Dramatic walk-off win for FGCU over nationally ranked FAU

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CHARLOTTE COUNTY

1 person dead, 2 hospitalized after Charlotte County apartment fire

One person is dead and two have been hospitalized following a Tuesday morning fire at a Charlotte County apartment building.

FORT MYERS BEACH

Lee County School Board to discuss fate of Fort Myers Beach Elementary

On Tuesday night, Fort Myers Beach Elementary School’s future is again on the table for the School District of Lee County.

Tuesday features warm weather, a few inland showers

A few showers will form inland after lunchtime. These will be relatively weak but should bring much-needed rain to several communities.

DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS

Brightening downtown Fort Myers with art

Seven teams of artists are painting murals that’ll pop up all over downtown Fort Myers and is for Southwest Florida’s Muralfest. The event will act as a fundraiser to help artists impacted by Hurricane Ian. Like much of Southwest Florida, the art community has been hurting since Hurricane Ian. “The last year, we went through […]

COLLIER COUNTY

Push to ban COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Collier County

A task force is looking to stop all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Collier County. The idea is to spell out your rights regarding healthcare, and the vote is Tuesday. The state already largely bans the mandates. But several of the people WINK News spoke to on Monday agreed with no mandates; most said they want […]

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CAPE CORAL

Cape Coral Youth Hurricanes Cheer Squad win nationals, head to globals

Adapting and overcoming is the attitude that a large portion of our community has adopted since Hurricane Ian. Especially for 32 girls in Cape Coral who are competing in the Pop Warner Youth Varsity Cheer. The Cape Coral Youth Hurricanes Cheer Squad were set back for a month when where they practiced was destroyed. Despite […]

PORT CHARLOTTE

Port Charlotte woman claims almost $1M in scratch-off ticket win

A 62-year-old Port Charlotte woman won a $1 million prize from a scratch-off game on Thursday. Karen Dowling chose to receive her winnings in a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000, according to a press release from the Florida lottery. Dowling purchased her ticket from Publix, at 24051 Peachland Boulevard in Port Charlotte. The retailer will […]

FORT MYERS

2 Fort Myers men win $1M each on 500X The Cash scratch-off game

Two men from Fort Myers are each a million dollars richer thanks to the Florida Lottery’s 500X The Cash scratch-off game. Wesley Sanek, 39, and Michael Murray, 63, scratched their way to the big winnings, and both took the money in a one-time lump sum payment of $820,000. Sanek purchased his winning ticket from Publix […]

COOPER CITY (CBS Miami)

Cooper City man wins $1M playing Florida Lottery scratch-off game

A Cooper City man won $1 million playing the Florida Lottery’s 500X THE CASH scratch-off game. David Thomas, 55, chose to receive his winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $820,000.00. Thomas bought his winning ticket at a Publix store, located at 5656 South Flamingo Road. The store will receive a $2,000 bonus for selling the winning […]

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Moving Modular: The hurricane-fighting homes coming to Florida’s coasts

Much of Key Largo has been built to code to fight that thorn from breaking the glass of the vase, just like how these homes now need to be built to withstand winds of 180 miles per hour.

Removing dying trees from Sanibel after getting poisoned by Hurricane Ian’s storm

We lost a lot of trees when saltwater rushed ashore during Hurricane Ian. Crews are out on Sanibel Island, marking and removing the dying vegetation. Joel Caouette, a biologist for the City of Sanibel, says that arsenic cyanide saltwater “killed these very large trees, killed a lot of trees.” All of these have something in […]

Family rebuilds, reopens Bonita Bill’s in honor of the man behind the name

Pain and destruction are only the beginning of the comeback story for a waterfront eating institution near Fort Myers Beach.

Nursing home for veterans coming to Collier County

There’s a plan to get more help to wounded warriors in the Southwest Florida community. $30,000,000 has been approved by Collier County. Under the plan, the State Department of Veteran Affairs will put the cash into an escrow account. The goal is to use that money to make a nursing home for veterans since Collier […]

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