Reckless driver arrested twice in 10 days in Fort MyersWINK Neighborhood Watch: Deadly shooter, home invasion and drug trafficking
FORT MYERS Reckless driver arrested twice in 10 days in Fort Myers A Fort Myers man with a revoked license was arrested twice within 10 days for driving violations.
WINK Neighborhood Watch: Deadly shooter, home invasion and drug trafficking This week’s segment of WINK Neighborhood Watch features deadly shootings, home invasions and drug trafficking.
FORT MYERS Pedestrian dead after crash on McGregor Boulevard The Fort Myers Police Department is investigating a crash that left at least one person dead Saturday night.
Sunday brings sun and clouds with chance for a stray shower The Weather Authority forecasts another seasonal day across Southwest Florida, with temperatures reaching the upper 70s to low 80s this afternoon.
Family of Eagles: FGCU volleyball star graduates with Master’s Degree Saturday marked a special day for Florida Gulf Coast University as more than 1,800 students graduated. For one student-athlete, graduating from FGCU runs in the family.
lehigh acres LCSO: Man shot by car owner protecting property The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting in Lehigh Acres early Saturday morning.
NORTH FORT MYERS Lee County residents wait hours for D-SNAP assistance The supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) is at the Lee Civic Center all weekend, ready to help southwest Florida.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA First eaglet hatches in famous SWFL eagle nest Welcome E24! The third eaglet from the nest of M15 and F23 has hatched according to the Southwest Florida eagle camera.
Rock for Equality: SWFL non-profit hosts benefit concert for Palestine A Southwest Florida non-profit hosted a benefit concert on Friday night to help with humanitarian aid in Palestine.
Warm, breezy Saturday with a few showers possible The Weather Authority is forecasting a breezy, warm weekend in store across Southwest Florida, with the chance of a few showers, particularly on Saturday.
CAPE CORAL Active investigation underway in South Cape Coral Cape Coral police are investigating at a home on Southwest 49th Terrace in South Cape Coral early Saturday morning.
16 transported after 2 airboats crash in Collier County According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, two airboats crashed south of U.S. 41 east between mile markers 74 and 75, leaving well over a dozen people injured.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA New bill filed: Auto shop and law enforcement must work together to solve hit-and-run crashes There could be new detectives on the block, located in your nearest auto shop. A new state bill aims at trying to stop hit-and-run drivers from getting away.
CAPE CORAL New leash on life; Cape Coral shelter dog beats cancer with drug being tested for humans A drug now being studied in human trials to kill cancerous tumors, is already approved and helping animals.
CAPE CORAL City of Cape Coral planning a new interchange with I-75 The city of Cape Coral is in the early stages of planning a new interchange with I-75, an idea that has been discussed for more than a decade.
FORT MYERS Reckless driver arrested twice in 10 days in Fort Myers A Fort Myers man with a revoked license was arrested twice within 10 days for driving violations.
WINK Neighborhood Watch: Deadly shooter, home invasion and drug trafficking This week’s segment of WINK Neighborhood Watch features deadly shootings, home invasions and drug trafficking.
FORT MYERS Pedestrian dead after crash on McGregor Boulevard The Fort Myers Police Department is investigating a crash that left at least one person dead Saturday night.
Sunday brings sun and clouds with chance for a stray shower The Weather Authority forecasts another seasonal day across Southwest Florida, with temperatures reaching the upper 70s to low 80s this afternoon.
Family of Eagles: FGCU volleyball star graduates with Master’s Degree Saturday marked a special day for Florida Gulf Coast University as more than 1,800 students graduated. For one student-athlete, graduating from FGCU runs in the family.
lehigh acres LCSO: Man shot by car owner protecting property The Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a shooting in Lehigh Acres early Saturday morning.
NORTH FORT MYERS Lee County residents wait hours for D-SNAP assistance The supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) is at the Lee Civic Center all weekend, ready to help southwest Florida.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA First eaglet hatches in famous SWFL eagle nest Welcome E24! The third eaglet from the nest of M15 and F23 has hatched according to the Southwest Florida eagle camera.
Rock for Equality: SWFL non-profit hosts benefit concert for Palestine A Southwest Florida non-profit hosted a benefit concert on Friday night to help with humanitarian aid in Palestine.
Warm, breezy Saturday with a few showers possible The Weather Authority is forecasting a breezy, warm weekend in store across Southwest Florida, with the chance of a few showers, particularly on Saturday.
CAPE CORAL Active investigation underway in South Cape Coral Cape Coral police are investigating at a home on Southwest 49th Terrace in South Cape Coral early Saturday morning.
16 transported after 2 airboats crash in Collier County According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, two airboats crashed south of U.S. 41 east between mile markers 74 and 75, leaving well over a dozen people injured.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA New bill filed: Auto shop and law enforcement must work together to solve hit-and-run crashes There could be new detectives on the block, located in your nearest auto shop. A new state bill aims at trying to stop hit-and-run drivers from getting away.
CAPE CORAL New leash on life; Cape Coral shelter dog beats cancer with drug being tested for humans A drug now being studied in human trials to kill cancerous tumors, is already approved and helping animals.
CAPE CORAL City of Cape Coral planning a new interchange with I-75 The city of Cape Coral is in the early stages of planning a new interchange with I-75, an idea that has been discussed for more than a decade.
Students’ experiment on the ISS. (Credit: Shared with WINK News) Reaching for the stars in education, two Southwest Florida students won a competition to send a project to the International Space Station. The winning experiment was designed to create faster production of RSV vaccines It’s one thing to watch the launch of a spacecraft. It’s another to know the experiment you created is on it. Cypress Lake High School student Rhodes and Dunbar High School graduate Anáis Sarnelli can. “There’s so many cool experiments that go into space, and one of ours is one of them, which is just super cool. And not a lot of you know, 16, 17, 18-year-olds can say that,” said Autumn Rhodes, a Cypress Lake High School student. Their experiment flew into space on the SpaceX CRS-27 mission. SpaceX CRS-27. (Credit: SpaceX via NASA) “I like almost cried like, it was it was really cool,” Sarnelli said. Michelle Lucas, the founder and CEO of Higher Orbits, said she created the program for reactions just like that. “We’ve had 17 teams now. 17 experiments fly to space.” In this program, students compete for two days and define and design a space experiment. They have certain parameters to follow, like making sure it can fit in a cube, doesn’t involve animals with a backbone, and nothing that can hurt the astronauts onboard the ISS. “Then we turn them loose. Like, I want their ideas,” said Lucas. “We work with Space Tango to build the experiments. So they work hand in hand with the students to actually physically build the experiment.” The experiments launched into space can have technical applications that can reach us right here on Earth. “What happens when you put bacteria in space?” Sarnelli asked. Sarnelli and Rhodes joined forces to get an answer. The pair sent deinococcus radiodurans, a radioactive-resistant bacteria that thrive in intense environments, to one of the most intense environments known to man. They will monitor what happens for 30 days. “Is the structure intact so that the lipids can be extracted from the bacteria to be used for vaccines?” asked Sarnelli. “Right now, we’re just looking at the growth rate to see if it produces more of the bacteria over time, and right now, we’re seeing a pretty steady increase in bacteria. We haven’t gotten a lot of data yet,” Rhodes said. That little data is promising, and they believe it could change the medical field as we know it when it comes to cancer research. “Understanding how bacteria can regenerate itself can help us understand how human body cells can regenerate themselves,” said Rhodes. “It’s that repairing of its own DNA and the isolating of its cells to where it’s able to regenerate itself. That application turned to humans could be revolutionary for cancer research, but yeah, the one that we’re mostly targeting is the RSV vaccine.” Depending on the answers the duo gets, it may lead to multiple advancements in medicine.