Bay Street Yard set to open in late MayAetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers
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.
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.
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.
Celebrating Free Comic Book Day in SWFL JP Sports store manager Jonathan Powell said this is a generational event that brings families together to reminisce on comics and other hobby-related knickknacks.
FORT MYERS Group rescues dogs before getting put down in Lee County Our animal shelters are packed with amazing puppies who have the sole desire to be loved.
FORT MYERS FGCU student beats all odds and is able to graduate Nearly four years ago, Marisa Manning had her heart set on going to Florida Gulf Coast University but never thought she’d find her passion for studying parasites.
FORT MYERS Victim in MLK Blvd. shooting identified as social media influencer The victim of the Martin Luther King Boulevard shooting has been identified as a local social media influencer.
FORT MYERS Could a Ferris wheel in downtown Fort Myers work? Right now, there are talks to bring a Ferris wheel to downtown Fort Myers, but several things are still up in the air.
LITTLE HICKORY BAY Improving ‘Hell’s Gate’ safety, a notoriously dangerous waterway for boaters A push to make an area known as “Hell’s Gate” safer since it’s a dangerous stretch of water with several blind corners within Little Hickory Bay.
Fixing failed back surgeries More than a million and a half people in the U.S. undergo back surgery each year. However, classic back surgery has one of the highest failure rates of any surgery.
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.
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.
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.
Celebrating Free Comic Book Day in SWFL JP Sports store manager Jonathan Powell said this is a generational event that brings families together to reminisce on comics and other hobby-related knickknacks.
FORT MYERS Group rescues dogs before getting put down in Lee County Our animal shelters are packed with amazing puppies who have the sole desire to be loved.
FORT MYERS FGCU student beats all odds and is able to graduate Nearly four years ago, Marisa Manning had her heart set on going to Florida Gulf Coast University but never thought she’d find her passion for studying parasites.
FORT MYERS Victim in MLK Blvd. shooting identified as social media influencer The victim of the Martin Luther King Boulevard shooting has been identified as a local social media influencer.
FORT MYERS Could a Ferris wheel in downtown Fort Myers work? Right now, there are talks to bring a Ferris wheel to downtown Fort Myers, but several things are still up in the air.
LITTLE HICKORY BAY Improving ‘Hell’s Gate’ safety, a notoriously dangerous waterway for boaters A push to make an area known as “Hell’s Gate” safer since it’s a dangerous stretch of water with several blind corners within Little Hickory Bay.
Fixing failed back surgeries More than a million and a half people in the U.S. undergo back surgery each year. However, classic back surgery has one of the highest failure rates of any surgery.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – At Chris Kallas’ car dealership, the girlfriend of one of his former employees, now charged in connection with her newborn’s death, was known as ‘The Black Widow.’ Kristen Bury, 32, and Joseph Walsh, 36, are each charged in connection with the death of Chance Walsh, their nine-week-old baby whose remains were found Oct. 15 in a heavily wooded area about 13 miles from their North Port home. Walsh is charged with second-degree murder; Bury faces a negligent manslaughter charge. Chance, whose funeral was Sunday, was last seen by relatives on Sept. 9. The couple’s inconsistent versions of what happened to Chance after a vehicle wreck in South Carolina eventually led authorities to the baby’s body. Kallas was Walsh’s sponsor in Alcoholics Anonymous. Walsh was ordered to attend AA meetings in 2013 after many run-ins with law enforcement. Kallas also gave Walsh a job washing and moving vehicles. “He had the keys to our place,” he said. “He had everything. He was accountable for everything. He was one of the very few nowadays that I sponsor and say, ‘this kid’s gonna be a success.’ And I would tell people that. Then he met her and it was like the slide to hell.” Walsh met Bury not long after he started working at the dealership. Her nickname was derived from her personality, Kallas said. “It was all about the attention of me, me, me, being pregnant,” he said. “Once Duane was born and the focus was on Duane, she just kinda like…it was always about her.” Duane Jacob Walsh was Bury’s second child. Her first was given up for adoption nearly 10 years ago, according to friends. Kallas visited the couple’s home following Duane’s birth. “The smell was so bad in the house, I had to step back outside,” he said. “The dogs were everywhere, going to the bathroom all over the place. The rugs had to be ripped up. The piles of dog stuff was there so long it was white.” Kallas said he thought about reporting the couple to the state Department of Children and Families, but didn’t. Duane was dead one week later. He lived for two weeks. Kallas helped pick the baby’s funeral suit while at a Sarasota mall. During that trip, Kallas said Bury was picking out $600 dresses for herself. “We’re burying a kid and this is about the type of dress we’re gonna wear,” Kallas said. “For the funeral? For the funeral.” An autopsy determined Duane died of acute pyelonephritis, a severe kidney infection. Sarasota County Chief Medical Examiner Dr. Russell Vega said the infection was the first he saw in an autopsy of an infant. “At that time, our complete evaluation found essentially no significant injuries,” Vega told the Charlotte Sun in September. He added that the investigation into Duane Walsh’s death, which was ruled natural, may be reopened. When Bury and Walsh talked about having another child, Kallas said he tried to talk them out of it. The couple had no money, no vehicles and were not working, but wanted another child “to make our lives whole again,” Kallas said. “I said that’s crazy talk,” he said. Bury became pregnant with Chance, but the couple continued their drug use, Kallas said. About three weeks after Chance was born, DCF officials received a tip that Bury was using drugs. The department said there wasn’t enough evidence for an investigation because the caller didn’t have first hand knowledge of the drug abuse. Six weeks later, Chance was beaten to death, authorities said. “When I heard the baby was dead and everybody in the community that I know that knows this couple, not one of them thought it was Joe,” he said. Bury told a relative she despised Chance because he was not Duane, according to a police report. Kallas doesn’t believe Chance’s death was pre-meditated. “I believe that the baby wasn’t purposefully murdered,” he said. “I believe that the baby was neglected…due to their use of drugs and alcohol.”