Real estate heir Durst is a suicide risk, sheriff says

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – Troubled real estate heir Robert Durst is a suicide risk and has been moved from a New Orleans jail to a state prison with a mental health unit, officials said Wednesday. The 71-year-old millionaire is in custody in Louisiana on gun charges while awaiting a transfer to Los Angeles to face […]

Santa Fe College named top community college in US

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) – Santa Fe College has won the 2015 Aspen Prize as the top performing community college in the U.S. The Aspen Institute announced the winners Wednesday, selecting the Gainesville-based college as tops in student learning, degree completion, graduate employment, earnings and success for minority and low-income students. Santa Fe was selected from […]

Florida House passes bill to limit public school testing

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – The number of standardized tests given to public school students would be reduced under a bill passed by the Florida House. The House passed the bill 115-0 on Wednesday. A similar measure is moving in the Senate. Some Democrats complained the bill doesn’t make enough changes, but they still voted for […]

School bus bursts into flames in Cape Coral

CAPE CORAL, Fla. – A school bus on its way to drop off students burst into flames Wednesday morning. Sixteen students safely made it off the bus when the fire started. Authorities say no one was injured. The cause of the fire is under investigation, but officials believe it was a mechanical failure in the […]

Trump launching presidential exploratory committee

WASHINGTON (AP) – Donald Trump announced plans Wednesday to form a presidential exploratory committee. “I am the only one who can make America truly great again,” the Republican businessman and reality television star declared in a statement announcing the move. While a step short of a formal campaign launch, the formation of an exploratory allows […]

Fifth suspect in NFM home invasions appears in court

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- The last teenager to be arrested in a violent crime spree appeared in court Wednesday morning. Authorities arrested 17-year-old Damien Licquia late Tuesday night. He now faces several charges including robbery, kidnapping and sexual battery. Deputies tell WINK News Licquia, along with these four other suspects, invaded homes in the Suncoast area of […]

Japan investigates death threats to US Ambassador Kennedy

TOKYO (AP) – Japanese police are investigating phone calls threatening to kill U.S. Ambassador Caroline Kennedy and another American envoy, authorities said Wednesday. The calls to the U.S. Embassy targeted Kennedy and Alfred Magleby, the U.S. consul general on the southern island of Okinawa, according to an Okinawa police official who spoke on condition of […]

Letter sent to White House to be tested again for cyanide

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Secret Service will have a third round of testing done to determine whether a letter addressed to the White House contains cyanide. The Secret Service says initial testing came back negative, but a second test conducted yesterday returned a “presumptive positive” for cyanide. A facility located away from the White House […]

Thieving twosome steal lawn equipment

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is searching for two men accused of stealing more than $1,100 in lawn care equipment from a victim Monday morning. Detectives say the victim stopped to get breakfast at the Monterrey Grocery Store, located at 11530 S. Cleveland Ave., around 9:40 a.m. The man parked his pick up […]

Cape Coral Police debut new department motorcycles

CAPE CORAL, Fla.- The Cape Coral Police Department has some new wheels. Officers showed off their new motorcycles at a press conference Wednesday. The department bought five new BMW R 1200 RT-P motorcycles. In the past, CCPD would lease Harley Davidson Police Motorcycles for two years and turn them back in to the leasing agent. […]