Dannielle Garcia

One area of Fort Myers is so crime ridden, the police department has committed to showing up every single hour of every single day to curb violence. A new study found the Jones Walker apartments is the No. 1 place for crime in Fort Myers. City council likes what’s happening there the last several months […]

A Lehigh Acres neighborhood was on lockdown early Friday morning while Lee County deputies investigate what they are now considering homicide scene. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, one person was found dead after receiving a call around 1 a.m. about a shooting on the 3000 block of 56th Street West — just north […]

Southwest Florida’s beaches typically bring in millions of people a year, but like so much else, COVID-19 has changed that. It used to be that people from around the world would come to Southwest Florida for the views. Well, not anymore, which is just fine with Jacqueline Rayno of Orlando. “I love it we can […]

Masks have become a polarizing issue debated in public and now the workplace. But, for some first responders in Marion County, wearing them is not up for debate. They are banned. The Sheriff of Marion County does have a preference. He issued an order prohibiting his deputies from wearing masks. Sheriff Billy Woods wrote, “When […]

One week into early voting, more than 1.7 million Floridians have cast ballots ahead of the Aug. 18 primary election. Tommy Doyle, the Lee County supervisor of elections, is often asked if mail-in ballots are safe, secure, and will be counted. The short answer from him is yes. “So behind here is our ballot vault […]

It’s no secret that Florida’s economy relies on tourism. But due to people canceling their vacations because of the coronavirus pandemic, the state of Florida has lost somewhere in the neighborhood of $2 billion and countless jobs. But Visit Florida is trying to do their part to keep residents spending in-state as part of a […]

Loved ones trickled in and out of Gendron Funeral Home in Fort Myers Thursday to pay their respects to Naples Firefighter Anthony “Tony” Christensen, who died of COVID-19 Tuesday, Aug. 4. Christensen received treatment for the coronavirus for more than a month before his death after contacting it on the job. We spoke to Naples […]

WINK News Reporter Dannielle Garcia is back at work after testing positive for the coronavirus and recovering from it over the course of three weeks. But her first stop before the newsroom was to donate plasma, which we hope will help someone else recover. We are excited to have Dannielle back! Fortunately, she had a […]

John Davidson Jenkins, 55, a candidate running for Collier County Board of County Commissioners, was arrested for possession of cocaine Sunday and is now being asked to drop out of the race by his party. “We were actually excited to have a Democratic candidate in the race who had a voice for the people, so […]

Accountability and communication are key in regaining the community’s trust, and the Fort Myers Police Department on Monday learned about the progress it has made in repairing the damaged relationship caused by years of corruption. Chantel Rhodes, an organizer for Peaceful Protests of Lee County, said marches in the wake of George Floyd’s death helped […]