Breana Ross

Facebook has come under criticism for its algorithm, facing accusations that it helps promote harmful content. But Algorithms are complicated, filled with letters, numbers and variables that control so much of what we see online. So how do they work? WINK News spoke with Florida Gulf Coast University mathematician Senthil Girimurugan and asked them to […]

Neighbors are fighting for new representation after a leader’s controversial comments about minority students. There’s now a petition to recall and Lee County School Board member Chris Patricca, who spoke openly about Guatemalan students recently during a virtual community forum in Estero. “They’ve never seen running water before,” Patricca was heardsaying during the virtual forum. […]

Redistricting in Southwest Florida is no small process, and the NAACP is pushing for a coalition majority-minority district containing Dunbar and Lehigh. As Gerri Ware looks at the maps, she sees more than just numbers, colors and lines. She sees the history of the Dunbar community. Ware has lived most of her 79 years in […]

A 9-year-old child was critically injured after being ejected from a vehicle in a Lehigh Acres rollover crash Monday morning, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The rollover occurred around 8:30 a.m. at the intersection of 41st St. W and Olive Avenue N. The child was transported to Lee Memorial Hospital and is in critical […]

After waiting for hours at a bus stop for her children, a woman says she had no choice but to call the police. A mother of three kids under the age of eight says she had to get the police involved. Marlene Burns says she had no idea what happened. “I had no idea. ‘Was […]

A school board member was speaking during a video chat for a community forum when she was heard making a controversial remark. Lee County School Board member Chris Patricca faces calls for her resignation after she made comments about Lee County students from Guatemala. “The biggest challenge principals have with students from Guatemala is getting […]

Lee County NAACP is calling on the county to change the at-large voting system that it says weakens the minority vote. The NAACP and ACLU both want a chance for minority groups to be heard and represented. That’s what both organizations say the Voting Rights Act of 1965 guarantees. “In areas with a history of […]

As Lee County’s population grows so does the number of minorities moving in. The proof is in the census numbers. “We have tremendous growth in the Dunbar community as well as a Lehigh Acres community when it comes to minorities,” Lee County NAACP Political Action Committee Co-Chair Fredrick Morgan II said. Morgan and the NAACP […]

A high-stakes congressional redistricting process is underway in Florida. The redistricting process is being led by a team of both state Republicans and Democrats, including State Sen. Ray Rodrigues (Fla-R), who represents a portion of Southwest Florida and is the committee chair. It’s expected to give more power to the Republican party in the state. […]

Data from 2020 and 2021 shared by Cape Coral Police Department shows hit-and-run crashes are more common than you might think. Important to not is the data includes parking lot fender benders for hit-and-runs, which CCPD says can’t be excluded from the statistics. Police have responded to several hit-and-runs in Cape Coral during the month […]