Turtle Club beachfront restaurant relaunches in Naples After a series of private friends and family events this week, The Turtle Club will reopen May 5 and begin taking reservations again May 6.
Jimmie The Beef Guy opens in Fort Myers Jimmie “The Beef Guy” Hart opened the first Jimmie The Beef Guy in 2021 on the southeast corner of Bonita Beach Road and U.S. 41.
SARASOTA Distressed endangered sawfish euthanized nearly a month after rescue Wildlife officials euthanized a distressed smalltooth sawfish that was rescued from Cudjoe Bay in the Florida Keys where it was swimming in circles.
FORT MYERS Help identify driver of SUV related to Fort Myers shooting Police hope someone can help identify the driver of an SUV involved in the shooting on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and Michigan Avenue.
FORT MYERS Jake’s story: What needs to change to protect other young people? November 8, 2021, Jake Pfeiffer took his own life. His mom shared Jake’s story with WINK News in the hopes of saving another life.
FORT MYERS Man accused of fatal shooting of truck driver appears in court A man facing second-degree murder charges following an altercation with a pickup truck driver made an appearance in court.
NAPLES SUV crashes into Naples restaurant’s window; no injuries A popular Naples restaurant is cleaning up after an SUV partially crashed into it, but luckily, nobody was hurt.
PUNTA GORDA 20th annual Hibiscus Festival begins in Punta Gorda The 20th annual Hibiscus Festival at Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda begins Friday morning and runs all weekend.
WINK NEWS Lehigh Acres senior caretaker accused of stealing over $70K of patients’ jewelry A senior caretaker has been arrested for allegedly stealing over $70,000 of her patients’ jewelry and pawning it.
Tim Aten Knows: Next phase of Restaurant Row Naples under way Construction of the final phase of Restaurant Row Naples was stalled for months because of financial issues but the three-building project was recently revived.
NAPLES Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s first Florida theater opens in Naples The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has now opened at the company’s first-ever Florida location at Mercato in Naples.
FORT MYERS Friday’s Furry Friends: Rhett, Tag For this week’s Friday’s Furry Friends, WINK visits the Gulf Coast Humane Society to showcase two adorable animals ready to be adopted.
WINK NEWS Recall issued for ground beef sold with possible E. coli at Walmart The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a recall for several ground beef products distributed from Pennsylvania to Walmart’s nationwide.
The Weather Authority Hotter and more humid this Friday afternoon The Weather Authority is tracking a mild Friday morning with dry afternoon conditions and isolated storms appearing in the evening.
PUNTA GORDA ‘Party’s Over’: Dirt biking ends at Barefoot Lake The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has made it clear, the party at Barefoot Lake is over.
Turtle Club beachfront restaurant relaunches in Naples After a series of private friends and family events this week, The Turtle Club will reopen May 5 and begin taking reservations again May 6.
Jimmie The Beef Guy opens in Fort Myers Jimmie “The Beef Guy” Hart opened the first Jimmie The Beef Guy in 2021 on the southeast corner of Bonita Beach Road and U.S. 41.
SARASOTA Distressed endangered sawfish euthanized nearly a month after rescue Wildlife officials euthanized a distressed smalltooth sawfish that was rescued from Cudjoe Bay in the Florida Keys where it was swimming in circles.
FORT MYERS Help identify driver of SUV related to Fort Myers shooting Police hope someone can help identify the driver of an SUV involved in the shooting on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard and Michigan Avenue.
FORT MYERS Jake’s story: What needs to change to protect other young people? November 8, 2021, Jake Pfeiffer took his own life. His mom shared Jake’s story with WINK News in the hopes of saving another life.
FORT MYERS Man accused of fatal shooting of truck driver appears in court A man facing second-degree murder charges following an altercation with a pickup truck driver made an appearance in court.
NAPLES SUV crashes into Naples restaurant’s window; no injuries A popular Naples restaurant is cleaning up after an SUV partially crashed into it, but luckily, nobody was hurt.
PUNTA GORDA 20th annual Hibiscus Festival begins in Punta Gorda The 20th annual Hibiscus Festival at Gilchrist Park in Punta Gorda begins Friday morning and runs all weekend.
WINK NEWS Lehigh Acres senior caretaker accused of stealing over $70K of patients’ jewelry A senior caretaker has been arrested for allegedly stealing over $70,000 of her patients’ jewelry and pawning it.
Tim Aten Knows: Next phase of Restaurant Row Naples under way Construction of the final phase of Restaurant Row Naples was stalled for months because of financial issues but the three-building project was recently revived.
NAPLES Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s first Florida theater opens in Naples The Alamo Drafthouse Cinema has now opened at the company’s first-ever Florida location at Mercato in Naples.
FORT MYERS Friday’s Furry Friends: Rhett, Tag For this week’s Friday’s Furry Friends, WINK visits the Gulf Coast Humane Society to showcase two adorable animals ready to be adopted.
WINK NEWS Recall issued for ground beef sold with possible E. coli at Walmart The Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a recall for several ground beef products distributed from Pennsylvania to Walmart’s nationwide.
The Weather Authority Hotter and more humid this Friday afternoon The Weather Authority is tracking a mild Friday morning with dry afternoon conditions and isolated storms appearing in the evening.
PUNTA GORDA ‘Party’s Over’: Dirt biking ends at Barefoot Lake The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has made it clear, the party at Barefoot Lake is over.
BONITA SPRINGS Staying quarantined in Bonita Springs after returning from China A Bonita Springs woman and her mother are now staying at home after returning from China. Coronavirus is their big concern and the pair are doing a volunteer quarantine for two weeks. Emily Glazier is a first-year English professor at the University of South China. The university is in the Hunan province, which is a […]
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach ready for spring break 2020, expects busier season than last year Spring break is around the corner, and, if you plan to hit the Gulf this week on Fort Myers Beach, it’s likely packed already. We looked at how the Town of Fort Myers Beach is preparing for spring break 2020 Tuesday and what’s expected to be a busier season than last year. The water is […]
COLLIER COUNTY Investigators interview children who say former Collier County teacher molested them The start of the week marked a critical hearing for a former Collier County elementary teacher who is charged with molesting dozens of students. Monday, Hector Manley, 30, listened as a forensics interviewer with Children’s Advocacy Center of Southwest Florida talked about her interviews with the young children who accused Manley of lewd crimes in […]
FORT MYERS FMPD officers undergo training to improve transparency with community Fort Myers Police Department is working to better communicate with community members. The police department hopes training will improve its transparency in lieu of recent past issues that brought police under public scrutiny. For Fort Myers police, standard operating procedures include working the crime scene and offering little information to neighbors and reporters. But Friday, […]
EVERGLADES CITY Multiple agencies continue extensive, statewide search for missing baby Andrew Cadaver dogs are now in Collier County as detectives look for baby Andrew Caballeiro. The baby is at the center of an AMBER alert taking investigators from Miami-Dade County through Southwest Florida, up to the Tampa area and back to Collier. The newborn vanished more than a week ago. Where detectives search in Collier County, […]
COLLIER COUNTY FBI, Collier County deputies continue search for missing Miami infant The search for one-week-old baby Andrew from Miami has shifted to Collier County. There’s still an AMBER Alert for Andrew and he hasn’t been seen in a week. Dozens of law enforcement agencies from all across the state, along with the FBI and volunteers, are focusing their attention along SR-29 north of Everglades City. When […]
FORT MYERS Fort Myers police using basketball to reach out to kids in the community It looks like basketball and sounds like basketball, but this game is a bridge; a way for the Fort Myers Police Department to reach out to kids in the community. “It’s an awesome feeling, getting them to respect us and learn what we’re trying to do,” said Fort Myers Police Athletic League (PAL) Coordinator Keith […]
FORT MYERS Porter Albert, last seen in North Fort Myers, still missing 15 days later While we are learning more details on Thursday about Porter Albert, the man who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in Fort Myers two weeks ago, there is still no progress in finding him. It has been 15 days and there is still no sign of Albert; but, the Fort Myers Police Dept. is working the missing […]
NORTH FORT MYERS FMPD expands search for missing 78-year-old Fort Myers man Fort Myers Police are searching for Porter Taylor Albert. Detectives found someone else driving his car on Sunday night, who was arrested. The suspect said she was looking for Albert. Detectives working the case found Albert’s silver Lexus, but did not know it was his. Cape Coral Police Dept. officers arrested Tiffany Contestable for driving […]
BONITA SPRINGS A family’s home in Bonita Springs burns down. What’s left was stolen The place where a family once called home in Bonita Springs is now nothing but charred remnants, scorched rubble and reminders of what used to be there after a fire on Thursday. In the days following the fire, what was left was stolen. Carol Bloom said she and her boyfriend, Pete, got their four kids […]