WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child PornThe Weather Authority: Sun, clouds, humidity, rain – it’s all in your weekend forecast
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child Porn This week’s segment of Wink Neighborhood Watch features an armed robber, fraud at a pawn shop, and possession of child pornography.
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.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Robbery, Pawn Shops, and Child Porn This week’s segment of Wink Neighborhood Watch features an armed robber, fraud at a pawn shop, and possession of child pornography.
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.
DONEFOR, a Fort Myers-based quintet founded by former Florida Gulf Coast University students, is preparing for the performance of a lifetime. Only two years after their inception, they are opening for Sublime, 311 and Goldfinger at Brightside Music Festival in Orlando. The pop-punk metalcore band was formed in 2022 and was founded by Parker Shogren, a former FGCU student and now middle school teacher. He signed up for FGCU’s annual Eagle Radio Music Festival with recorded songs but no band. Donefor, SWFL band performing at the Ranch on 2-10-24. CREDIT: Tori Silva Wanting to perform, he asked a few of his FGCU friends, and thus, DONEFOR was born. Since then, the band has released an album, “Sleep On It,” and they have garnered 140,000 streams on their hit song, “You’re Welcome,” on Spotify, which Grammy award-winning music engineer Vlado Meller mastered. READ MORE ABOUT DONEFOR: Southwest Florida band DONEFOR celebrates over 100,000 streams on Spotify Their songs have been played on the radio, and the band has consistently performed at local and statewide venues. And now, they have the opportunity of a lifetime. Donefor, SWFL band performing at the Ranch on 2-10-24. CREDIT: Tori Silva In their early days, they would be thrilled if ten people showed up to one of their shows. Now, they’re on the heels of their biggest performance yet, opening for Sublime. LOCAL MUSIC RELATED: Cape Coral businesses unite, supporting Ollie’s Pub Records and Beer “I don’t think, eight years looking back, I would have ever been able to imagine that we’d be playing on a huge stage with Sublime at a festival,” said Zachary Lulf, DONEFOR’s lead guitarist and Screamo vocalist. DONEFOR had to beat out hundreds of other bands in a competition that also included a social media poll to be one of a handful of bands performing during the music fest. LOCAL MUSIC RELATED: SWFL thrash punk band, Except You, releases EP on exclusive, recycled vinyl “One of the coolest things that we found from this competition is we had people from Indonesia even voting for us and leaving comments, and we didn’t realize our music reached that far, so it was really cool,” Lulf said. Shogren said he grew up listening to the bands he’ll be performing with this weekend. “I grew up teaching people how to surf. Everybody surfed, so we listened to Sublime 311, Goldfinger, Story of the Year, Zebrahead and all these bands every single day,” Shogren said. RELATED: Knockin’ on SWFL’s door: Bob Dylan shines during Fort Myers detour In a way, DONEFOR will be representing Southwest Florida during this monumental moment. “I’m gonna meet all these people. I’m gonna be able to tell my mom that I played a show with all these great bands. It’s just something you can’t make up or really put into words,” Shogren said. We asked the band how they would describe their music to someone who’s never heard of them. They said imagine being at a skate park in 2007 and that pop-punk and metalcore is their bread and butter. The music festival will be this Saturday in Orlando at the Central Florida Fairgrounds. DONEFOR’s performance starts just after noon. Here are the band members: Parker Shogren (Lead vocals, Guitar) Riley Stewart (Co-Lead vocals, Guitar) Zachary Lulf (Guitar, vocals) Leo Cartelli (Bass) Christian Molina (Drums) Click here to learn more about DONEFOR. Find them on social media @donefor_band.