The Weather Authority: Sun, clouds, humidity, rain – it’s all in your weekend forecastChaotic lake getting fence and security
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.
LEHIGH ACRES Frustrated Lehigh parents want action after violent school fights go viral online Violence at a Lehigh Acres Middle school was captured and posted online.
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.
LEHIGH ACRES Frustrated Lehigh parents want action after violent school fights go viral online Violence at a Lehigh Acres Middle school was captured and posted online.
Imagine finding your valuables were dumped in a dumpster. That’s what people we spoke with in Southwest Florida have been experiencing after dropping off their luggage and shoes for repair and never getting them back. The complaints against Superior Shoe and Luggage Repair in Fort Myers date back to six years ago. WINK News reporter Michael Hudak uncovered some of that lost luggage in a dumpster. Chris Candaffio hasn’t seen his luggage since September, and he added that he cant repeat on camera what his wife is saying about the situation. It’s been six months since she sent luggage to Superior Shoe and Luggage Repair for repairs. And Monique Brooks feels his frustration. She filed a lawsuit against the company, saying, “It’s very upsetting. Very upsetting. Very nerve-racking.” They’re both in luggage-handbag limbo. “On June 17, 2021, I dropped off my Louis Vuitton Graceful MM handbag for repair,” Brooks explained. “I have not received my handbag back yet.” She said the bag probably only needed two or three stitches, but after 10 months – nothing. She eventually filed a lawsuit against Superior Shoe and Luggage Repair. The company has been 1947 Colonial Boulevard across from the Edison Mall in Fort Myers for more than a decade, and they boast they’ve served Southwest Florida for more than 35 years. Brooks claims a man named Keith said her Louis Vuitton would be ready in a few weeks. “August 12, 2021, I went by the store and was told that my purse was not ready, but that he would work on it and to check back in two weeks, “Brooks said. So brooks said she checked and checked and checked. When she checked in March she found the store was closed and the windows were boarded up. WINK News visited the store and found a note on the window saying health problems were the reason he couldn’t call any of his customers back, and that he would get back to them soon. But a neighboring business owner told us Keith was out back packing up a U-Haul – So we had some questions for him. We asked owner Keith Nicely how many items of luggage were inside this store. Zero he said, “They have all been moved to my storage unit.” When asked if all of his customers’ items have been moved to his storage unit, and said yes, they were moved to a business storage unit. Nicely pointed us to that dumpster out back. He said he couldn’t hang on to everything anymore because of his health problems, so he threw out the ones he’s had the longest. The only way through this problem was to literally go dumpster diving. All of the bags had been sliced with a knife but the dumpster diving paid dividends. Some of the bags and luggage had tags with names on them. The very first one we found belonged to a doctor. Doctor Larry Potts of Venice, so we called him. “My wife gave me that set of luggage in 1981 when I received my doctorate degree,” Potts said, “and it was very important to me.” The photo of his wife was still taped to the inside, and a picture of his dog, Loki was there too. The note that larry wrote six years ago to Superior Shoe and Luggage was still in the bag, reading: “Both clamps are broken. Please help. Thanks, Larry.” “Months and months and months went by and I’d call him and he said, whatever. He always had an excuse,” Potts explained. “I called every two or three months, over a two-or-three-year period of time. And then finally, I’ve just left a message and said, ‘you know, this is really a heartless thing you’ve done. And you know you should be ashamed of yourself.’ And then I never called again.” Doctor potts told me his wife died in 1996. The photo, one of his favorites, is one of the only things he has left. Potts is understandably upset – Brooks too. As for the man who turned to WINK News for help, Chris Candaffio, who hasn’t seen his luggage since September. We asked, “are you going to get your wife another bag?” He said, “Unfortunately. She only has 10 left. She’s desperate.” Unfortunately, that Louis Vitton bag was not found in the dumpster. Nicely said he was driving the U-Haul to Miami to deliver machinery back to a friend and that he would be back shortly to give people their luggage back that was being held in the storage unit in Fort Myers. WINK News went back to the Plaza two of the last three days and no one has seen of heard from nicely since he left. There are no known criminal cases against Nicely, however, the company faces a civil lawsuit from Brooks.