other people were injured after shots rang out at about 11:45 p.m. in front of Los Cabos Cantina on First Street. “I was like ‘What happened?’ And the phone hung up,” Andrews said. “And I end up calling back and she answered the phone and was like ‘Amanda he’s gone. He’s gone.’ Then I hear the officers telling her ‘You need to move, you need to move.’ And she was like ‘Y’all need to do something. You need to do something. Help him. Help him.’ Then the phone hung up again.” A man identified by witnesses as Taylor’s brother grieved over his body as it laid motionless on the sidewalk, according to cell phone video. After being pulled away from Taylor’s body, the man was consoled by an unidentified woman. Taylor, an offensive lineman for ASA College in North Miami Beach, previously played football at Clewiston High School. He was able to make others smile despite his own losses: His father died when he was 11, followed by his mother in 2013. Two months after his grandmother died in 2014, his son was stillborn. “He was loving, he just…he was the type of person that you never would really catch upset,” Andrews said. “I’ve seen him upset on the football field. I’ve seen that. But like any other thing, he always had that mentality to make everybody laugh.” It was on the football field where Taylor caught the eye of Ernest Jones, ASA’s head football coach. Out of 175 players who tried out for the team, Taylor was one of six who made the cut. “Tyrell is full of energy, full of excitement,”Jones said. “Very competitive. He’s big. He’s fast, he’s strong and he can play the position so he was doing well. I know him, I know he’s kind, I know he’s loving. I know his teammates are important to him. People are important to him. Playing football was important to him. His family was important to him. That’s why he was here this weekend because he was coming here to see his family.” The visit would’ve been a pleasant surprise for family members, who were dealing with the loss of another relative. They were returning from the funeral when they got word about Taylor, said his uncle, Efrem Washington. “I’m still hurting for him cause of what he went through, and he still managed to make the best out of life,” he said. “‘Cause he put the right people in his life. And he tried to do what’s right, he did what’s right. But you know, you can do everything right, and at the spare of a moment…” No arrests have been made in Taylor’s killing but Fort Myers police released a suspect description late Monday morning. “I just hope they can catch him, whoever did it,” Andrews said. “I just hope they can be caught. I want justice, I don’t want to have to walk around with that on my conscious, that my brother’s killer is still at large. He could be standing in my face, laughing at me saying ‘Oh I killed her brother and I still walked free.’ I don’t want that. I want justice. I hope he turns himself in.”