NORTH FORT MYERS LCSO searching for missing endangered adult Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing person.
The Weather Authority: Scattered storms for your Saturday The Weather Authority is tracking afternoon scattered storms for Saturday this Labor Day weekend.
WINK NEWS SWFL Scoreboard: High School Football Week 2 The Golden Eagles took down the Cougars 64-7 to win the Crosstown Showdown for the 26th year in a row.
NAPLES Naples mayor speaks out after DUI arrest Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann has sent a statement to WINK News after being charged with a DUI.
FORT MYERS Woman stabbed at Fort Myers gas station Authorities responded to an active scene at a 7-eleven in Fort Myers after a woman was stabbed early Friday evening.
FORT MYERS FMPD investigating a van that followed a student from bus stop Police said a suspicious van followed a middle school student home from the bus stop on Thursday and yelled, “Get in the van.”
CAPE CORAL Report: Teen was on crosswalk when she was hit The driver of the box truck told officers he didn’t see Kendra as she rode in front of him, and he started to go.
FORT MYERS BEACH Celebration of Jimmy Buffet Day at Margaritaville Friday was Jimmy Buffett Day at Margaritaville and Fort Myers Beach is gearing up for a fun party all weekend long.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte County deputies hold training for mental health encounters Charlotte County deputies are entering the community equipped with a new tool for handling mental health: the crisis initiative training.
Neighbors worried about flooding in Rotonda Heights Neighbors in Rotonda Heights are fed up with the flooding and they want to see it fixed.
ORLANDO Smart living moms reclaim their careers Betsy Gardner president and CEO of the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce started Relaunch, a program to help stay-at-home moms.
FORT MYERS BEACH A closer look at the gas leak that killed 2 men at Fort Myers Beach home A closer look at the gas leak that killed two men in Fort Myers Beach has revealed some new details leading up to the deaths.
SANIBEL Sanibel CVS Pharmacy reopening after Hurricane Ian The CVS Pharmacy in Sanibel is reopening nearly two years after Hurricane Ian caused severe damage to it.
FORT MYERS Woman transported after boat hits large wake under Midpoint Bridge A woman had to be transported to the hospital after suffering an injury when the boat she was in struck the wake of a yacht.
NEW YORK (AP) Trump has history sparking outrage for incidents around veterans even as military voters backed him The reported altercation at Arlington National Cemetery involving Donald Trump’s staff was far from the first time that veterans or the families of service members have criticized the former president for words or behavior they saw as disparaging.
NORTH FORT MYERS LCSO searching for missing endangered adult Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a missing person.
The Weather Authority: Scattered storms for your Saturday The Weather Authority is tracking afternoon scattered storms for Saturday this Labor Day weekend.
WINK NEWS SWFL Scoreboard: High School Football Week 2 The Golden Eagles took down the Cougars 64-7 to win the Crosstown Showdown for the 26th year in a row.
NAPLES Naples mayor speaks out after DUI arrest Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann has sent a statement to WINK News after being charged with a DUI.
FORT MYERS Woman stabbed at Fort Myers gas station Authorities responded to an active scene at a 7-eleven in Fort Myers after a woman was stabbed early Friday evening.
FORT MYERS FMPD investigating a van that followed a student from bus stop Police said a suspicious van followed a middle school student home from the bus stop on Thursday and yelled, “Get in the van.”
CAPE CORAL Report: Teen was on crosswalk when she was hit The driver of the box truck told officers he didn’t see Kendra as she rode in front of him, and he started to go.
FORT MYERS BEACH Celebration of Jimmy Buffet Day at Margaritaville Friday was Jimmy Buffett Day at Margaritaville and Fort Myers Beach is gearing up for a fun party all weekend long.
PUNTA GORDA Charlotte County deputies hold training for mental health encounters Charlotte County deputies are entering the community equipped with a new tool for handling mental health: the crisis initiative training.
Neighbors worried about flooding in Rotonda Heights Neighbors in Rotonda Heights are fed up with the flooding and they want to see it fixed.
ORLANDO Smart living moms reclaim their careers Betsy Gardner president and CEO of the Winter Park Chamber of Commerce started Relaunch, a program to help stay-at-home moms.
FORT MYERS BEACH A closer look at the gas leak that killed 2 men at Fort Myers Beach home A closer look at the gas leak that killed two men in Fort Myers Beach has revealed some new details leading up to the deaths.
SANIBEL Sanibel CVS Pharmacy reopening after Hurricane Ian The CVS Pharmacy in Sanibel is reopening nearly two years after Hurricane Ian caused severe damage to it.
FORT MYERS Woman transported after boat hits large wake under Midpoint Bridge A woman had to be transported to the hospital after suffering an injury when the boat she was in struck the wake of a yacht.
NEW YORK (AP) Trump has history sparking outrage for incidents around veterans even as military voters backed him The reported altercation at Arlington National Cemetery involving Donald Trump’s staff was far from the first time that veterans or the families of service members have criticized the former president for words or behavior they saw as disparaging.
FILE – Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis addresses attendees during the Turning Point USA Student Action Summit on July 22, 2022, in Tampa, Fla. A super PAC backing a 2024 run for Gov. Ron DeSantis has hired several Republican operatives who have worked on campaigns for former President Donald Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas and Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin. The “Never Back Down” PAC, led by former Trump-era Department of Homeland Security senior official Ken Cuccinelli, is expected to be the main outside group backing a potential 2024 DeSantis run, according to two people familiar with the governor’s planning. The PAC will be able to accept donations of unlimited value and could receive transfers from DeSantis’ state political committee, “Friends of Ron DeSantis.” That committee has $82.4 million cash on hand as of March 1, according to the latest filing with Florida’s Division of Elections. According to two GOP operatives with direct knowledge of the hires, the PAC has brought on Phil Cox, a senior adviser to DeSantis’ 2022 reelection campaign, as senior adviser to the group. Kristin Davison, a top political adviser to Youngkin, will be its chief operating officer. David Polyansky, an adviser to Cruz’s 2016 campaign and his Senate chief of staff, will serve as a senior adviser to the PAC. Polyansky was also the senior adviser to former Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s 2016 campaign and for the 2014 campaign of Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa. Republican pollster Chris Wilson of WPA Intelligence will oversee the group’s data operations. Former senior communications aides for Trump’s 2020 reelection campaign, Erin Perrine and Matt Wolking, were also hired by the PAC. Jeff Roe, a seasoned Republican operative who was the campaign manager for Cruz’s 2016 campaign, will be a senior adviser to the PAC. “Winning back the White House will take a leader unlike any this nation has seen, and that leader is Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Never Back Down is the movement to get him there, and the team we’ve assembled is strong, with a depth of political experience to make history. 2024 is not 2016– it’s a new day in the Republican Party,” said Chris Jankowski, the executive director of the PAC. Davison and Roe ran Youngkin’s successful 2021 campaign in Virginia and are expected to continue advising him. Youngkin has not shown any clear signs on whether he will or will not run for president in 2024, but over the next few months, he is expected to ramp up his fundraising and campaign for Virginia state Republicans in their November elections. The Trump campaign, meanwhile, has hired Trevor Naglieri to serve as New Hampshire state director, a GOP operative familiar with the move confirmed to CBS News. Naglieri previously worked on the 2016 presidential campaigns of both former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and Sen. Ted Cruz. Politico first reported the move. DeSantis has not declared a run for president but has upcoming visits planned for New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina, all early presidential primary states, as part of his book tour and speaking engagements. He was in Iowa to promote his book and “Freedom Blueprint” earlier this month and is expected to travel to Georgia, Maryland, Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and the Washington D.C. area for events in the coming weeks. Should he decide to run for president, it is expected he will get into the race in the late spring or early summer after his state’s legislative session ends in early May. Justin Sayfie, a veteran GOP lobbyist who was former senior adviser to Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and has served in three different Republican presidential administrations, including the Trump administration, said the super PAC’s hires are a “signal DeSantis’ campaign infrastructure being put in place to fight the battle.” “It’s notable that some of the members of the team have experienced being in a GOP presidential primary with Trump in it,” Sayfie said, referencing Polyansky’s and Roe’s experience with the Cruz 2016 campaign, which was successful in winning the Iowa caucus and won some crucial victories in the primaries but eventually fell short to Trump in winning the GOP nomination. He added that $80 million potentially being transferred to the super PAC could discourage donors for “those non-Trump, non-DeSantis” campaigns. “If you’re being solicited by one of the other presidential campaigns to help be a fundraiser, to raise money, and you see that Ron DeSantis is transferring 80 million into his super PAC, you’re gonna ask yourself, how long is it gonna take candidate X to raise $80 million dollars?” Sayfie said.