FORT MYERS, Fla. – Randall Kenneth Jones compiles interviews and whimsical anecdotes from conversations with celebrities, business leaders, journalists and more in his new book, “Show Me.” The Naples-based author stopped by the WINK News studio to tell us more.
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Video shows two bears swimming in a Golden Gate Estates home pool
When you’re in Florida, and it’s 90 degrees outside, swimming in a pool is a great way to cool down. Similarly, a mother black bear and her cub had the same great idea, but they had to find a pool.

Drag show restaurant files federal lawsuit against Florida, Gov. DeSantis
A popular Orlando restaurant that regularly features drag shows filed a federal lawsuit against the state of Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday, less than a week after he signed a bill that targets drag performances.

Heading home, Biden hopes McCarthy ‘just waiting to negotiate with me’ on debt limit
President Joe Biden said Sunday that Republicans in the U.S. House must move off their “extreme positions” on the now-stalled talks over raising America’s debt limit and that there would be no agreement to avert a catastrophic default only on their terms.

Lee County schools want to look through student’s phone without warrant
And there’s no doubt parents want to feel their kids are safe when they go to school, but moms and dads WINK News spoke with also don’t want their kid’s privacy violated.
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