NAPLES Increasing amount of homeless seniors in SWFL Saint Matthew House told Wink News that 20% of the people they shelter are over 60 years old.
NAPLES Man suspected of threatening pickelballers with machete A man has been arrested after authorities say he chased a group of pickleball players off a Naples court. “I don’t know. It just seemed like he snapped,” said William Nehrkorn, father of one of the pickleball players. 53-year-old Pelican Marsh maintenance worker Joseph Devalle ran toward Nehrkorn’s son and friends, not with a paddle […]
NAPLES Turtle Club in Naples reopens Following a 19-month closure because of Hurricane Ian, the Turtle Club has reopened.
FORT MYERS BEACH Hurricane season preparations at Lee County construction sites Many already know the drill when hurricane season is around the corner.
SANIBEL Bones found on Sanibel concern beachgoers A husband and wife found what appeared to be bones. What type and where they came from is being investigated.
FGCU FGCU president reflects on first year with graduating class Alico Arena was packed this weekend as Florida Gulf Coast University graduated 1,900 students in four ceremonies.
Reverse shoulder replacement offers new approach to pain management Shoulder replacement is the third most common replacement in the US, following hip and knee replacement.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Lee County teachers bargain for new raises Kevin Daly is the voice of the Lee County Teachers Union, and he says he knows firsthand the struggle teachers experience across the state.
FORT MYERS New Starbucks off Colonial expected to add to traffic headaches It’s a venti-sized traffic nightmare. That’s how Gina O’Donnell envisions the future of this plaza.
NAPLES Feeding families through Meals of Hope They’re a Naples-based non-profit organization whose mission is to alleviate hunger both locally and throughout the country.
Family dealing with two losses in quick succession A teenager will not get to celebrate turning 21 years old with friends, can’t put a smile on his family member’s faces and will never get to see his mother again.
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah Israeli leaders approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces were striking targets in the area, officials announced Monday, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal.
FORT MYERS Middle school tech worker uses CPR skills to save pickleball player’s life It was the right place, at the right time, and that right place was near the pickleball court.
EVERGLADES Big Sugar’s lawsuit for control over Lake Okeechobee water A local non-profit is calling one lawsuit a battle for who controls the water in the State of Florida. Three major sugar companies filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the design and intended use of the Everglades Agriculture Area (EAA) Reservoir.
NAPLES Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day program returns to Jewish Federation of Greater Naples Sunday was a day to remember the six million men, women and children lost in the Holocaust.
NAPLES Increasing amount of homeless seniors in SWFL Saint Matthew House told Wink News that 20% of the people they shelter are over 60 years old.
NAPLES Man suspected of threatening pickelballers with machete A man has been arrested after authorities say he chased a group of pickleball players off a Naples court. “I don’t know. It just seemed like he snapped,” said William Nehrkorn, father of one of the pickleball players. 53-year-old Pelican Marsh maintenance worker Joseph Devalle ran toward Nehrkorn’s son and friends, not with a paddle […]
NAPLES Turtle Club in Naples reopens Following a 19-month closure because of Hurricane Ian, the Turtle Club has reopened.
FORT MYERS BEACH Hurricane season preparations at Lee County construction sites Many already know the drill when hurricane season is around the corner.
SANIBEL Bones found on Sanibel concern beachgoers A husband and wife found what appeared to be bones. What type and where they came from is being investigated.
FGCU FGCU president reflects on first year with graduating class Alico Arena was packed this weekend as Florida Gulf Coast University graduated 1,900 students in four ceremonies.
Reverse shoulder replacement offers new approach to pain management Shoulder replacement is the third most common replacement in the US, following hip and knee replacement.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA Lee County teachers bargain for new raises Kevin Daly is the voice of the Lee County Teachers Union, and he says he knows firsthand the struggle teachers experience across the state.
FORT MYERS New Starbucks off Colonial expected to add to traffic headaches It’s a venti-sized traffic nightmare. That’s how Gina O’Donnell envisions the future of this plaza.
NAPLES Feeding families through Meals of Hope They’re a Naples-based non-profit organization whose mission is to alleviate hunger both locally and throughout the country.
Family dealing with two losses in quick succession A teenager will not get to celebrate turning 21 years old with friends, can’t put a smile on his family member’s faces and will never get to see his mother again.
JERUSALEM (AP) Israeli leaders have approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah Israeli leaders approved a military operation into the Gaza Strip city of Rafah, and Israeli forces were striking targets in the area, officials announced Monday, hours after Hamas announced it had accepted an Egyptian-Qatari cease-fire proposal.
FORT MYERS Middle school tech worker uses CPR skills to save pickleball player’s life It was the right place, at the right time, and that right place was near the pickleball court.
EVERGLADES Big Sugar’s lawsuit for control over Lake Okeechobee water A local non-profit is calling one lawsuit a battle for who controls the water in the State of Florida. Three major sugar companies filed a lawsuit in 2021 against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the design and intended use of the Everglades Agriculture Area (EAA) Reservoir.
NAPLES Annual Holocaust Remembrance Day program returns to Jewish Federation of Greater Naples Sunday was a day to remember the six million men, women and children lost in the Holocaust.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers City Council members vote in favor of an independent investigation into FMPD Fort Myers City Council called for an independent investigation into the Fort Myers Police Department. An internal FMPD investigation cleared the department of accusations that it misled taxpayers over the cost of a new police headquarters. City council members say this needs to be looked into further. However, Fort Myers Police Chief Derrick Diggs says […]
LEE COUNTY Heartbroken father feels more could have been done to prevent son’s death in jail A heartbroken father reached out to WINK News, saying that his son died in jail. His 30-year-old son was in jail for failure to appear in court. That father believes the sheriff’s office could have done more to prevent his son from dying in the medical ward of jail rather than at the hospital. He […]
LEE COUNTY Deputies still searching for armed robber who attacked woman near Fort Myers Beach An armed robber is still on the run after stealing from a woman on her way home from work near Fort Myers Beach. The incident happened in the area of 18100 San Carlos Boulevard on Tuesday night. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office and SWFL Crime Stoppers believe the man had an accomplice. On Thursday, SWFL […]
SOUTH FORT MYERS Raided south Fort Myers massage parlor under investigation, scrutiny by landlord Natural Oil Spa on McGregor Blvd. has been under surveillance for a while. The business, once-promising “soothing” massages, is now the center of an investigation. Lee County detectives spent hours there on Tuesday, taking out boxes of evidence. After they packed up, those same detectives drove straight to a house in Cape Coral to search […]
SAN CARLOS PARK Heartbroken father remembers daughter killed in San Carlos Park double murder A father is devastated and heartbroken after losing his daughter in a shooting last week. He says the man who shot and killed his daughter had a violent history with her. Anne Fleury’s father lost his only child. And Anne’s mother, Jeanne Charles Andre, also died that day. Andre was killed right in front of […]
FORT MYERS Man accused of killing two women held without bond A man accused of killing two women, one of them his girlfriend, in San Carlos Park will remain in jail without bond. Ethan Cartwright, 31, had his first appearance hearing on Friday after his Thursday arrest for gunning down a woman inside a home in the 18000 block of Apple Road. He then chased a […]
SAN CARLOS PARK 2 women killed at a home in San Carlos Park; suspect ID’d and in custody Two women of unknown age were shot and killed at a home in San Carlos Park on Thursday. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, the incident happened on the 18000 block of Apple Road before 8 a.m. in what the sheriff is calling domestic violence. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno, a neighbor saw an […]
LEHIGH ACRES 3-year-old safe after wandering from day care into rush hour traffic in Lehigh Acres A three-year-old girl slips away from her day care and onto a busy road in Lehigh Acres. The young girl crossed six lanes of traffic on Lee Boulevard before a good Samaritan stopped to make sure she was safe. The little girl walked right out of the Garden of Infants day care and onto Lee […]
FORT MYERS Longtime business holds fundraiser for PACE Center for Girls A long-time business in Fort Myers is hosting a reopening celebration with a car show and blood drive that will also benefit the PACE Center for Girls. Maaco Collision Center is celebrating 43 years in business with a reopening. Pace has teachers to not only help young girls do better in school but also to […]
FORT MYERS Verdict reached in Lehigh Acres road rage trial Jurors have found Krisroy Lloyd guilty in his road rage homicide trial. Lloyd declined to testify. Prosecutors and the defense said the Sept. 14, 2017 shooting happened in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. Lloyd, his girlfriend and her two children were stopped in the roadway near the intersection of Leonard Boulevard North and Leonard Boulevard […]