Breana Ross

A community beauty salon was destroyed by a gas bomb. The business now has black walls, busted windows and ash left behind. But, the business isn’t the only thing that’s been damaged. An owner and stylist have had their livelihood taken away. The owner, Lacretia Holt, says Head Rush Hair Salon was threatened before. Those […]

The evening of May 10th started out like any other for the D’Orazio family. Roger D’Orazio and his wife were on their pool deck at their home in the gated community of Naples Club Estates. “We ate out here. We cooked out here. We watched TV out here,” D’Orazio said. “We were out here until […]

Starting this summer families will get monthly payments from the federal government. It’s part of the extended child tax credit program. The money is normally provided in tax returns. But now, the goal is to get families more money faster. The child tax credit increased from a total of $2,000 per child to $3,600 for […]

Protesters gathered outside Fort Myers City Hall Monday to demand Fort Myers Police Department and Lee County Sheriff’s Office remain separate entities. This comes after a council member suggested they merge into one, as Police Chief Derrick Diggs is in line for a new job. Several people told us they do not want to give […]

Communities in Southwest Florida are asking for answers after two separate tragedies. They both saw young children get their hands on guns and end with deadly results. Recently, two children younger than 10 years old in Fort Myers got ahold of a gun and it accidentally discharged killing one child and hurting the other. Then, […]

A man accused of attempting to destroy evidence in a shooting at the Brown Sugar Festival in Clewiston that killed a Lee County woman was trying to buy surveillance footage that may have captured the shooting. The May 1 shooting injured four others and killed 20-year-old Evereonna Sankey with a single gunshot wound to the […]

A new pick for the city manager at the City of Fort Myers is coming under fire. The NAACP has major concerns over the selection of Marty Lawing to succeed former Saeed Kazemi as the city manager of Fort Myers. The concerns are about what they say are racist and sexist decisions throughout Lawing’s career. […]

A car burst into flames on Monday night in Lehigh Acres. The driver responsible for this crash left the scene. Investigators are now searching for that hit-and-run driver that they say was racing at high speeds at around 9:30 p.m. Neighbors and business owners along Lee Boulevard say racing is a big problem. They see […]

WINK News is pushing for more information after a shooting Friday afternoon in Clewiston killed one child and injured another. Investigators in Hendry County are trying to determine whether or not the shooting was accidental. A witness says she saw one child crawling around on the ground in the parking lot afterward. But, many people […]

Gifts and fancy dinners may not at the top of moms’ Mother’s Day lists this year. Instead, the chance to hug their children may be all that they want. This is the first Mother’s Day that families will be able to spend together during the pandemic. With all the challenges this has brought for mothers […]