Emma Heaton

Investigators say, Tabria Josey, a 20-year-old woman, was involved in a big Southwest Florida real estate scheme. Josey allegedly stole almost $300k dollars from at least 45 victims in Lee and five other counties. Investigators haven’t said whether Josey worked alone or as part of a larger and complex real estate scheme. The Florida Department […]

A 56-year-old Cape Coral man driving a truck-tractor told authorities he dropped paperwork in the cab of his truck and it kept him from stopping ahead of traffic on a North Fort Myers roadway, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. The crash caused a chain reaction collision between four vehicles and injured four people on […]

A 27-year-old Lehigh Acres man has been arrested after deputies say he is responsible for a carjacking and two robberies at gas stations. Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno used expletives to describe Da’Vonta Edwards in announcing his arrest. “We chased this son of a [expletive],” Marceno said. Marceno said Edwards just got out of prison […]

The School District of Collier County School Board has approved eight math and English language arts textbooks that state reviewers previously objected to over topics like race and political content. Florida released the longest list of rejected math textbooks in state history earlier this year. Some of the textbooks contained special topics like social-emotional learning […]

Florida Classrooms now have 19 more textbooks to choose from after those books were approved by the Florida Department of Education. For the first time, we are getting an in-depth look at how the Department of Education decided which textbooks are OK for students to be taught from and which ones are not. The Florida […]

The Federal Reserve’s decision to increase interest rates will hit a lot of the ways you borrow money, including mortgages. In fact, mortgages are already at the highest rate since 2009. When you combine soaring housing prices with high mortgages and an increased interest rate, homes get even more expensive. When the rates increase on […]

Kierra Russ has been convicted of second-degree murder and conspiracy in the Club Blu trial. Deliberations began just after 12 p.m. on Tuesday following a week-long trial that was almost disrupted after its lead prosecutor was found dead in his home over the weekend. Anthony William Kunasek was not murdered, according to authorities. However, the […]

WINK News joined a group of Southwest Florida veterans for a trip of a lifetime. The veterans spent Saturday in Washington, DC, seeing the memorials that honor their dedication to our country. The day started dark and early as the veterans boarded a two-hour flight to Washington DC. The 85 veterans visited the memorials specifically […]

Almost 100 veterans will get a once-in-a-lifetime experience this weekend. The Collier-Lee Honor Flight is back after the pandemic canceled the event the last two years. This time, 85 veterans will make an 18-hour trip to Washington D.C. where they will visit the memorials honoring them. Brian Rist of the Rist Family Foundation donated $80,000 […]

Emotions poured out of the courtroom during the second day of testimony in the trial of Kierra Russ. Russ is one of five defendants accused of participating in a shooting at Club Blu in 2016 that killed Stef’An Strawder, 18, and 14-year-old Sean Archilles. Awaiting trial are Tajze Battle, Derrick Church, Don Loggins and Demetrius […]