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Chirping sounds lead Miami airport officials to bag filled with smuggled parrot eggs
Twenty-four bright green baby parrots from Central America were seized from a smuggler at Miami International Airport and are being raised by conservationists.

New medical, retail development proposed on 4-acre site in Estero
A public information meeting for a development order of a 4.2-acre site called Estero 4.2 was held at the Estero’s Planning, Zoning and Design board meeting Wednesday. The site is at 19950 S. Tamiami Trail, across U.S. 41 from Walmart and north of Cayo de Estero Shoppes. The project consists of two nonresidential buildings, including […]

Tim Aten Knows: New hotels proposed in Naples area
Q: Any news on the property of the Little Italy on 41 in East Naples? I heard it was going to be a hotel. — Patty Munger-Keady, East Naples A: While only in an early planning stage, a hotel with a convention center has been proposed for the vacant acreage that formerly was bookended by […]

Naples Police Chief Weschler calls station break-in ‘a fluke’
Following a WINK News investigation into a shirtless man breaking into the Naples Police Department, the Chief Tom Weschler sat down with WINK to explain how it happened.
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8 months after Hurricane Ian, who picks up the insurance bill?
With hurricane season days away, the president of Day Adjusting and Consulting shares insights on insurance claims.

Cape Coral clock to be replaced after original sold on Facebook Marketplace
Cape Coral is looking to replace the city’s iconic clock after the old one was put up for sale on Facebook Marketplace by the wife of someone who offered to repair it.

2 dead in small plane crash at South Florida airport
Two people died Friday when a small plane crashed at a small South Florida airport, Palm Beach County sheriff’s officials said.

Wrong-way driver accused of killing 2 in Collier County crash
Two died in a wrong-way crash in Collier County.