NORTH FORT MYERS LCSO searching for missing endangered adult Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing person.
The Weather Authority: Scattered storms for your Saturday The Weather Authority is tracking afternoon scattered storms for Saturday this Labor Day weekend.
WINK NEWS SWFL Scoreboard: High School Football Week 2 The Golden Eagles took down the Cougars 64-7 to win the Crosstown Showdown for the 26th year in a row.
NAPLES Naples mayor speaks out after DUI arrest Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann has sent a statement to WINK News after being charged with a DUI.
FORT MYERS Woman stabbed at Fort Myers gas station Authorities responded to an active scene at a 7-eleven in Fort Myers after a woman was stabbed early Friday evening.
FORT MYERS FMPD investigating a van that followed a student from bus stop Police said a suspicious van followed a middle school student home from the bus stop on Thursday and yelled, “Get in the van.”
CAPE CORAL Report: Teen was on crosswalk when she was hit The driver of the box truck told officers he didn’t see Kendra as she rode in front of him, and he started to go.
FORT MYERS BEACH Celebration of Jimmy Buffet Day at Margaritaville Friday was Jimmy Buffett Day at Margaritaville and Fort Myers Beach is gearing up for a fun party all weekend long.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte County deputies hold training for mental health encounters Charlotte County deputies are entering the community equipped with a new tool for handling mental health: the crisis initiative training.
Neighbors worried about flooding in Rotonda Heights Neighbors in Rotonda Heights are fed up with the flooding and they want to see it fixed.
ORLANDO Smart living moms reclaim their careers Betsy Gardner president and CEO of the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce started Relaunch, a program to help stay-at-home moms.
FORT MYERS BEACH A closer look at the gas leak that killed 2 men at Fort Myers Beach home A closer look at the gas leak that killed two men in Fort Myers Beach has revealed some new details leading up to the deaths.
SANIBEL Sanibel CVS Pharmacy reopening after Hurricane Ian The CVS Pharmacy in Sanibel is reopening nearly two years after Hurricane Ian caused severe damage to it.
FORT MYERS Woman transported after boat hits large wake under Midpoint Bridge A woman had to be transported to the hospital after suffering an injury when the boat she was in struck the wake of a yacht.
NEW YORK (AP) Trump has history sparking outrage for incidents around veterans even as military voters backed him The reported altercation at Arlington National Cemetery involving Donald Trump’s staff was far from the first time that veterans or the families of service members have criticized the former president for words or behavior they saw as disparaging.
NORTH FORT MYERS LCSO searching for missing endangered adult Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing person.
The Weather Authority: Scattered storms for your Saturday The Weather Authority is tracking afternoon scattered storms for Saturday this Labor Day weekend.
WINK NEWS SWFL Scoreboard: High School Football Week 2 The Golden Eagles took down the Cougars 64-7 to win the Crosstown Showdown for the 26th year in a row.
NAPLES Naples mayor speaks out after DUI arrest Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann has sent a statement to WINK News after being charged with a DUI.
FORT MYERS Woman stabbed at Fort Myers gas station Authorities responded to an active scene at a 7-eleven in Fort Myers after a woman was stabbed early Friday evening.
FORT MYERS FMPD investigating a van that followed a student from bus stop Police said a suspicious van followed a middle school student home from the bus stop on Thursday and yelled, “Get in the van.”
CAPE CORAL Report: Teen was on crosswalk when she was hit The driver of the box truck told officers he didn’t see Kendra as she rode in front of him, and he started to go.
FORT MYERS BEACH Celebration of Jimmy Buffet Day at Margaritaville Friday was Jimmy Buffett Day at Margaritaville and Fort Myers Beach is gearing up for a fun party all weekend long.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte County deputies hold training for mental health encounters Charlotte County deputies are entering the community equipped with a new tool for handling mental health: the crisis initiative training.
Neighbors worried about flooding in Rotonda Heights Neighbors in Rotonda Heights are fed up with the flooding and they want to see it fixed.
ORLANDO Smart living moms reclaim their careers Betsy Gardner president and CEO of the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce started Relaunch, a program to help stay-at-home moms.
FORT MYERS BEACH A closer look at the gas leak that killed 2 men at Fort Myers Beach home A closer look at the gas leak that killed two men in Fort Myers Beach has revealed some new details leading up to the deaths.
SANIBEL Sanibel CVS Pharmacy reopening after Hurricane Ian The CVS Pharmacy in Sanibel is reopening nearly two years after Hurricane Ian caused severe damage to it.
FORT MYERS Woman transported after boat hits large wake under Midpoint Bridge A woman had to be transported to the hospital after suffering an injury when the boat she was in struck the wake of a yacht.
NEW YORK (AP) Trump has history sparking outrage for incidents around veterans even as military voters backed him The reported altercation at Arlington National Cemetery involving Donald Trump’s staff was far from the first time that veterans or the families of service members have criticized the former president for words or behavior they saw as disparaging.
Joe Biden kicks off 2020 campaign rally in Philadelphia with calls for unity, slams Trump . (Credit: CBS News) The “single most important thing we have to accomplish is defeat Donald Trump,” former Vice President Joe Biden said Saturday at his presidential campaign’s “official” kickoff rally in Philadelphia. Biden also called for “unity” across the country. Now in his third bid to join the elite presidential club, Biden spoke on a boulevard draped with flags of foreign countries while facing a tall statue of the country’s first president, George Washington. In the “birthplace” of American democracy, Biden leveraged criticism this week of his reported climate change proposal and said the “first and more important plan” in his forthcoming policy rollout will be to “beat Trump, beat Trump, beat Trump.” “If the American people want a president to add to our division, to lead with a clenched fist, closed hand and a hard heart, to demonize the opponents and spew hatred, they don’t need me. They already have a president who does just that,” Biden told the crowd, “I am running to offer our country — Democrats, Republicans and Independents — a different path.” “They say Democrats are so angry, that the angrier a candidate can be, the better chance he or she gets the Democratic nomination,” Biden argued. “Well, I don’t believe it… I believe Democrats want to unify this nation. That’s what our party’s always been about.” Even if Democrats do not want an “angry” candidate, many told CBS News that they want a “fighter.” Attendees noticed during the speech that Biden faced the nearby stairs Sylvester Stallone famously climbed during his 1976 boxing mega-hit “Rocky,” where the fictional American boxer’s fight-to-the-end spirit was symbolic, intentional or not, of Biden’s efforts to combat criticisms of old age and previous policies for which Democrats try to knock him. “He is as sharp as a tack,” Debra Buzio, 61, said of the 76-year-old Biden, “We need a world leader right now.” Marie Wilson, 65, said that criticisms of Biden’s age are moot, as Democrats value the service and intellect of even older public figures like Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Younger Democrats like Shelby Ferguson, 22, said “values matter” and that Biden would stick up for those norms. Around 6,000 people attended the rally, according to the private security firm hired by the Biden campaign. The choice of venue also appeared to reflect the importance of vying for the votes of Pennsylvanians, a state won by President Trump in 2016, though 2018 saw Democratic gains across the state in the congressional contests. “For both the Democratic and Republican campaigns, Pennsylvania will be crucial,” Biden supporter and Democratic Rep. Brendan Boyle, who represents a portion of Philadelphia, told CBS News in an interview. “It will be the most important state it terms of winning the White House so putting an early emphasis on it… shows just how important it is to the Biden candidacy.” Knowing this, Biden, who spent his younger years in Scranton, Pennsylvania, spoke to a crowd of mostly union members at his first rally a little more than three weeks ago in Pittsburgh. “If I’m going to be able to beat Donald Trump in 2020, it’s going to happen here,” he said then. The Biden campaign announced their national headquarters in Philadelphia this week, which is dually convenient for the Bidens as their home is a short drive away in Delaware. Their popularity appeared evident before the rally as many locals, politicians like Delaware Democratic Sens. Chris Coons and Tom Carper, several donors and Biden’s family gathered at a Philadelphia restaurant, according to several attendees. Statewide, a Quinnipiac poll this week depicted how this Pennsylvania-centric campaign could ultimately benefit Biden as he bested Mr. Trump by 11 points in a hypothetical match-up race in the state. But before Biden can compete against Mr. Trump in the 2020 election, he must clench the Democratic nomination — a feat nowhere near locked down as the field of candidates continues to grow. Sen. Bernie Sanders from Vermont in the Quinnipiac poll also beat Trump in Pennsylvania by seven points and many Democrats throughout the country at Biden’s rallies told CBS News they’ll support whoever ends up as the nominee.