Shred-a-thon

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FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Lee County Sheriff’s Office wants to keep you from becoming the next victim. They’re preparing for an event that puts a special focus on you and your safety.

Beth Schell of the Lee County Sheriff’s Office stopped by the WINK News studio to tell us about an upcoming Shred-a-thon.

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Seeing smoke? Controlled burns happening in Lee County

The South Florida Water Management District announced on Thursday that a prescribed burn will be conducted in the CREW Management Area

FORT MYERS BEACH

Sand is added to Fort Myers Beach to protect homes from future storms

Truck after truck filled with sand is headed to Fort Myers Beach as part of a plan to help the beach repair and rebuild a place that means so much to many.

LEE CIOUNTY

Lee County communities looking for action, not words, to crack down on dangerous drivers

Communities across Lee County are demanding answers because the safety of their communities is at stake.

LEE COUNTY

Black-owned businesses react to proposed NAACP travel advisory

Black-owned businesses are now speaking up against the Florida travel advisory proposed by the NAACP.

CAPE CORAL

Fire Station 13 breaks ground in northeast Cape Coral

A new fire station is being built in northeast Cape Coral to cut down on response times, and three more are planned for the near future.

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NEWRY, Maine (AP)

Skiing Santas back to shredding Maine slopes for charity

Santa is back to “sleighing” it on the ski slope. More than 230 skiing and snowboarding Kris Kringles took to a western Maine resort on Sunday to raise money for charity. The jolly ol’ St. Nicks took a break last year because of the global pandemic. But they returned to kick off the ski season […]

LONDON (AP)

Shredded Banksy artwork sells for $25.4 million at auction

A work by British street artist Banksy that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold at auction three years ago fetched 18.5 million pounds ($25.4 million) on Thursday, a record for the artist. “Love is in the Bin” was offered by Sotheby’s in London, with a presale estimate of 4 million pounds to 6 million pounds […]

LONDON (AP)

Half-shredded Banksy could fetch over $5 million at auction

A Banksy artwork that sensationally self-shredded just after it sold for $1.4 million is up for sale again — at several times the previous price. Auctioneer Sotheby’s said Friday that “Love is in the Bin” will be offered at a sale in London on Oct. 14. The piece has a pre-sale estimate of 4 million […]

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020, file photo, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, of California, tears her copy of President Donald Trump's State of the Union address after he delivered it to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

SAN FRANCISCO (AP)

Pelosi rips Facebook, Twitter over tweaked Trump speech-shredding video

The issue of misleading political messages on social media has arisen again, as President Donald Trump tweeted an edited video showing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi repeatedly tearing up his State of the Union speech as he honored audience members and showed a military family reuniting. Pelosi did tear the pages of her copy of the […]