Lee Deputies work to track down transient sex offenders who fail to registerThe Weather Authority: Stay alert – chance of showers and storms on Sunday
LEE COUNTY Lee Deputies work to track down transient sex offenders who fail to register WINK News Anchor Corey Lazar goes on patrol with Lee County Deputies in search of transient sex offenders who don’t register.
National Hurricane Preparedness Week: Know your risk Hurricane season starts on June 1st, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has designated the week of May 5 through May 11 as National Hurricane Preparedness Week. Each day, Meteorologist Lauren Kreidler will be highlighting ways to stay prepared ahead of this year’s hurricane season.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Stay alert – chance of showers and storms on Sunday Hot, humid, and more rain for parts of Southwest Florida on Sunday.
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.
The Weather Authority: A wet Saturday evening as storms move through Southwest Florida A rainy Saturday evening across much of southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS Lee Health Touch-A-Truck event educates families on Trauma Awareness On Saturday morning, sirens were ringing to celebrate Lee Health Trauma Center’s 30 years of service and to provide the public with trauma education and prevention methods.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (CBS) CDC says bird flu viruses “pose pandemic potential,” cites major knowledge gaps Bird flu continues to appear to pose a “low risk to the general public” for now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. But the agency’s scientists ran into roadblocks investigating a human case of this “pandemic potential” virus this year, they said in a new report.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Bay Street Yard set to open in late May A new place to hang out in Downtown Fort Myers is opening this spring.
Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ+ customers in need of fertility treatment.
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.
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.
LEE COUNTY Lee Deputies work to track down transient sex offenders who fail to register WINK News Anchor Corey Lazar goes on patrol with Lee County Deputies in search of transient sex offenders who don’t register.
National Hurricane Preparedness Week: Know your risk Hurricane season starts on June 1st, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has designated the week of May 5 through May 11 as National Hurricane Preparedness Week. Each day, Meteorologist Lauren Kreidler will be highlighting ways to stay prepared ahead of this year’s hurricane season.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: Stay alert – chance of showers and storms on Sunday Hot, humid, and more rain for parts of Southwest Florida on Sunday.
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.
The Weather Authority: A wet Saturday evening as storms move through Southwest Florida A rainy Saturday evening across much of southwest Florida.
FORT MYERS Lee Health Touch-A-Truck event educates families on Trauma Awareness On Saturday morning, sirens were ringing to celebrate Lee Health Trauma Center’s 30 years of service and to provide the public with trauma education and prevention methods.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA (CBS) CDC says bird flu viruses “pose pandemic potential,” cites major knowledge gaps Bird flu continues to appear to pose a “low risk to the general public” for now, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. But the agency’s scientists ran into roadblocks investigating a human case of this “pandemic potential” virus this year, they said in a new report.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Bay Street Yard set to open in late May A new place to hang out in Downtown Fort Myers is opening this spring.
Aetna agrees to settle lawsuit over fertility coverage for LGBTQ+ customers Aetna has agreed to settle a lawsuit that accused the health insurer of discriminating against LGBTQ+ customers in need of fertility treatment.
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.
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.
Lauren Dumolo (Credit: CCPD) The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said Thursday that the remains investigators were working to identify belong to 36-year-old Briana Tennant, not missing Cape Coral woman Lauren Dumolo. “My detectives are incredibly thorough with each investigation they take on,” Sheriff Carmine Marceno said in an LCSO release. “Early on, it was unclear whether these remains belonged to Lauren Dumolo. Regardless, we treated this case with the same care as all the others, and followed every possible lead.” “While this is a setback in the quest for closure for Lauren’s family, hope remains that Lauren is out there,” said Cape Coral Police Chief Anthony Sizemore in a press release. “We are grateful for the quick response to our plea for dental records at yesterday’s news conference. This new piece of evidence is vital for our ongoing investigation. I spoke with Lauren’s father Paul and he shares in the mix of emotions. While it’s disappointing to not achieve closure, that is balanced with wanting to keep hope alive that Lauren will be found safe.” Father Paul Dumolo wants answers because he thought he would have them this week, but now knows he doesn’t. “I’m really trying to stay calm because I went from this super low and telling everyone in my family we had this realization that this is my daughter and she’s gone,” Paul said. “And then 24 hours later, ‘Oh, sorry. No, it’s not.’” Paul lost hope that Lauren was alive but had high hopes that he could finally bring her home, and his hopes went even higher when Scott Kleveno found the dentist who had Lauren’s dental records. “I’m a computer geek, so I got on the internet, and from the time the press conference till about three in the morning, I’m trying to trace Lauren’s history,” Kleveno explained. All that came crashing down a day later with a single phone call from the Cape Coral police chief. “I was like, ‘I’m speechless. This wasn’t the call I was expecting,’” Paul said. “I was expecting you to say that you got the dental records, and this is my daughter. I never ever, ever in a million years expected to hear, ‘Sorry, it’s not your daughter.’” Briana’s family has been notified, and they confirmed they hadn’t communicated with her in months, and never reported her as missing. “Why wasn’t this put through this national database from the fifth to the 13th?” Paul said. “How is that not done first … It’s more than devastating. It’s heartbreaking. It’s traumatizing. It’s an emotional rollercoaster, and it’s nothing I would ever, ever wish on my worst enemy.” This is an active investigation. There is no further information at this time. Law enforcement held a news conference on Wednesday with a plea to dentists across the country, in hopes to obtain dental records for missing Lauren Dumolo. That plea worked. The next day, a dentist in Perryville, Maryland, where she lived when she was 18, said he had her records, according to Paul Dumolo, Lauren’s father. The records were needed to identify remains found in North Fort Myers off Pine Island Road near Bayshore Road on Oct. 5. Lauren disappeared June 19, 2020, and has been considered a missing person since then. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno said on Wednesday that the skeletal remains of what appears to be a white woman, between the ages of 30 and 50 were found. The person appeared to have been deceased less than five years but more than six months. Dumolo’s father originally said investigators told him it could take approximately a week to get records and confirm the identity. MORE: Lauren Dumolo’s dental records needed to identify recently found remains