WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child PornThe Weather Authority: Sun, clouds, humidity, rain – it’s all in your weekend forecast
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child Porn This week’s segment of Wink Neighborhood Watch features an armed robber, fraud at a pawn shop, and possession of child pornography.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Sun, clouds, humidity, rain – it’s all in your weekend forecast Saturday afternoon will be hot and humid, with a mix of sun and clouds.
LEHIGH ACRES Chaotic lake getting fence and security Now, with all the negative attention it has gotten, some think putting up a fence is a great way to keep that bad activity out.
CAPE CORAL What we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride along On Friday, WINK News got to ride along to see just what people are doing that could be wasting water.
FORT MYERS Students affected by COVID-19 able to graduate for the first time For many young people, COVID stripped away one of their greatest rites of passage: graduation.
Deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County Authorities are at the scene of a deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County on Friday afternoon.
Celebrating Free Comic Book Day in SWFL JP Sports store manager Jonathan Powell said this is a generational event that brings families together to reminisce on comics and other hobby-related knickknacks.
FORT MYERS Group rescues dogs before getting put down in Lee County Our animal shelters are packed with amazing puppies who have the sole desire to be loved.
FORT MYERS FGCU student beats all odds and is able to graduate Nearly four years ago, Marisa Manning had her heart set on going to Florida Gulf Coast University but never thought she’d find her passion for studying parasites.
FORT MYERS Victim in MLK Blvd. shooting identified as social media influencer The victim of the Martin Luther King Boulevard shooting has been identified as a local social media influencer.
FORT MYERS Could a Ferris wheel in downtown Fort Myers work? Right now, there are talks to bring a Ferris wheel to downtown Fort Myers, but several things are still up in the air.
LITTLE HICKORY BAY Improving ‘Hell’s Gate’ safety, a notoriously dangerous waterway for boaters A push to make an area known as “Hell’s Gate” safer since it’s a dangerous stretch of water with several blind corners within Little Hickory Bay.
Fixing failed back surgeries More than a million and a half people in the U.S. undergo back surgery each year. However, classic back surgery has one of the highest failure rates of any surgery.
WINK NEWS Getting an inside look at the FEMA discount controversy Picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ian has been difficult for many and moving on can impact our wallets.
FGCU FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff playing for hometown team after labrum injury FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff is living the dream playing for the hometown team after he overcame a labrum injury.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child Porn This week’s segment of Wink Neighborhood Watch features an armed robber, fraud at a pawn shop, and possession of child pornography.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Sun, clouds, humidity, rain – it’s all in your weekend forecast Saturday afternoon will be hot and humid, with a mix of sun and clouds.
LEHIGH ACRES Chaotic lake getting fence and security Now, with all the negative attention it has gotten, some think putting up a fence is a great way to keep that bad activity out.
CAPE CORAL What we learned about Cape Coral’s water crisis after a ride along On Friday, WINK News got to ride along to see just what people are doing that could be wasting water.
FORT MYERS Students affected by COVID-19 able to graduate for the first time For many young people, COVID stripped away one of their greatest rites of passage: graduation.
Deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County Authorities are at the scene of a deadly crash on State Road 29 in Hendry County on Friday afternoon.
Celebrating Free Comic Book Day in SWFL JP Sports store manager Jonathan Powell said this is a generational event that brings families together to reminisce on comics and other hobby-related knickknacks.
FORT MYERS Group rescues dogs before getting put down in Lee County Our animal shelters are packed with amazing puppies who have the sole desire to be loved.
FORT MYERS FGCU student beats all odds and is able to graduate Nearly four years ago, Marisa Manning had her heart set on going to Florida Gulf Coast University but never thought she’d find her passion for studying parasites.
FORT MYERS Victim in MLK Blvd. shooting identified as social media influencer The victim of the Martin Luther King Boulevard shooting has been identified as a local social media influencer.
FORT MYERS Could a Ferris wheel in downtown Fort Myers work? Right now, there are talks to bring a Ferris wheel to downtown Fort Myers, but several things are still up in the air.
LITTLE HICKORY BAY Improving ‘Hell’s Gate’ safety, a notoriously dangerous waterway for boaters A push to make an area known as “Hell’s Gate” safer since it’s a dangerous stretch of water with several blind corners within Little Hickory Bay.
Fixing failed back surgeries More than a million and a half people in the U.S. undergo back surgery each year. However, classic back surgery has one of the highest failure rates of any surgery.
WINK NEWS Getting an inside look at the FEMA discount controversy Picking up the pieces after Hurricane Ian has been difficult for many and moving on can impact our wallets.
FGCU FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff playing for hometown team after labrum injury FGCU pitcher Dylan Wolff is living the dream playing for the hometown team after he overcame a labrum injury.
Democratic presidential candidates former South Bend Mayor Pete Buttigieg, left, shakes hands with Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., right, as Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., back left, and former Vice President Joe Biden, back right, stand on stage Friday, Feb. 7, 2020, before the start of a Democratic presidential primary debate hosted by ABC News, Apple News, and WMUR-TV at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, N.H. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Seven Democrats took the stage in Manchester, New Hampshire, on Friday night for the eighth Democratic debate, where they tackled a host of issues including impeachment, healthcare and the opioid crisis. The three-hour contest at St. Anselm College comes four days before the first-in-the nation primary and marks the first meeting of Democratic candidates following the chaotic Iowa caucuses, which left Pete Buttigieg and Bernie Sanders at the top of the field. Joining Sanders and Buttigieg on stage were Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar, Andrew Yang and Tom Steyer. The Democratic presidential hopefuls tackled a wide range of topics of importance to the nation and New Hampshire voters, in particular. Here are some standout moments: Standing ovation for Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman During an exchange that began with a question about Republicans’ efforts to investigate Hunter Biden, son of Joe Biden, the former vice president discussed President Trump’s dismissal of Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, who testified about the president’s dealings with Ukraine during the House’s impeachment inquiry. He was escorted out of the White House on Friday. “Colonel Vindman got thrown out of the White House today, walked out,” Biden said. “He should be pinning a medal in Vindman and not on Rush Limbaugh. And I think we should all stand and give Colonel Vindman a show of how much we supported him. Stand up and clap for Vindman. Get up there.” The audience cheered and rose to their feet. “That’s who we are. We are not who Trump is,” Biden said. Democrats cheer GOP Senator Mitt Romney for impeachment vote Several of the Democratic candidates on stage had words of praise for a Republican who is no stranger to New Hampshire and the primary: Senator and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney. Klobuchar was the first to laud Romney, who represents Utah, for his vote last week to convict Mr. Trump on a charge of abusing his power. Romney was the only Republican to break with his party to find the president guilty on the first impeachment charge. He voted to acquit Mr. Trump on the second charge, obstruction of Congress. “There was a lot of courage that you saw from only a few people,” Klobuchar said of difficult votes taken during the impeachment trial. “There was courage from Doug Jones, our friend from Alabama who took that tough vote. There was courage from Mitt Romney, who took a very, very tough vote.” Sanders, of Vermont, also praised Romney, saying he was the only Republican to have “the guts” to vote against Mr. Trump. The audience cheered the GOP senator, who won the New Hampshire primary and the Republican nomination for president in 2012. He lost the state to then-President Barack Obama in the general election. Biden shows love for Sanders in response to Hillary Clinton’s criticism ABC News’ Linsey Davis posed a question about comments Hillary Clinton made about Bernie Sanders during an interview last month, in which she claimed “nobody likes him, nobody wants to work with him, he got nothing done.” The question prompted Joe Biden to move from behind his lectern and wrap his arm around Sanders. Klobuchar, who the question was directed at, said of Sanders, “I like Bernie just fine,” and noted her work with Sanders on the price of prescription drugs. Candidates take on the Supreme Court After seven debates, Democratic candidates for the first time engaged in an extended discussion about their plans for the U.S. Supreme Court and the issues before it, including on their potential nominees to the high court. Biden and Sanders both said they would impose a litmus test on abortion for Supreme Court candidates “Yes,” Biden said when asked if he would have a litmus test on abortion. “Look, here’s the deal, a litmus test on abortion relates to a fundamental value in the Constitution. A woman does have a right to choose.” Sanders, meanwhile, said he will never nominate any person to the Supreme Court or the federal courts in general who is not 100% pro-Roe v. Wade.” A number of the candidates, including Biden, Sanders, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Senator Amy Klobuchar, called for legislation codifying a woman’s right to an abortion. Biden took credit for the nominations of three of the four justices on the liberal wing of the bench, as well as the defeat of Robert Bork, a conservative jurist President Ronald Reagan unsuccessfully tapped for the Supreme Court in 1987. “I was part of the reason why Elena Kagan, who worked for me, got on the Supreme Court. I was part of the reason why Ruth Bader Ginsburg is on the court. I was part of the reason why [Sonia] Sotomayor is on the court,” he said. “I am the reason why this right wasn’t taken away a long time ago because I almost single-handedly made sure that Robert Bork did not get on the court because he did not think there should be unenumerated rights.” Candidates were also pressed on calls to expand the number of justices on the Supreme Court. “What I called for is not only reforming the number of justices on the bench, but structural reform so that some of the justices are not appointed through a partisan process,” Buttigieg said. “We cannot allow the Supreme Court to continue to become one more political battlefield as we are seeing today.”