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.
The Everglades. (Credit: WINK News) The fight for the Everglades is a long and ongoing battle, but on Thursday night, the Everglades Foundation and its supporters took a moment to celebrate 30 years. They looked back on all the progress made while pinpointing where we need to go from here to protect our future. The Everglades are the heart of Florida’s environment. “This is a national treasure right here in our own backyard,” said Eric Eikenberg, CEO of the Everglades Foundation. It is a treasure that Eikenberg says has been in poor health for years. “We have a plumbing problem. Lake Okeechobee rises today. The only option is to open the gates, east and west, and billions of gallons of polluted water goes to the Caloosahatchee to the southwest coast of this state.” A true snapshot of old Florida, whose cry for help is shown in the fish kills, loss of jobs, and threats to human health. “So the crisis is the way we’re managing water today. Everglades restoration redirects the flow of water on the Florida peninsula, recharges the drinking supply for a third of the population, and it protects the economy,” said Eikenberg. While we have a long way to go, the Everglades Foundation spent Thursday night celebrating the battles they have won so far. battle like the groundbreaking of a reservoir south of Lake Okeechobee that will send more water down to Florida Bay and Clyde Butcher, whose photographs of the Everglades inspired love, appreciation, and protection of the Everglades. “If we can’t save the Everglades, we can’t save the world,” said Butcher. Thursday’s event raised $1.4 million for Everglades restoration. Butcher is known for his photos in black and white, but there’s more color to his story. “When I was growing up, my mother had a hard time finding me. I’d be out in the woods somewhere.” Although he had a lifelong lover of the outdoors, it took him a little while to warm up to the Florida landscape. “There was nothing photograph. It was just dead dark blah,” said Butcher. “I came here, and photographers were doing birds and gators. You can go to the zoo and do that.” After a while, his eyes were opened to the state’s true beauty. He realized he had to get out of the car and go hunting for it. “You have to get into it. You can’t see it from afar.” Nearly four decades later, his photography career is bringing the Everglades into focus for many. His influence and images are seared into wildlife photographer Mac Stone’s mind forever. “The Everglades was like this, this like homeland, it was like this, this the sanctuary. And only way I got to know it was through Clyde’s photographs. So when I was growing up, I would look at Clyde’s photographs. And that was the inspiration for me to come down and see this place for my very first time,” said Stone, an Everglades Foundation board member. Stone describes Butcher as a pioneer, and not just for the way he brought these massive cameras into “difficult to navigate” areas. “He gave us permission to love these places that other people hated and wanted to stay away from. He romanticized the swamps here. Romanticize the cypress here, romanticize the mangroves. And he really celebrated what is real Florida. And for me, that was, like, that’s number one. Because to speak a language that is inherently Floridian, I think, is truly unique and is really a treasure,” Stone said. His favorite Clyde Butcher photo is called “Moonrise.” “It’s this bowl of clouds that are that’s holding up this moon as it’s rising or it’s setting. And it’s over these dwarf cypress and dwarf cypress are uniquely in the southern Everglades. And you could tell he was up high because he’s up above the cypress. And I remember seeing that photo. And it’s forever been my favorite photo.”