VIDEO: Woman gets 4 a.m. wake-up from giant python

An Australian woman was woken up by crashing and banging that turned out to be a 16-foot python in her home.

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FORT MYERS

‘What just happened?’ new trial denied for cop-killer Desmaret

Wisner Desmaret will not get a new trial for the murder of police officer Adam Jobbers-Miller. The jury recommended life in prison.

Port Charlotte

911 call of Port Charlotte home invasion that left man, dog dead released

A home invasion took a deadly turn when One person was killed along with a dog in a home invasion

NEAR GOVERNMENT ROAD

Road blocked due to fatal multi-vehicle crash on I-75 northbound

Interstate 75 is blocked northbound due to a multi-vehicle crash near Government Road.

LEELAND HEIGHTS

Neighbor speaks out after fiery crash into Leeland Heights Boulevard home

A car crashed into a home on Leeland Heights Boulevard and exploded into flames. The explosion set the house and another car on fire.

CAPE CORAL

Cape Coral Fire Department trains with use of donated structure

The Cape Coral Fire Department got to train its firefighters in an old structure that is set to be demolished soon.

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LEE COUNTY

FEMA subcontractor injured while working wakes up from coma on his birthday

A FEMA subcontractor who was injured on the job and spent time in a coma is now awake. Matt Little woke up just in time for his 40th birthday. The community was asked to surprise him with birthday cards. Little was on a Cape Coral roof on New Year’s Eve when he slipped and fell. […]

ALVA

Alva woman wins $1M from scratch-off ticket

An Alva woman has claimed a $1 million prize from a scratch-off game. Christina Baldino, of Alva, chose to receive her winnings as a one-time, lump-sum payment of $880,000, according to a news release from the Florida Lottery. Baldino won the money from the BILLION DOLLAR GOLD RUSH SUPREME Scratch-Off game at the Lottery’s Fort Myers District Office.  She  purchased her winning […]

CAPE CORAL

Woman wakes up to workers removing roof tiles even though she didn’t request service

What is being called a service switch-up happened in Cape Coral. A woman woke up to workers removing tiles from her roof even though she never asked for the service. This happened along SW 37th Terrace in Cape Coral. Now, WINK News is speaking to that woman. Imagine this – you’re just trying to sleep […]

WASHINGTON (AP)

Biden: Nearly 3M get health coverage during COVID-19 sign-up

Nearly 3 million consumers took advantage of a special six-month period to sign up for subsidized health insurance coverage made more affordable by the COVID-19 relief law, President Joe Biden said Wednesday. He called that number encouraging and urged Congress to help keep the trend going by extending the more generous financial assistance, currently available […]