Shell Factory & Nature Park announces online auction liquidation of remaining inventoryMore clouds than sun for your Wednesday
FORT MYERS Shell Factory & Nature Park announces online auction liquidation of remaining inventory Fans of the now-closed Shell Factory & Nature Park will have a final chance to own a piece of nostalgia with two virtual auctions.
the weather authority More clouds than sun for your Wednesday The Weather Authority is tracking an increased cloud coverage along with cooler conditions this Wednesday afternoon.
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FORT MYERS Shell Factory & Nature Park announces online auction liquidation of remaining inventory Fans of the now-closed Shell Factory & Nature Park will have a final chance to own a piece of nostalgia with two virtual auctions.
the weather authority More clouds than sun for your Wednesday The Weather Authority is tracking an increased cloud coverage along with cooler conditions this Wednesday afternoon.
Web Exclusive: Rachel Cox-Rosen’s Construction Heads-Up As construction may dampen your commute, WINK News traffic anchor Rachel Cox-Rosen knows the best way to traverse the roadways in this web-exclusive feature.
PORT CHARLOTTE ‘It’s devastating’: Neighbor reflects on fatal fire in Port Charlotte A devastating house fire Monday night in Port Charlotte has left one person dead and another hospitalized while neighbors mourn the possible loss of a beloved member of their community.
‘The sound of death’ Neighbors concerned by amount of crashes on Joel Blvd A woman is heartbroken from witnessing crash after crash outside her Lehigh Acres home.
Fort Myers get 15% increase on flood insurance discount WINK News is finding out what led to the city of Fort Myers going from just a 5% FEMA flood insurance discount to a 20% discount.
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EVERGLADES Biden signs Water Resources Development Act, its effect on SWFL President Biden recently signed into law the Water Resources Development Act with an aim to improve rivers and harbors across the country and provide for the conservation of water. Southwest Florida was included in that act. Putting the 240-page plan together took a lot of work, not just from state and federal lawmakers, but also […]
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FORT MYERS Progress being made on City View Park in Dunbar More promises made by a city that has not kept its promises for the last six years have some neighbors concerned about the future of their community.
COLLIER COUNTY Seacrest hoops player hits a full court buzzer beater Seacrest Country Day School boys basketball player Hayden Fuller hits full court buzzer beater against Aubrey Rogers.
NAPLES Cutting-edge ACL surgery reducing reinjury risk by 80% Known for its game-changing orthopedic repair options, Naples-based Arthrex has done it again.
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) – Members of the public filed past Nancy Reagan’s coffin again on Thursday to pay their respects before the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library is closed to prepare for the former first lady’s funeral. By late morning a long line had formed in a parking lot where shuttles picked up people for the ride to the library. More than 3,000 people came to the library in hill country northwest of Los Angeles on Wednesday. Mourners have had sunny skies and balmy temperatures, but that was expected to change for Friday’s 11 a.m. funeral, which could see wet and windy weather. The National Weather Service predicted partly cloudy skies in the morning, followed by rain and a chance of thunderstorms in the afternoon with winds from 15 mph to 25 mph. The outdoor funeral area has been tented. Nancy Reagan’s two children, Patti Davis and Ronald Prescott Reagan, will be among the speakers at the funeral, which will include choirs and a Marine Corps band. Prominent attendees will include first lady Michelle Obama, former President George W. Bush and his wife, former first lady Laura Bush. Former first ladies Rosalynn Carter and Hillary Clinton will also attend. James A. Baker, who served in President Reagan’s administration, and former NBC News anchor Tom Brokaw also will give remarks during the private ceremony officiated by the Rev. Stuart Kenworthy, vicar of Washington National Cathedral. Wednesday’s public viewing drew people from long distances. Roy Dillard drove more than 100 miles with two of his daughters and his 3-year-old great-granddaughter to pay their respects to Nancy Reagan and honor the legacy of what he called “the greatest president of my lifetime.” Dillard’s daughter Bobbie Eldridge said she admired how the first lady “stood by her man, the great and beautiful love that they had and how she became his caretaker” in old age. She and her 80-year-old father drove from Bakersfield to the library in Simi Valley. Retired teacher Mary Ellen Gruendyke drove nearly as far from her Riverside home, appearing with a colorful Ronald Reagan souvenir scarf around her neck. “Ronald Reagan was one of the best presidents we’ve ever had,” Gruendyke said, “and I admired them both as a couple for their love story and the support they showed to each other.” In the library lobby, mourners walked quietly in a circle around the casket covered in white roses and peonies – Nancy Reagan’s favorite flower. Wednesday began at a Santa Monica funeral home with a 45-mile motorcade that carried Nancy Reagan’s casket to the library, where a military honor guard carried the casket between two identical towering portraits of the former first lady wearing a long, red dress and then past a gurgling courtyard fountain. The casket was placed behind a bronze statue of a smiling Ronald Reagan holding a cowboy hat. Nancy Reagan died Sunday at 94. She will be laid to rest just inches from the president in the library’s hillside tomb, facing west toward the Pacific Ocean.