FGCU softball senior balances EMT training and Regional playHomes For Our Troops grants veteran new home
PUNTA GORDA The Weather Authority helps you prepare for the hurricane season at the 2024 Charlotte County Hurricane Expo With hurricane season less than two weeks away, it’s important to start preparing.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball senior balances EMT training and Regional play Ahead of NCAA Regional play, FGCU senior outfielder Riley Oakes started EMT training as she works toward being a trauma surgeon.
PUNTA GORDA Homes For Our Troops grants veteran new home Through all the cheers and a community-wide escort, it’s a ‘welcome to your forever home for army sergeant veteran Brandon Rethmel and his family.
ALVA Three dead in triple drowning near the Franklin Lock in Olga The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a scene of a water rescue where three people were recovered.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Beat the Heat: Stay safe during extreme weather The Weather Authority has issued a heat advisory for portions of South, Southeast, and Southwest Florida from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday.
FORT MYERS Leaders discuss possibility of shutting down Caloosahatchee Bridge Should residents endure two years of partial lane closures, or fully shut the Caloosahatchee bridge down for 10 weeks?
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball parents cherish NCAA Tournament experience The parents of the FGCU softball team are relishing seeing their daughters play in the NCAA Tournament.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The Weather Authority: Hot, hot, hot Heat advisory in place for Saturday until 8 p.m.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers teen finds dead body in bed of his truck A 16-year-old in Fort Myers drove to school, drove home, drove to the barbershop and back home again. Then, he noticed a swarm of flies in the back of his truck.
Scottie Scheffler facing felony charges; local attorney reacts The attorney we spoke with told us that, at a minimum, we’d spend the night in jail before having our first appearance and getting bail.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball falls to No. 4 Florida in NCAA Tournament The FGCU softball team couldn’t keep up with the No. 4 Florida Gators as the Eagles drop their first Regional game 6-0 to the Gators.
Summer Safety: Swim safety tips to know before the summer The pool is warming up to be the hot spot for kids and families this summer. It’s now also the number one leading cause of drowning deaths for children ages 1-4 in the state.
FORT MYERS BEACH ‘The Whale’ restaurant to break ground on new building The Whale is a place that has shown great strength and determination.
COLLIER COUNTY Endangered Florida panther deaths surpass 2023 total in 5 months It’s taken wildlife officials just over five and a half months to report finding more dead endangered Florida panthers than in all of 2023.
FORT MYERS FMPD honors 7 officers and 2 K-9s who died in the line of duty dating back to 1930 Nine lives were given, and all nine will remain remembered. A lifetime of gratitude for the fallen officers.
PUNTA GORDA The Weather Authority helps you prepare for the hurricane season at the 2024 Charlotte County Hurricane Expo With hurricane season less than two weeks away, it’s important to start preparing.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball senior balances EMT training and Regional play Ahead of NCAA Regional play, FGCU senior outfielder Riley Oakes started EMT training as she works toward being a trauma surgeon.
PUNTA GORDA Homes For Our Troops grants veteran new home Through all the cheers and a community-wide escort, it’s a ‘welcome to your forever home for army sergeant veteran Brandon Rethmel and his family.
ALVA Three dead in triple drowning near the Franklin Lock in Olga The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is responding to a scene of a water rescue where three people were recovered.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Beat the Heat: Stay safe during extreme weather The Weather Authority has issued a heat advisory for portions of South, Southeast, and Southwest Florida from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday.
FORT MYERS Leaders discuss possibility of shutting down Caloosahatchee Bridge Should residents endure two years of partial lane closures, or fully shut the Caloosahatchee bridge down for 10 weeks?
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball parents cherish NCAA Tournament experience The parents of the FGCU softball team are relishing seeing their daughters play in the NCAA Tournament.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The Weather Authority: Hot, hot, hot Heat advisory in place for Saturday until 8 p.m.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers teen finds dead body in bed of his truck A 16-year-old in Fort Myers drove to school, drove home, drove to the barbershop and back home again. Then, he noticed a swarm of flies in the back of his truck.
Scottie Scheffler facing felony charges; local attorney reacts The attorney we spoke with told us that, at a minimum, we’d spend the night in jail before having our first appearance and getting bail.
GAINESVILLE FGCU softball falls to No. 4 Florida in NCAA Tournament The FGCU softball team couldn’t keep up with the No. 4 Florida Gators as the Eagles drop their first Regional game 6-0 to the Gators.
Summer Safety: Swim safety tips to know before the summer The pool is warming up to be the hot spot for kids and families this summer. It’s now also the number one leading cause of drowning deaths for children ages 1-4 in the state.
FORT MYERS BEACH ‘The Whale’ restaurant to break ground on new building The Whale is a place that has shown great strength and determination.
COLLIER COUNTY Endangered Florida panther deaths surpass 2023 total in 5 months It’s taken wildlife officials just over five and a half months to report finding more dead endangered Florida panthers than in all of 2023.
FORT MYERS FMPD honors 7 officers and 2 K-9s who died in the line of duty dating back to 1930 Nine lives were given, and all nine will remain remembered. A lifetime of gratitude for the fallen officers.
NAPLES Naples teens collect food for St. Matthew’s House Teenagers in one Naples neighborhood went from house to house picking up bags of donated food to send to St. Matthew’s House. “We made bags with signs that has a description of what needs to be in the bag,” said Madison Knightly, one of the teen organizers of this effort. Knightly and others left 400 […]
NAPLES Naples man who went on racist rant now in custody A Naples man could possibly face hate crime charges after going on a racist rant at a stoplight. A woman says she was sitting at a stoplight on Airport-Pulling Road in Naples when Jeffrey Rouse began yelling racial slurs at her – and she caught it all on video that went viral nationwide. Rouse was […]
New survey shows many Floridians don’t believe the worst of the pandemic is behind us The president and the governor almost every day try to put a positive spin on COVID-19. But in a new survey by the University of South Florida, 55% of Floridians don’t buy it and say the worst is not yet behind us. “I think people think that the worst has passed, but if you keep […]
WINK NEWS FGCU volleyball player committed to making fall season possible Student-athlete Cortney VanLiew, with FGCU volleyball, arrived on campus Friday and immediately took a test for the coronavirus. “We went through and did the nasal swab for the [COVID-19] testing,” said VanLiew, an outside hitter for the FGCU squad. VanLiew joined with every other FGCU athlete hoping sports are a go this fall. Now she […]
LEE COUNTY Looking for work during the pandemic So many have been affected by unemployment, and almost 50% of those who lost their jobs think it’s permanent. “I don’t have a job right now and I’m looking,” said Sandy Spahn of Cape Coral. “I lost my job… I want to say March 7 is when they pulled me into the office to let […]
Gyms seeing more membership cancellations as people turn to safer alternatives Exercise is good for your health, but is going to a gym right now? People keep canceling memberships, gyms are reducing the number of classes they offer and temperature checks are the new normal. So are signs with COVID-19 information and disinfecting wipes everywhere. So what’s missing? Most of the gym members. “For about two […]
CAPE CORAL Cape Coral neighbors upset with nuisance home; city says property owner given notice An overgrown lawn and a boarded-up home have been an unwanted sight for the past few years for nearby neighbors in Cape Coral. “It is an eyesore, and it does kind of bring down our value,” said neighbor Michael Foley, who is now selling his home across from the abandoned property on Andalusia Boulevard. Foley […]
IMMOKALEE Immokalee community remains COVID-19 hot spot, concerned for another spike Immokalee has been a coronavirus hot spot for a few months now. There are more than 2,000 recorded cases of COVID-19 in the area, according to Florida Department of Health. And there is a worry there could be another spike. We spoke to community members about their concerns for another uptick in COVID-19 cases in […]
WINK NEWS State works to reunite families of elder care patients For months, we’ve shown you images of families barred outside of nursing homes during the pandemic, unable to see their loved ones. We looked at that plan in Florida to reopen them to finally reunite loved ones. Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state closed all nursing homes and long-term care facilities to all visitors early […]
NAPLES Naples vice mayor gathering people’s thoughts about a vaccine mandate Mask mandates are a hot button issue, but is a vaccine mandate the next thing to come? We looked into whether a government can mandate you to get a vaccine? The short answer is probably not, but that isn’t stopping Vice Mayor Terry Hutchinson of Naples from asking people who live and work in the […]