Derrick Shaw

Gulfshore Business is providing live coverage Saturday afternoon of the 22nd annual Naples Winter Wine Festival auction, where millions of dollars will be raised to benefit local nonprofit agencies that work with area children. Since its inception in 2001, the Naples Winter Wine Festival, founded by the Naples Children & Education Foundation, has raised nearly $220 million for underprivileged and at-risk children in Collier County. The weekend event has […]

A student at Royal Palm Exceptional Center, in the Lee County school district, was arrested for bringing a knife onto campus according to the district. The Fort Myers Police Department said the student “was arrested this morning from an incident earlier in the week involving having a knife on school property. There was no altercation […]

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The Naples Winter Wine Festival returns to an in-person format this weekend with a live auction Saturday, including fine food and wine, at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples. In its 22nd year, this year’s theme is “Rise Up – Twenty Twenty Twogether” for the event that benefits the Naples Children & Education Foundation, which […]

Southwest Florida’s largest fundraiser, the Naples Winter Wine Festival, is back this season returning to The Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort in Naples, January 28-30, 2022. Watch the WINK News special above as we show you the children, families, and organizations in Collier County who benefit from the proceeds of the event. We also show you what to […]

Organizers have canceled the Punta Gorda Boat Show for 2022 that was scheduled for March 11-14. An announcement was made on the organizer’s social media pages that said in part: “This is a result of the property where we have held the show being sold. We are currently in planning to create a new event […]

For the first time in two weeks, Lee Health is treating fewer than 300 COVID-19 patients in a hospital-based setting. “While it appears we have reached the peak of the omicron surge, patient volumes across the health system remain exceptionally high,” the health system said in a news release. As or Wednesday morning: As of […]

A 17-year-old Moore Haven Middle-High School student was arrested Tuesday and accused of having a gun on campus. According to the Glades County School District, deputies conducted a random drug search of student backpacks and a dog was alerted to the suspect’s bag. The district said deputies searched the bag and found a magazine for […]

Lee health says there are signs that we may have reached the plateau of the omicron surge in Southwest Florida. Over the last week, the number of COVID-19 patients being treated in Lee Health hospitals has decreased every day, and the emergency department and Lee Convenient Care volumes have started to return to pre-surge levels. […]

Stanley James Griffin, 32, was adjudicated guilty and sentenced to 10 years in prison, as a Habitual Felony Offender, for Sale or Delivery of Cocaine and Possession of Cocaine with Intent. His prison sentence will be followed by five years of State Probation. He was found guilty in December following a trial in Lee County. […]