Amendment 3 fails; Florida marijuana legislation remains the sameAmendment 4 fails; current 6-week abortion ban remains
Trump flips Georgia and moves closer to reclaiming the White House Donald Trump has won the battleground state of Georgia, the onetime Republican stronghold that had voted for Democrats four years ago.
WINK NEWS Amendment 3 fails; Florida marijuana legislation remains the same With Election Day in full swing, WINK News is monitoring the results of the most controversial amendments on the ballot, including Florida’s Amendment 3.
WINK NEWS Amendment 4 fails; current 6-week abortion ban remains Besides Amendment 3, another of the more controversial amendments on the ballot is Amendment 4, which would limit government interference in abortions.
Republican Denise Carlin elected as Lee County Schools superintendent Republican Denise Carlin has been elected as the Lee County Superintendent of Schools, and Vanessa Chaviano won her seat in the Lee County School Board for District 7.
WINK NEWS Sheriff Carmine Marceno wins reelection It is now Election Day, and two candidates for the Lee County Sheriff are vying for the position.
3 Florida republicans win reelection in House of Representatives Three local incumbent Republicans have won re-election for the House of Representatives race.
LABELLE Fatal crash on State Road 29 in LaBelle According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a fatal crash occurred on State Road 29 on Tuesday evening.
NAPLES Naples on alert but staying calm ahead of potential storm It’s understandable to get anxious whenever we hear about the possibility of severe weather with Tropical Storm Rafael gaining strength in the Caribbean.
BONITA SPRINGS Florida’s Rick Scott reelected to US Senate Florida incumbent Rick Scott has been reelected to the U.S. Senate.
PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda RV residents concerned about hurricane damage The people at the Harbor Belle RV Resort had concerns about their homes before hurricanes Helene and Milton.
WINK NEWS How Hispanic voters in SWFL are casting their ballots The Hispanic community in Southwest Florida is seemingly divided as they cast their votes for the next president of the United States.
WEST PALM BEACH Trump and supporters gear up for election night in West Palm Beach All eyes are on the presidential election between Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.
SANIBEL City of Sanibel opens time capsule for 50th anniversary It’s a chance to see what the past was like. 41 years ago, the city of Sanibel put items in a time capsule to be opened on the 50th anniversary of the city’s incorporation. On Tuesday, WINK News was there to see what people had to say about the island decades ago.
FORT MYERS BEACH Lee Commission approves contract to restore 2 waterfront parks on Fort Myers Beach The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to award a contract for the design of the restoration of two waterfront parks on Fort Myers Beach.
Direct approach to hip replacement Surgeons in the United States perform more than 500,000 hip replacements every year, and that number is only expected to increase as our population ages.
Trump flips Georgia and moves closer to reclaiming the White House Donald Trump has won the battleground state of Georgia, the onetime Republican stronghold that had voted for Democrats four years ago.
WINK NEWS Amendment 3 fails; Florida marijuana legislation remains the same With Election Day in full swing, WINK News is monitoring the results of the most controversial amendments on the ballot, including Florida’s Amendment 3.
WINK NEWS Amendment 4 fails; current 6-week abortion ban remains Besides Amendment 3, another of the more controversial amendments on the ballot is Amendment 4, which would limit government interference in abortions.
Republican Denise Carlin elected as Lee County Schools superintendent Republican Denise Carlin has been elected as the Lee County Superintendent of Schools, and Vanessa Chaviano won her seat in the Lee County School Board for District 7.
WINK NEWS Sheriff Carmine Marceno wins reelection It is now Election Day, and two candidates for the Lee County Sheriff are vying for the position.
3 Florida republicans win reelection in House of Representatives Three local incumbent Republicans have won re-election for the House of Representatives race.
LABELLE Fatal crash on State Road 29 in LaBelle According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a fatal crash occurred on State Road 29 on Tuesday evening.
NAPLES Naples on alert but staying calm ahead of potential storm It’s understandable to get anxious whenever we hear about the possibility of severe weather with Tropical Storm Rafael gaining strength in the Caribbean.
BONITA SPRINGS Florida’s Rick Scott reelected to US Senate Florida incumbent Rick Scott has been reelected to the U.S. Senate.
PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda RV residents concerned about hurricane damage The people at the Harbor Belle RV Resort had concerns about their homes before hurricanes Helene and Milton.
WINK NEWS How Hispanic voters in SWFL are casting their ballots The Hispanic community in Southwest Florida is seemingly divided as they cast their votes for the next president of the United States.
WEST PALM BEACH Trump and supporters gear up for election night in West Palm Beach All eyes are on the presidential election between Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.
SANIBEL City of Sanibel opens time capsule for 50th anniversary It’s a chance to see what the past was like. 41 years ago, the city of Sanibel put items in a time capsule to be opened on the 50th anniversary of the city’s incorporation. On Tuesday, WINK News was there to see what people had to say about the island decades ago.
FORT MYERS BEACH Lee Commission approves contract to restore 2 waterfront parks on Fort Myers Beach The Lee Board of County Commissioners voted to award a contract for the design of the restoration of two waterfront parks on Fort Myers Beach.
Direct approach to hip replacement Surgeons in the United States perform more than 500,000 hip replacements every year, and that number is only expected to increase as our population ages.
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. The first person Deputy First Class Staub saw when entering a Westlund Terrace home was a man with a mop in his hands. It was covered in blood. So was the man. Staub, a Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office deputy whose first name was not listed in a report about the incident, then asked the man, identified as Jeffrey Patrick Mulligan, if anyone else was inside the home. Staub entered the residence through a side door, walked through the kitchen and living room before seeing a large amount of wiped blood on the floor and walls inside a hallway. The body of Mulligan’s father, Patrick, was found face down in the bathroom. He was wedged between the toilet and bathtub, the report said. Patrick Mulligan had a faint pulse. “DFC Staub stated Patrick’s nose appeared deformed, as through it had been broken,” the report said. Paramedics pronounced Patrick Mulligan dead moments later. Jeffrey Mulligan, 34, faces a murder charge in the death of his father. He was being held at the Charlotte County Jail under no bond. A ‘gut feeling’ Jeffrey Mulligan’s sister, Molly Khork, told investigators she returned to the home Thursday morning due to a “gut feeling” and heard screaming while pulling into the driveway. “As she opened the door, she saw ‘blood everywhere,'” the report said. “She said it looked like a ‘murder scene.'” Jeffrey Mulligan, standing above his father’s body, said “he will never hurt another woman again,” Khork told deputies. The report did not detail the origin of his statement. “Jeffrey was covered in blood and Jeffrey said, ‘look, he got me all dirty,'” the report said. Jeffrey Mulligan slammed his father’s head to the ground, then punched him in the face several times, the report said. Khork ran out the home to tell her boyfriend, James Mazy Jr., what happened. Both returned to the residence where the two men got into an argument, the report said. Mazy, in talking with deputies, said the scene “was like something he had seen (while in) combat in the military.” “James became upset with Jeffrey because Jeffrey’s two children were in the house watching what he was doing,” the report said. “He said he called Jeffrey a ‘scum bag’ and told him that he was going to prison for what he did. He said Jeffrey told him ‘he (Patrick) was fine and just unconscious.'” The two children were not injured during the incident. Mazy then told Jeffery Mulligan to pick his father up. He kept hitting him instead. “Jeffrey came at him as if to fight and James said he grabbed him by the Adam’s Apple and told him if he touched him, he would make him eat his own throat,” the report said. Khork removed Jeffrey Mulligan’s two children from the home. She and Mazy drove to a gas station where Khork dialed 911. “Molly said she never saw any sign of life from her father,” the report said.