Lauren Leslie

An art dealer is leading the mission to get the Naples community involved in recovery efforts after Hurricane Ian. Emillions Art is looking for help bringing back the iconic landmark, and you can help rebuild the pier by submitting a picture. Emillions Art owner, Marlissa Gardner, spoke with WINK News about the project. “The pier […]

  A group of women called the Jingled Elves sang and danced their way through Naples Tuesday night to help other women and children across Collier County. The Jingled Elves exceeded their goal of raising six figures with the help of their 80 sponsors. Caroling for a cause with Santa’s little helpers, the Elves took their […]

Decking the halls while giving back to the community, a local church is helping you get into the holiday spirit while helping those in need. Parkway Life Church is hosted its fourth annual “Buy a tree, Change a life” event. People were in the giving spirit this year. The church’s 215 trees were gone in just […]

A 50-year-old man faces a murder charge after detectives say he intentionally ran over a woman with his minivan and killed her on Monday night. Donald Lee Whitaker is in the Collier County jail facing a second-degree murder charge. Arrest reports say Whitaker and the victim knew each other. According to the Collier County Sheriff’s […]

An officer didn’t think twice when he jumped into a canal, busted out the driver’s side window, and rescued the female driver before the car sank. The harrowing scene occurred on the 3100 block of Southeast 17th Avenue in Cape Coral. Neighbors that spoke with WINK News said Jasmine, the woman in the car, called […]

Brandon Bowen, a convicted felon, is behind bars after Naples police said he cut a homeowner’s screen and broke in through their rear kitchen window. According to the Naples Police Department, the incident happened on Fifth Avenue North in Naples. The homeowner said she knew something was wrong and called Naples police after walking inside […]

Small Business Saturday is an annual day encouraging you to shop locally in person and online at small businesses. Businesses in Naples there are hoping shoppers will forego the big box stores and help them bounce back after Hurricane Ian. “We do expect a lot of people because they support us, you know, and they […]

A family displaced by Hurricane Ian, on the edge of homelessness, was given a gift on Thanksgiving day from an anonymous donor, to help them push through the tough times. The Sosa family has a lot to be thankful for on Thanksgiving after a number of WINK News viewers reached out wanting to help the […]

The Sosa family, unfortunately, won’t have a Thanksgiving this year after living in a Red Cross shelter until it closed because Hurricane Ian took away their home. WINK News spoke with the Sosa family when the Red Cross shelter in Collier County closed. They didn’t know where they were going to go, and because of […]

Tuesday, federal investigators were on the scene in Colorado where a gunman open fired on patrons at an LGBTQ club, examining evidence from the shooting. FBI agents could be seen entering and carrying boxes out of Club Q in Colorado Springs. Public Records show the suspect, Anderson Lee Aldrich, changed his name more than six […]