Election Day crowds expected despite record early votingVoters in Downtown Fort Myers ready for 2024 Election
Election Day crowds expected despite record early voting Election Day is nearly upon us. At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the polls will be closed, and our team will bring you the results.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Voters in Downtown Fort Myers ready for 2024 Election A lot can change in four years. During the 2020 election, many voters masked up as they cast their ballots, and the pandemic was at the top of many voters’ minds.
PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda residents frustrated by hurricane debris delays Many people in parts of southwest Florida feel like they’ve dealt with more than their fair share of storm damage lately.
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Poll workers ready for Election Day rush in Collier County Poll workers gear up for a busy Tuesday in Collier County; some have been there for a while, and this year marks their first time working at a polling place for others.
CAPE CORAL Voters decide: Will Cape Coral City Council members stay or go? Stipends, Jaycee Park and new developments have been topics of concern in the City of Cape Coral for months now.
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Parents cast their votes for Lee County school superintendent With just hours now until the election, WINK News wants to highlight a few local races that haven’t gotten as much attention. One of them is the election of Lee County’s next superintendent of schools.
NORTH FORT MYERS Former Dollar General employee accused of stealing $7,000 in returns A woman has been arrested after defrauding a Dollar General in North Fort Myers.
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Election Day crowds expected despite record early voting Election Day is nearly upon us. At 7 p.m. on Tuesday, the polls will be closed, and our team will bring you the results.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Voters in Downtown Fort Myers ready for 2024 Election A lot can change in four years. During the 2020 election, many voters masked up as they cast their ballots, and the pandemic was at the top of many voters’ minds.
PUNTA GORDA Punta Gorda residents frustrated by hurricane debris delays Many people in parts of southwest Florida feel like they’ve dealt with more than their fair share of storm damage lately.
Miracle Moment: A rosy outlook following surprise diagnosis It’s time for Miracle Moment. Today, we meet a toddler diagnosed with a disease without known prevention or cure.
Poll workers ready for Election Day rush in Collier County Poll workers gear up for a busy Tuesday in Collier County; some have been there for a while, and this year marks their first time working at a polling place for others.
CAPE CORAL Voters decide: Will Cape Coral City Council members stay or go? Stipends, Jaycee Park and new developments have been topics of concern in the City of Cape Coral for months now.
MATLACHA Lee County residents still dealing with damage from hurricanes Hurricane recovery has been an ongoing project here in Southwest Florida since Hurricane Ian.
FGCU Former FGCU golfer Frankie Capan III makes PGA Tour After playing two seasons on the Korn Ferry Tour, former FGCU golfer Frankie Capan III is moving up to the PGA Tour.
Parents cast their votes for Lee County school superintendent With just hours now until the election, WINK News wants to highlight a few local races that haven’t gotten as much attention. One of them is the election of Lee County’s next superintendent of schools.
NORTH FORT MYERS Former Dollar General employee accused of stealing $7,000 in returns A woman has been arrested after defrauding a Dollar General in North Fort Myers.
FORT MYERS BEACH The Tropics and Red Tide; what happens if or when they interact? The Tropics are active despite the fact that there’s less than a month left in hurricane season. But how will a system interact with red tide?
CAPE CORAL Police investigate gunfire at Cape Coral rental home The bullet holes left behind by shots heard in a normally quiet Cape Coral neighborhood scared one woman into buying security cameras for her home.
CAPE CORAL Bimini Basin residents face housing challenges Time is running out for the families who live in one Cape Coral community to find places to call home.
Harris and Trump make a furious final push before Election Day A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final sprint across a handful of states on Election Day eve.
Using AI to detect pancreatic cancer Pancreatic cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death in the United States. That’s due in part to the limited testing available for early detection.
The people dealing with flooding in Punta Gorda are telling us they want leaders to take their issues seriously. In unincorporated Charlotte County, as of Monday, 15 homes had water inside. Riverside Drive and Darst Park are areas WINK News saw were flooded. In Punta Gorda, two drivers were rescued as their cars got stuck in flood water. WINK News has been monitoring the flooding the past three days, caused by Debby, and saw firsthand how much water makes it into residential neighborhoods and businesses. Now, neighbors are turning to WINK, wanting answers to why they have to deal with this so often. Punta Gorda neighbors are fearful. “We lost the car right here in the driveway from Idalia,” Debbie Wilson-Clay, who lives right off of W. Marion Ave. Business owner Mark Draper had to pay $35,000 for Idalia water damages. His business is off of E. Olympia Ave. Both have been in the area for years and both say they are exhausted of the flooding and the non-working storm drains. “You cannot have the level of widespread flooding that occurs from here all the way through the residential historic district of Punta Gorda, unless there is a problem, unless there is something more significant than just one street is higher than the other street. It occurs all over,” Draper said. Wilson-Clay says the city seems to not care. “They have no, they really don’t even have a plan to look at and a way to stop the flooding or a way to mitigate the flooding. They don’t care.” She’s not the only one who thinks that. Mike Polk, who lives off of Berry Street said leaders need to step it up. “I’ve spoken in front of the city council several times and we’ve met with more than one engineer and both the ones that we talked to said it’s fixable, it just needs to be a priority,” Polk said. Everyone WINK News spoke to says the storm drains are the issue. They are supposed to take in water instead of spilling out water. Neighbors say the drains take in water from the Peace River, then spill it out into the neighborhood streets. “There’s obviously a problem with the storm sewer system. There needs to be some type of valve that would allow the water to the stormwater to run off, but prevent the tidal water from coming back in,” Draper said. “It’s gotten better for an afternoon rainstorm, but on the catastrophic storms, they’re not blocking that off. So the storm surge is coming through those enormous water pipes and coming right up into our homes and into our neighborhood,” Wilson-Clay said. “At this point, we shouldn’t have this type of flooding. This is something that is fixable. It’s the storm drain system,” Polk said. Wilson-Clay said she has considered moving because of it. “We’re getting older. When you’re young, it’s easy to clean up stuff. It’s easy to, kind of bounce back, but, at this point, we’re getting older. It’s been a great place to live, but I don’t know how much more, if they’re not going to do anything about the flooding, I can handle it,” Wilson-Clay said. Neighbors also say some streets are higher than others so those homes in a “bowl” see the worst of the worst, all of the time. WINK News will be meeting with city and county leaders later this week to discuss these issues.