Woman arrested in connection to fatal Lehigh Acres hit-and-run crashMan accused of shooting into own home following dispute; exposes drugs
LEHIGH ACRES Woman arrested in connection to fatal Lehigh Acres hit-and-run crash The wife of the suspected Lehigh Acres hit-and-run driver who killed a motorcyclist and injured the victim’s passenger has been arrested for allegedly tampering with evidence.
Man accused of shooting into own home following dispute; exposes drugs The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man accused of shooting into his own home following a domestic dispute.
FORT MYERS ‘Like a Football’: Man accused of throwing dog over apartment balcony The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man who stands accused of animal cruelty, throwing his dog over an apartment balcony.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral man federally sentenced for COVID-19 relief fraud A Cape Coral man has been sentenced to 45 months in federal prison for bank fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
The Weather Authority The Weather Authority: More rain and storms for your Tuesday plans The Weather Authority is tracking isolated rain and storms arriving inland before moving towards the coast.
lehigh acres Driver killed following crash into canal in Lehigh Acres The Florida Highway Patrol and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a deadly crash into a canal in Lehigh Acres.
Motorcyclist injured after Golden Gate crash A motorcyclist is fighting to recover from a crash in a Golden Gate neighborhood on Monday.
NAPLES Patients caught in the middle of NCH and Florida Blue negotiations Patients are worried they’ll have to find new doctors if Florida Blue and NCH cannot reach an agreement.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Apartment community center ransacked in Downtown Fort Myers Residents in a luxury apartment woke up on Sunday morning to ransacked packages and what appeared to be blood splatters on the floor.
CAPE CORAL Families forced to vacate Cape Coral find out on WINK News Neighbors living into Cape Coral told WINK News they found out from our reporting last month that soon they’ll have to vacate the properties they’re currently living in and renting.
FORT MYERS Local art institutions still feeling pinch of DeSantis’ $32 million art grant veto Southwest Florida’s growing art landscape is feeling the effects of Governor Ron DeSantis’ art grant veto and is trying to bounce back.
CAPTIVA Captiva Beach continues renourishment project Nearly two years later, the recovery efforts from Hurricane Ian continue on Captiva Beach. People WINK News spoke with say it’s a work in progress since Hurricane Ian, but they are hopeful as more time passes and more sand is brought in for beach renourishment.
Proposal to mine in the Everglades withdrawn for now The now-withdrawn proposal for the Southland Water Resource Project was submitted to the South Florida Water Management District in July by contractor Phillips and Jordan.
FORT MYERS Bishop Verot cross-country runner commits to UF The Bishop Verot Catholic High School senior won a state championship last year. Now, she’s committed to running at the University of Florida.
DeSantis fights back on Amendment 4 Florida may not be the swing state it used to be, but we’ll be on the map and certainly making headlines for at least one big reason this year: Abortion.
LEHIGH ACRES Woman arrested in connection to fatal Lehigh Acres hit-and-run crash The wife of the suspected Lehigh Acres hit-and-run driver who killed a motorcyclist and injured the victim’s passenger has been arrested for allegedly tampering with evidence.
Man accused of shooting into own home following dispute; exposes drugs The Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man accused of shooting into his own home following a domestic dispute.
FORT MYERS ‘Like a Football’: Man accused of throwing dog over apartment balcony The Lee County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man who stands accused of animal cruelty, throwing his dog over an apartment balcony.
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral man federally sentenced for COVID-19 relief fraud A Cape Coral man has been sentenced to 45 months in federal prison for bank fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.
The Weather Authority The Weather Authority: More rain and storms for your Tuesday plans The Weather Authority is tracking isolated rain and storms arriving inland before moving towards the coast.
lehigh acres Driver killed following crash into canal in Lehigh Acres The Florida Highway Patrol and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a deadly crash into a canal in Lehigh Acres.
Motorcyclist injured after Golden Gate crash A motorcyclist is fighting to recover from a crash in a Golden Gate neighborhood on Monday.
NAPLES Patients caught in the middle of NCH and Florida Blue negotiations Patients are worried they’ll have to find new doctors if Florida Blue and NCH cannot reach an agreement.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Apartment community center ransacked in Downtown Fort Myers Residents in a luxury apartment woke up on Sunday morning to ransacked packages and what appeared to be blood splatters on the floor.
CAPE CORAL Families forced to vacate Cape Coral find out on WINK News Neighbors living into Cape Coral told WINK News they found out from our reporting last month that soon they’ll have to vacate the properties they’re currently living in and renting.
FORT MYERS Local art institutions still feeling pinch of DeSantis’ $32 million art grant veto Southwest Florida’s growing art landscape is feeling the effects of Governor Ron DeSantis’ art grant veto and is trying to bounce back.
CAPTIVA Captiva Beach continues renourishment project Nearly two years later, the recovery efforts from Hurricane Ian continue on Captiva Beach. People WINK News spoke with say it’s a work in progress since Hurricane Ian, but they are hopeful as more time passes and more sand is brought in for beach renourishment.
Proposal to mine in the Everglades withdrawn for now The now-withdrawn proposal for the Southland Water Resource Project was submitted to the South Florida Water Management District in July by contractor Phillips and Jordan.
FORT MYERS Bishop Verot cross-country runner commits to UF The Bishop Verot Catholic High School senior won a state championship last year. Now, she’s committed to running at the University of Florida.
DeSantis fights back on Amendment 4 Florida may not be the swing state it used to be, but we’ll be on the map and certainly making headlines for at least one big reason this year: Abortion.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis hold news conference for Protecting Florida Together (Office of Gov. Ron DeSantis) A one-stop shop to get the information on the water quality issues affecting Southwest Florida. The new state website called Protecting Florida Together provides updates on blue-green algae, red tide as well as other key environmental projects. The site includes information on three waterways, including Lake Okeechobee. Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis made the announcement of the site at Lover’s Key State Park on Tuesday afternoon. Gov. Ron DeSantis and the First Lady announce the Protecting Florida Together website. (WINK News) They were joined by Florida Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Noah Valenstein, State Surgeon General Dr. Scott Rivkees and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Executive Director Eric Sutton. The new, online tool at protectingfloridatogether.gov is also mobile-friendly. The goal behind the website is to give Floridians a tool that is easily accessible and where they can get streamlined information about nutrients and algal blooms, along with other water quality information. Patty Meyers tries to make it down to Florida at least once a year. “Now our new goal is twice a year,” she says. But this is her first time visiting Lover’s Key. “It’s beautiful. The pictures that we saw online, it just was beautiful with a lot of shells, and just absolutely gorgeous and it is,” said the Ohio resident. Her visit comes the same day DeSantis announced the new, online tool. It’s something Meyers says she’ll put to good use. “Definitely because I was there Googling this morning trying to find out where the red tide was and so yeah, a website like that would be awesome because there’s a lot of different ones, but there needs to be one,” she said. Here’s how the website works. If you scroll down to “water quality status,” you can click and learn more about nutrients, blue-green algae and red tide. “I think this is good, it’s accountability, it’s transparency and we think that this is the best way to go so that the public has the information that they need,” said DeSantis during the news conference. “One of the things that’s very near and dear to my heart is meeting with the families and mothers who asked on the campaign trail and obviously when the governor got into office about the water quality and what that means for their health and what that means for their children,” said First Lady Casey DeSantis. Now as the website currently focuses on the Caloosahatchee, Lake O and St. Lucie, the goal is to expand the tool statewide over the year. Also at the news conference, DeSantis mentioned that he’d be announcing who he’d chosen to fill the final spot on the South Florida Water Management District’s Governing Board. He appointed Benjamin Butler to the nine-member board. Butler is the manager of a family-owned dairy farm called Butler Oaks Farm. This comes after DeSantis requested the entire previous governing board to step down shortly after taking office. DeSantis says this new member represents inland Florida. “We basically have eight coastal folks on now and so this will be someone from more of the heartland, from southern Orange County down. It’s a pretty big landmass,” he said. The appointment will be final after confirmation from the Florida Senate. Butler is slated to serve a four-year term.