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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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.
It’s time for a miracle moment: a young man probably more excited to return to school today than most kids. Eleven-year-old Bensin Gaff was delivering goodie bags at Golisano Children’s Hospital. The only sign of what Bensin has been through is a slender surgical scar slightly visible through his jet-black hair. “After my baseball game, I went home and went to sleep. I was trying to turn my music down, and then I couldn’t talk,” said Bensin. He was trying to tell Alexa to turn his music down, but he couldn’t get the words out. Bensin told WINK News something similar happened again at school the next day. “I could move, but my eyes went blurry, and then I couldn’t really talk, and I made noises,” said Bensin. His parents, Jason and Kristin, brought him to the emergency room. It turned out that Bensin was having seizures. “I never thought on Thursday night, when Bensin was playing a baseball game with his team standing on second base, he threw somebody out at first. I never thought within a matter of 12 hours, we would be getting, you know, the worst news of our life, that our son had a large brain tumor that didn’t look good,” said Kristin Gaff, Bensin’s mom. Bensin had what’s called a cavernous malformation or cavernoma. As his neurosurgeon explained, they’re benign but serious. “It’s a mass that grows by small amounts of bleeding instead of cells reproducing themselves like a tumor,” said Dr. TJ Spinks, a neurosurgeon. “Because his tumor was near the motor strip and right next to the motor strip, it was causing him weakness and causing some seizures as well.” Dr. Spinks removed it, and Bensin came through surgery like a champ, getting to go home just 72 hours later. He had to re-learn to walk, but just one month after the operation, he threw out the first pitch at a Mighty Mussels game. His big sister Gracelin still gets emotional thinking about it. “Oh, I’m very proud. He got through it easier than I expected him to. I expected it to be a longer journey than it was,” said Gracelin Gaff, Bensin’s sister. He’s had a lot of support. The whole family has. “Bensin’s definitely a miracle. Bensin was the strongest through all of it. The support from the community and his school and the prayers got us through this whole process,” said Jason Gaff, Bensin’s dad. Another blessing for Bensin and the family is having surgery at home in Southwest Florida. A few years ago, they would have had to travel to Tampa, which is not easy for anyone, especially a couple with 11 kids. And since they couldn’t all be here, we’ll leave it to Gracelin, Bensin’s miracle and our miracle. The Pediatric Neurosurgery Program is covered entirely by donations. The surgeon’s salary, all the equipment that made this possible is all paid for by our generous community. And in case you’re wondering what was in the goodie bags, Bensin said it’s “the good stuff.” Good soap and other toiletries, because he remembers how good those felt during the eleven days he spent in the pediatric intensive care unit.