Man accused of fatal shooting of truck driver appears in courtSUV crashes into Naples restaurant’s window; no injuries
FORT MYERS Man accused of fatal shooting of truck driver appears in court A man facing second-degree murder charges following an altercation with a pickup truck driver made an appearance in court.
NAPLES SUV crashes into Naples restaurant’s window; no injuries A popular Naples restaurant is cleaning up after an SUV partially crashed into it, but luckily, nobody was hurt.
PUNTA GORDA 20th annual Hibiscus Festival begins in Punta Gorda The 20th annual Hibiscus Festival at Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda begins Friday morning and runs all weekend.
WINK NEWS Lehigh Acres senior caretaker accused of stealing over $70K of patients’ jewelry A senior caretaker has been arrested for allegedly stealing over $70,000 of her patients’ jewelry and pawning it.
Tim Aten Knows: Next phase of Restaurant Row Naples under way Construction of the final phase of Restaurant Row Naples was stalled for months because of financial issues but the three-building project was recently revived.
NAPLES Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s first Florida theater opens in Naples The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has now opened at the company’s first-ever Florida location at Mercato in Naples.
FORT MYERS Friday’s Furry Friends: Rhett, Tag For this week’s Friday’s Furry Friends, WINK visits the Gulf Coast Humane Society to showcase two adorable animals ready to be adopted.
WINK NEWS Recall issued for ground beef sold with possible E. coli at Walmart The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a recall for several ground beef products distributed from Pennsylvania to Walmart’s nationwide.
The Weather Authority Hotter and more humid this Friday afternoon The Weather Authority is tracking a mild Friday morning with dry afternoon conditions and isolated storms appearing in the evening.
PUNTA GORDA ‘Party’s Over’: Dirt biking ends at Barefoot Lake The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has made it clear, the party at Barefoot Lake is over.
ESTERO Crews battle brushfire near Alico Road and Eagle Village Drive San Carlos Park Fire District is on the scene fighting a 2.5-acre brushfire near Alico and Eagle Village Drive.
FORT MYERS Jake’s story: A mother’s mission to share her son’s story and help other young people One Fort Myers mom is turning her pain into purpose after her son, who she refers to as her “heavenly Angel,” took his own life.
CAPE CORAL New renderings for the Cape Coral Yacht Club promise a bright future The Cape Coral Yacht Club, which has been part of this community since the 1960s, will now have a new look after Hurricane Ian’s devastating effects.
LEHIGH ACRES Owner bars public from Barefoot Lake, LCSO installs Watch Tower Every weekend, roughly 200 people go to Barefoot Lake in Lehigh Acres to relax, fish, swim and have a good time.
CAPE CORAL Concern over water shortage in Cape Coral Concern is flowing through Cape Coral as neighbors are seeing their canal levels low and their wells run dry.
FORT MYERS Man accused of fatal shooting of truck driver appears in court A man facing second-degree murder charges following an altercation with a pickup truck driver made an appearance in court.
NAPLES SUV crashes into Naples restaurant’s window; no injuries A popular Naples restaurant is cleaning up after an SUV partially crashed into it, but luckily, nobody was hurt.
PUNTA GORDA 20th annual Hibiscus Festival begins in Punta Gorda The 20th annual Hibiscus Festival at Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda begins Friday morning and runs all weekend.
WINK NEWS Lehigh Acres senior caretaker accused of stealing over $70K of patients’ jewelry A senior caretaker has been arrested for allegedly stealing over $70,000 of her patients’ jewelry and pawning it.
Tim Aten Knows: Next phase of Restaurant Row Naples under way Construction of the final phase of Restaurant Row Naples was stalled for months because of financial issues but the three-building project was recently revived.
NAPLES Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s first Florida theater opens in Naples The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has now opened at the company’s first-ever Florida location at Mercato in Naples.
FORT MYERS Friday’s Furry Friends: Rhett, Tag For this week’s Friday’s Furry Friends, WINK visits the Gulf Coast Humane Society to showcase two adorable animals ready to be adopted.
WINK NEWS Recall issued for ground beef sold with possible E. coli at Walmart The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a recall for several ground beef products distributed from Pennsylvania to Walmart’s nationwide.
The Weather Authority Hotter and more humid this Friday afternoon The Weather Authority is tracking a mild Friday morning with dry afternoon conditions and isolated storms appearing in the evening.
PUNTA GORDA ‘Party’s Over’: Dirt biking ends at Barefoot Lake The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has made it clear, the party at Barefoot Lake is over.
ESTERO Crews battle brushfire near Alico Road and Eagle Village Drive San Carlos Park Fire District is on the scene fighting a 2.5-acre brushfire near Alico and Eagle Village Drive.
FORT MYERS Jake’s story: A mother’s mission to share her son’s story and help other young people One Fort Myers mom is turning her pain into purpose after her son, who she refers to as her “heavenly Angel,” took his own life.
CAPE CORAL New renderings for the Cape Coral Yacht Club promise a bright future The Cape Coral Yacht Club, which has been part of this community since the 1960s, will now have a new look after Hurricane Ian’s devastating effects.
LEHIGH ACRES Owner bars public from Barefoot Lake, LCSO installs Watch Tower Every weekend, roughly 200 people go to Barefoot Lake in Lehigh Acres to relax, fish, swim and have a good time.
CAPE CORAL Concern over water shortage in Cape Coral Concern is flowing through Cape Coral as neighbors are seeing their canal levels low and their wells run dry.
FILE – This September 2020 photo provided by Johnson & Johnson shows a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine developed by the company. (Cheryl Gerber/Courtesy of Johnson & Johnson via AP, File) The only COVID-19 vaccines currently approved require two doses weeks apart, but what if you could get just one shot as we do with the flu vaccine? Johnson & Johnson says it has created a one-dose vaccine that’s yet to be approved by the federal government. Bonita Springs residents Nancy and Terry Meyer were ready as soon as the vaccine was. They headed to the Bonita Springs Library to try for their first doses in late December. “There are already a half a dozen or more people camped out in chairs with blankets, that were going to wait overnight until the next morning at 9 o’clock for the injection. Well, at 85 and 84, we weren’t about to do that,” Terry said. But they didn’t give up, and now, after weeks of effort, they finally scheduled their first appointment on Thursday. “I will just tell you that the gentleman I spoke to just totally relaxed me,” Nancy said. “I said to him, ‘Please stay on the phone,’ and he did. He walked me through everything.” “Yeah, once you got in,” Terry interjected. “Yeah, he was very kind and very sweet,” Nancy replied. That doesn’t mean their challenges are over – challenges like scheduling a second appointment. “I assume I’m getting the Moderna vaccine and I hope that the Moderna vaccine will be available. I know you can’t mix them. So that’s a little frightening,” Nancy said. “I just hope that it will work out that everyone will get the second dose in the allotted amount of time.” “She’s more optimistic than I am about it,” Terry said. But soon, many of us will have access to Johnson & Johnson’s one-dose vaccine. “The safety data seems to be very good, very favorable,” said Dr. Bindu Mayi, professor of microbiology at NSU’s College of Medical Sciences. RELATED LINK: CDC info on the COVID-19 vaccine and the second dose During clinical trials, Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine created antibodies in 90% of participants. Mayi explained that the vaccine is different from Moderna’s and Pfizer’s because it builds off technology already being used to stop other outbreaks, and it’s seeing success. “We already have a lot of data on safety, on efficacy with the Ebola virus vaccine,” Mayi said. “We’re using essentially that same platform, that same technology. But now, instead of plugging in key proteins for the Ebola virus, they have plugged in the key spike protein for the SARS–CoV-2 virus.” Unlike the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, which uses new MRNA technology, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine uses a modified virus. Mayi said it may be a few weeks – or sooner – before Johnson & Johnson submits their data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA). RELATED LINKS How vaccines are made Study on Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine RESOURCE: WINK News is working by the minute on a daily basis to bring our coverage areas in Southwest Florida the latest COVID-19 vaccine information from the counties you live in. Visit our COVID-19 vaccine schedules and information for SWFL story for rolling vaccine updates.