Crash closes eastbound Pine Island Road at Hancock in Cape Coral

Cape Coral Police are on scene of a traffic crash at SW Pine Island Rd and Hancock Bridge Pkwy.

Eastbound traffic is being diverted onto Hancock Bridge Pkwy.

Police advise drivers to avoid the area and seek an alternate route.

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FORT MYERS BEACH

‘Man with a plan’ to rebuild The Cottage on Fort Myers Beach

Beach builder Joe Orlandini and other investors will buy the land necessary to rebuild The Cottage, the popular Fort Myers Beach bar and restaurant lost after Ian.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY

2 people dead, 5 injured after Charlotte County apartment fire

Two people are dead and five were injured following a Tuesday morning fire at a Charlotte County apartment building.

FORT MYERS BEACH

Lee County School Board to discuss fate of Fort Myers Beach Elementary

On Tuesday afternoon, Fort Myers Beach Elementary School’s future is again on the table for the School District of Lee County.

Tuesday features warm weather, a few inland showers

A few showers will form inland after lunchtime. These will be relatively weak but should bring much-needed rain to several communities.

DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS

Brightening downtown Fort Myers with art

Seven teams of artists are painting murals that’ll pop up all over downtown Fort Myers and is for Southwest Florida’s Muralfest. The event will act as a fundraiser to help artists impacted by Hurricane Ian. Like much of Southwest Florida, the art community has been hurting since Hurricane Ian. “The last year, we went through […]

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CAPE CORAL

Woman arrested for DUI after being rescued from Cape Coral canal

Cape Coral police say the woman rescued from a car that had crashed into a Cape Coral canal on Saturday is facing charges of driving drunk.

CAPE CORAL

Firefighter jumps saves victim from submerged car in Cape Coral canal

A firefighter breaks a car window and pulls a driver out of a car after crashing into a canal in Cape Coral Saturday morning. According to the Cape Coral Fire Department, Battalion 3, Engine 5, Rescue 5, and Engine 4 all went to NE 9th Avenue and NE 12 Street in response to a car […]

CAPE CORAL

Cape Coral police investigating deaths on Southwest 12th Street

The Cape Coral Police Department is investigating a scene at a Southwest 12th Street address.

CAPE CORAL

Last chance for appeals to Cape Coral’s Chiquita Lock removal

Boaters sit with fingers and toes crossed as a busy boat lock in Cape Coral may be on the way out.

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Push to ban COVID-19 vaccine mandate in Collier County

A task force is looking to stop all COVID-19 vaccine mandates in Collier County. The idea is to spell out your rights regarding healthcare, and the vote is Tuesday. The state already largely bans the mandates. But several of the people WINK News spoke to on Monday agreed with no mandates; most said they want […]

Moving Modular: The hurricane-fighting homes coming to Florida’s coasts

Much of Key Largo has been built to code to fight that thorn from breaking the glass of the vase, just like how these homes now need to be built to withstand winds of 180 miles per hour.

Removing dying trees from Sanibel after getting poisoned by Hurricane Ian’s storm

We lost a lot of trees when saltwater rushed ashore during Hurricane Ian. Crews are out on Sanibel Island, marking and removing the dying vegetation. Joel Caouette, a biologist for the City of Sanibel, says that arsenic cyanide saltwater “killed these very large trees, killed a lot of trees.” All of these have something in […]

Family rebuilds, reopens Bonita Bill’s in honor of the man behind the name

Pain and destruction are only the beginning of the comeback story for a waterfront eating institution near Fort Myers Beach.

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