Bank of America says outages have been fixed Bank of America said an apparent glitch that caused widespread outages has been fixed.
TICE Second woman dead after September stabbing in Tice A second woman is dead after a stabbing. It happened on Sept. 20 on Montgomery Avenue in Tice.
VILLAS WINK News Game of the Week: Oasis at ECS Our WINK News Game of the Week brings us to Evangelical Christian School as the Sentinels host the Oasis High School Sharks.
FORT MYERS WINK News Player of the Week: Bishop Verot QB Carter Smith Our week six Wink News player of the week is one of the best in Lee County and the country: Bishop Verot High School quarterback Carter Smith.
FEMA offering disaster survivor assistance for those impacted by Helene If your home flooded during Hurricane Helene, you’re probably gutting the drywall and drying everything out as best you can, but what else do you need to do to get the help you need?
FORT MYERS Lee Health using newer screening methods to find early lung cancer Lee Health doubled the number of robot screenings to look for early stage lung cancer.
Industry Standard, BrAva Pizza launch in Bonita Springs A new chef-driven dining venue has transformed the former space of The Causeway, a short-lived food hall that closed this spring in Bonita Springs.
Breeze Airways chooses RSW as new base of operations Breeze Airways, an airline less than 4 years old that began with three destinations out of the region, chose Southwest Florida International Airport as a new base of operations.
FORT MYERS Caught on video: man with gun arrested for trespassing Walmart roof during Helene A new video shows a strange discovery: a man on the roof of a Walmart armed with a gun.
(AP News) How Trump credits an immigration chart for saving his life and what the graphic is missing Ever since the assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump has professed a unique fondness for a bar chart.
WASHINGTON (AP) Liz Cheney will campaign with Harris in Wisconsin while Trump holds a rally in Michigan Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican antagonists, will join Democrat Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Wisconsin.
FORT MYERS Man wanted for armed robbery in Fort Myers Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is seeking information on a man wanted for an armed robbery in Fort Myers.
COLLIER COUNTY FDLE releases new image of missing double-amputee Collier teen The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released a new picture of a double-amputee teenager who remains missing from Collier County.
DeSantis issues several executive orders following Helene, including rental restrictions Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order lifting rental restrictions to accommodate those affected by Hurricane Helene.
CAPE CORAL Fort Myers woman accused of stealing, selling boat and trailer A woman has been arrested after allegedly stealing a boat and trailer and trying to sell it off by forging the owner’s signature.
Bank of America says outages have been fixed Bank of America said an apparent glitch that caused widespread outages has been fixed.
TICE Second woman dead after September stabbing in Tice A second woman is dead after a stabbing. It happened on Sept. 20 on Montgomery Avenue in Tice.
VILLAS WINK News Game of the Week: Oasis at ECS Our WINK News Game of the Week brings us to Evangelical Christian School as the Sentinels host the Oasis High School Sharks.
FORT MYERS WINK News Player of the Week: Bishop Verot QB Carter Smith Our week six Wink News player of the week is one of the best in Lee County and the country: Bishop Verot High School quarterback Carter Smith.
FEMA offering disaster survivor assistance for those impacted by Helene If your home flooded during Hurricane Helene, you’re probably gutting the drywall and drying everything out as best you can, but what else do you need to do to get the help you need?
FORT MYERS Lee Health using newer screening methods to find early lung cancer Lee Health doubled the number of robot screenings to look for early stage lung cancer.
Industry Standard, BrAva Pizza launch in Bonita Springs A new chef-driven dining venue has transformed the former space of The Causeway, a short-lived food hall that closed this spring in Bonita Springs.
Breeze Airways chooses RSW as new base of operations Breeze Airways, an airline less than 4 years old that began with three destinations out of the region, chose Southwest Florida International Airport as a new base of operations.
FORT MYERS Caught on video: man with gun arrested for trespassing Walmart roof during Helene A new video shows a strange discovery: a man on the roof of a Walmart armed with a gun.
(AP News) How Trump credits an immigration chart for saving his life and what the graphic is missing Ever since the assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump has professed a unique fondness for a bar chart.
WASHINGTON (AP) Liz Cheney will campaign with Harris in Wisconsin while Trump holds a rally in Michigan Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican antagonists, will join Democrat Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Wisconsin.
FORT MYERS Man wanted for armed robbery in Fort Myers Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is seeking information on a man wanted for an armed robbery in Fort Myers.
COLLIER COUNTY FDLE releases new image of missing double-amputee Collier teen The Florida Department of Law Enforcement released a new picture of a double-amputee teenager who remains missing from Collier County.
DeSantis issues several executive orders following Helene, including rental restrictions Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued an executive order lifting rental restrictions to accommodate those affected by Hurricane Helene.
CAPE CORAL Fort Myers woman accused of stealing, selling boat and trailer A woman has been arrested after allegedly stealing a boat and trailer and trying to sell it off by forging the owner’s signature.
Lung cancer remains the most lethal form of the disease. Its mortality rate tops breast, colon and prostate combined. However, there is a silver lining—more people are getting diagnosed earlier, which greatly improves their chance of survival. When it comes to the dreaded “C” word, lung cancer is historically one of the most catastrophic. “Lung cancer is a silent disease. You don’t know that you have it until it may be stage three or four,” said Lee Health critical care pulmonologist Shayam Kapadia. That’s why it’s so deadly. There are fewer good options to treat lung cancer when it’s caught at early stages. As a result, 135,000 Americans die from it each year. It frustrated Dr. Kapadia. He feels he could save more lives if they could detect the cancer and treat it in time. “We have the technology now at Lee Health, including screening CAT scans and this robot that can get us to early stages of lung cancer so that you do have a fighting chance with resection or chemotherapy, and that’s really important,” he told WINK News health and medical reporter Amy Oshier. “Finding lung cancer at stage one is a game changer.” Two things are moving the needle. Low-dose CT scans are now available for people ages 50 to 80 with a history of smoking a pack of cigarettes a day for 20 years. Scans alert doctors to monitor potential trouble spots. If something is found, doctors at Lee Health can use the ION robot. It’s a bronchoscope that can thread deep into the far reaches of lung and take a biopsy. “In the last two years, we’ve employed our robot-assisted bronchoscopy program, and we’ve doubled our growth in the first year. And so what that means is we’re finding early stages of lung cancer,” said Dr. Kapadia. This year to date, Lee Health used the robot 532 times. That represents people who have a fighting chance against lung cancer. This ION robot technology is a huge step forward in examining suspicious areas. In the past, getting a lung biopsy required invasive surgery. ShorePoint Health in Charlotte County and both NCH and Physicians Regional Healthcare System in Collier County now have this technology, making it widely available across Southwest Florida.