‘It’s devastating’: Neighbor reflects on fatal fire in Port Charlotte‘The sound of death’ Neighbors concerned by amount of crashes on Joel Blvd
PORT CHARLOTTE ‘It’s devastating’: Neighbor reflects on fatal fire in Port Charlotte A devastating house fire Monday night in Port Charlotte has left one person dead and another hospitalized while neighbors mourn the possible loss of a beloved member of their community.
‘The sound of death’ Neighbors concerned by amount of crashes on Joel Blvd A woman is heartbroken from witnessing crash after crash outside her Lehigh Acres home.
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EVERGLADES Biden signs Water Resources Development Act, its effect on SWFL President Biden recently signed into law the Water Resources Development Act with an aim to improve rivers and harbors across the country and provide for the conservation of water. Southwest Florida was included in that act. Putting the 240-page plan together took a lot of work, not just from state and federal lawmakers, but also […]
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PORT CHARLOTTE ‘It’s devastating’: Neighbor reflects on fatal fire in Port Charlotte A devastating house fire Monday night in Port Charlotte has left one person dead and another hospitalized while neighbors mourn the possible loss of a beloved member of their community.
‘The sound of death’ Neighbors concerned by amount of crashes on Joel Blvd A woman is heartbroken from witnessing crash after crash outside her Lehigh Acres home.
Fort Myers get 15% increase on flood insurance discount WINK News is finding out what led to the city of Fort Myers going from just a 5% FEMA flood insurance discount to a 20% discount.
FORT MYERS Locals house California wildfire victims The effects of the California fires are being felt worldwide as people evacuate some are in southwest Florida.
LOVERS KEY Couple returns to Lovers Key condo post Ian While Hurricane Ian is long gone from Southwest Florida, many are still feeling its impacts.
EVERGLADES Biden signs Water Resources Development Act, its effect on SWFL President Biden recently signed into law the Water Resources Development Act with an aim to improve rivers and harbors across the country and provide for the conservation of water. Southwest Florida was included in that act. Putting the 240-page plan together took a lot of work, not just from state and federal lawmakers, but also […]
Turning business travel into a vacation Would work travel seem a little easier if you could turn it into a vacation? Two professors say they have proof that would help business travel.
The future of biometrics: Safer security or new AI risks? In 2021, the Transportation Service Agency (TSA) launched its new touchless identity solution in the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County airport.
CAPE CORAL Pelican Elementary resource officer saves infant A school resource officer at Pelican Elementary saved an infants’ life at a traffic stop in Cape Coral.
FORT MYERS Progress being made on City View Park in Dunbar More promises made by a city that has not kept its promises for the last six years have some neighbors concerned about the future of their community.
COLLIER COUNTY Seacrest hoops player hits a full court buzzer beater Seacrest Country Day School boys basketball player Hayden Fuller hits full court buzzer beater against Aubrey Rogers.
NAPLES Cutting-edge ACL surgery reducing reinjury risk by 80% Known for its game-changing orthopedic repair options, Naples-based Arthrex has done it again.
NAPLES MacStrength FL offers sport and lifestyle training for young athletes In 2025, MacStrength FL is swinging for success with their current players and for a wider reach in its community.
You can appeal FEMA’s decision on your claim – Here’s how Now a week after the deadline for FEMA hurricane assistance has closed, the federal agency says you can appeal their decision on your claim if you don’t agree.
Naples selects city CFO as next city manager, averts national search Naples Deputy City Manager and Chief Financial Officer Gary Young will become the next city manager, averting a lengthy, expensive national search for a replacement.
Anthony Hicks mugshot. CREDIT: COLLIER COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE Gut-wrenching and alarming visuals show the impact of what just a small amount of fentanyl can do to someone. Fentanyl is filling the streets and taking the lives of people who have no idea they are taking the drug. WINK News reported on a grand jury indicting Anthony Hicks for first-degree capital murder. Hicks is accused of playing a part in the overdose of a 25-year-old woman. Detectives say Hicks sold her what she thought was Percocet, and unknown to her, it was laced with fentanyl. State attorney Amira Fox made a promise to people who deal the dangerous drugs. “If I can prove it, and you sell or distribute a controlled substance to somebody, and it kills them or is a substantial factor in their death, I can and I will prosecute you,” said Fox. Hicks is the second person locally charged with first-degree murder for playing a part in a drug overdose. RELATED: Fort Myers man charged with first-degree murder and selling fentanyl to 25-year-old woman Typically when you hear first-degree murder charges you think of premeditated intent to kill. In this particular case, investigators say Hicks sold a young woman a deadly fentanyl pill that she thought was Percocet, and that pill killed her. WINK News spoke with a legal expert who said in this case, you don’t have to prove intent to kill, and this is all part of a crackdown on the fentanyl epidemic. Twenty-five-year-old Mackenzie Wolldridge of Addison, New York, passed away on Oct. 26 in Fort Myers. According to the state attorney and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, she didn’t know she was taking fentanyl. She thought she was buying a Percocet. Hicks, 22, who sold her the pill, is charged with first-degree murder. “Don’t have to prove intent other than he did sell or deliver. Doesn’t even have to sell, let’s say he sells it and shares with his friend, then his friend dies as long as they can prove a causation of the death, they can be charged with first-degree murder,” said Scott Moorey, a criminal defense attorney. Legal expert Moorey explained it doesn’t matter if Hicks planned to kill Wooldridge. If it’s proved he did by selling her fentanyl, then that’s murder in the first degree. “We will not tolerate those that peddle deadly poison in Lee County,” said Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno. “Understand, the sheriff and our lead prosecutor have made it very clear that they’re going to prosecute people to the fullest extent of the law, and the law’s changed at the first of the year,” said Moorey. “We now can be charged with first-degree murder if you deliver a substance that causes the death, specifically fentanyl.” Hicks is now in the Lee County Jail awaiting his next court appearance.