“Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign underway in Cape CoralCool weather with abundant sunshine this Tuesday
CAPE CORAL “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign underway in Cape Coral The Cape Coral Fire Department has launched its 12th annual “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign.
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Page Field Opportunities await in Lee County’s Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program Lee County will soon have a new civil air patrol squadron, but they need people interested in joining to make this happen.
Southwest Florida leaders react to President Biden’s pardon of Hunter Biden Southwest Florida leaders are weighing in Monday evening on President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter.
Who is responsible for the Black Friday traffic nightmare at Miromar Outlets? Thousands of people were trapped in their cars for hours at Miromar Outlets in Estero on Black Friday. On Monday, WINK News obtained the contract between the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and Miromar Outlets, which sheds light on how traffic got as bad as it did.
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New cameras crackdown on speeding in school zones Hendry County Schools has launched a program to crack down on speeding in school zones.
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tice New details after woman stabbed, boyfriend beat up in late-night Tice home invasion Deputies have released details after arresting a Tice man after a reported stabbing that left a woman injured and a man assaulted in Lee County.
PORT CHARLOTTE Port Charlotte man accused of storing child porn on Xbox A Port Charlotte man has been arrested and accused of storing child pornography on his Xbox.
CAPE CORAL “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign underway in Cape Coral The Cape Coral Fire Department has launched its 12th annual “Keep the Wreath Green” fire safety campaign.
the weather authority Cool weather with abundant sunshine this Tuesday The Weather Authority is tracking cooler temperatures, with abundant sunshine expected this Tuesday afternoon.
Better Business Bureau alerts public to rise in fake pet ads The Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about the rise of fraudulent pet adoption schemes during the holiday season.
FORT MYERS Boy with autism drowns in Fort Myers pond A Fort Myers family is heartbroken they will never get see their little boy running around smiling again after he drowned in Lee County.
NAPLES Man arrested for sex crimes with underage girl on Naples Pier A Naples man has been arrested for allegedly having sex with a minor on the Naples Pier.
Page Field Opportunities await in Lee County’s Civil Air Patrol Cadet Program Lee County will soon have a new civil air patrol squadron, but they need people interested in joining to make this happen.
Southwest Florida leaders react to President Biden’s pardon of Hunter Biden Southwest Florida leaders are weighing in Monday evening on President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter.
Who is responsible for the Black Friday traffic nightmare at Miromar Outlets? Thousands of people were trapped in their cars for hours at Miromar Outlets in Estero on Black Friday. On Monday, WINK News obtained the contract between the Lee County Sheriff’s Office and Miromar Outlets, which sheds light on how traffic got as bad as it did.
FGCU FGCU volleyball heads to Salt Lake City for NCAA Tournament FGCU volleyball is off to Salt Lake City to compete in its fourth straight NCAA Tournament, starting with fifth-seed Marquette in the first round.
New cameras crackdown on speeding in school zones Hendry County Schools has launched a program to crack down on speeding in school zones.
Online vs. in-store: How shoppers are tackling Cyber Monday Just when you thought it was safe to put your credit card away, Cyber Monday takes another bite out of your budget.
NAPLES Shy Wolf Sanctuary receives $150,000 donation The Shy Wolf Sanctuary, one of Naples’s hidden gems, is now benefiting from a healthy donation from Thomas Golisano.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers man arrested for shooting bicyclist with shotgun A man in Fort Myers has been arrested after he allegedly shot a bicyclist with a shotgun.
tice New details after woman stabbed, boyfriend beat up in late-night Tice home invasion Deputies have released details after arresting a Tice man after a reported stabbing that left a woman injured and a man assaulted in Lee County.
PORT CHARLOTTE Port Charlotte man accused of storing child porn on Xbox A Port Charlotte man has been arrested and accused of storing child pornography on his Xbox.
BRUSSELS (AP) — At the end of a contentious summit, European and Balkan leaders committed early Monday to add capacity for receiving some 100,000 more migrants to ease the plight of the tens of thousands coming from Syria and beyond and marching across the Balkans toward the European Union’s heartland. After lashing out at each other’s ineffective handling of the continent’s greatest immigration crisis since World War II, the 11 leaders agreed to slow the chaotic flow of people moving up from Greece and provide much more shelter as winter looms. “This is one of the greatest litmus tests that Europe has ever faced,” said German Chancellor Angela Merkel. At a hastily called emergency summit in Brussels, the leaders were especially looking to shore up Greece’s porous border and ensure the countries along the way would not simply ship the people through their territory and dump them at the border of the next northern neighbor. “Waving them through has to be stopped and that is what is going to happen,” said EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker. Nearly 250,000 migrants have passed through the Balkans since mid-September and the surge is not being deterred by either cold weather or colder waters off Greece. Croatia said 11,500 people crossed into the country Saturday, the highest in a single day since Hungary put up a fence and refugees started coming into Croatia in mid-September. Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar said his small Alpine nation was being overwhelmed by the refugees — with 60,000 arriving in the last 10 days — and was not receiving enough help from its EU partners. He put the challenge in simple terms: if no fresh approach is forthcoming “in the next few days and weeks, I do believe that the European Union and Europe as a whole will start to fall apart.” Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic asked a fundamental question that the 28-nation bloc and non-EU nations like Serbia have been unable to answer since the migratory trek across the Mediterranean and through Turkey started in spring: “What we are going to do with hundreds of thousands of these people?” Half a year later, there is no answer. Sunday’s came up with some solutions that did not address the fundamental issues at stake. “The only way to restore order to this situation is to slow down the uncontrolled flow of these people,” Juncker said. Many say the EU needs to get control of the refugee flow at the bloc’s external border between EU-member Greece and Turkey. Migration experts, however, say the flood of refugees won’t be halted until the world resolves the war in Syria, which is driving millions out of the country. Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic asked of fellow EU nation Greece: “Why doesn’t Greece control its maritime half with Turkey?” Greece, criticized for being ill-prepared as a first EU buffer against the migrants, decried the lack of EU solidarity. “Till today, it was difficult to find a solution, because a series of countries adopt a stance ‘Not in my backyard,'” Tsipras said. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, so often the target for building border fences that diverted the flow of refugees to other nations, simply said “Hungary is not on the route anymore, so we are just observers here.” Then he lashed into measures other EU nations had already taken, especially those belonging to the Schengen passport-free border zone. “The no. 1 source of the crisis is that members of the European Union, and especially those who are members of Schengen treaty, are not able, or are not ready to keep their word,” Orban declared. As the leaders bickered, those out in the field begged them to act quickly and more decisively. At Slovenia’s overwhelmed Brezice refugee camp near the border with Croatia, a spokesman for the U.N. refugee agency urged leaders to come up with a system to register and screen newcomers when they first enter Europe, rather than in piecemeal attempts at borders along the way. “But also very important is to help Syria’s neighboring countries, where there are around 4 million refugees,” said UNHCR spokesman Babar Baloch. “These people don’t need to take these risky journeys if there are legal pathways to come to Europe.” Migrants now mainly travel across the water from Turkey to Greece, and then north to Macedonia and Serbia before entering Croatia and moving on to Slovenia and Austria. Most are aiming to get to Germany or Scandinavia. In a reminder of the dangers, Greece’s coast guard said a woman and two young children drowned and seven other people were missing after their boat smashed into rocks on the island of Lesbos amid turbulent seas. Fifty-three others were rescued. Syrian refugee Mohamed Alabdulameed was one of many forging into Slovenia after nearly three weeks on the road. The 28-year-old said he initially hoped to make it to Britain but was changing plans after hearing how dangerous it had become to try and get across the English Channel. More than a dozen migrants have been killed in the last few months trying to hitchhike on trains or trucks going through the Channel Tunnel. “I am asking myself ‘Why do they close the doors in front of us, especially the educated people who studied their language in other countries?'” he said. “That’s why I am really surprised and astonished at the same time.” The number of people on the move across Europe was still in the tens of thousands. Mahmoud Awad, a UNHCR field protection officer, said about 1,000 people passed through Serbia’s border town of Berkasovo and into Croatia overnight. In the Austrian border town of Spielfeld, 2,500 people spent the night in tents and 7,000 more were expected Sunday from Slovenia, the dpa news agency reported. In Germany’s southernmost state of Bavaria, the flow of asylum-seekers from Austria was steady at 3,000 to 6,000 people per day. ___ Cohadzic reported from Brezice, Slovenia. Lorne Cook in Brussels, David Rising in Berlin; Ivana Bzganovic in Berkasovo, Serbia; Masha Macpherson in Brezice, Slovenia; and Jovana Gec in Belgrade, Serbia contributed to this story.