Nicole Gabe

Many of us remember the day of Sept. 11, 2001 clearly. We went to American Legion Post 110 in Port Charlotte, where two men we interviewed remember every detail from the horrific day. “I was sitting in my office,” Vincent Delellis said. “I was home,” Niles Nielson said. Neither Nielsen nor Delellis can forget 9/11, […]

It’s been 20 years since the tragic events of September 11, but for Shannon Mesenburg, what happened at the World Trade Center feels like yesterday. She said, “The first plane hit my floor and killed everybody that was still there that I worked with.” Mesenburg worked as a bond trader in the North Tower in […]

There are signs our surge is starting to level out just as people make plans for big holiday get-togethers. The medical community is asking everyone to take health precautions during the Labor Day weekend as holiday weekends traditionally mean crowds. And during the pandemic, holiday weekends can bring surges in COVID-19 cases. Jaime Crossan-Debres is […]

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office has announced the death of a third employee from COVID-19. Corrections deputy William Diaz died on Tuesday. Steven Mazzotta, also a corrections deputy died, on Aug. 16. On Wednesday, Sheriff Carmine Marceno announced the death of Wyvett Moore, a civil process server, who joined the agency in 2014. Moore began […]

Eighteen COVID-19 patients died at Lee Health on Monday, the highest number of deaths since the start of the pandemic. “We see too many of our friends, neighbors and family members, young people, otherwise healthy people on ventilators, who are dying,” Lee Health CEO Dr. Larry Antonucci said. The patients ranged in age from 24 […]

A Lee Health infectious disease specialist is making a plea for its patients, as kids’ ICU beds near capacity, and NICU is over capacity. She says women who are pregnant should get vaccinated, or expecting mothers risk their lives and the lives of their newborns. Dr. Stephanie Stovall says COVID-19 can send pregnant women into […]

Masks and vaccines have created a divide during the pandemic. Some people cite their belief system as the reason they avoid both. WINK News spoke to three religious leaders, and while they are not of the same faith, they all agree that we should be helping keep each other safe. Online, the idea of whether […]

Adrian Zurita is accused of hitting and killing a 15-year-old boy, then leaving the scene of the crash in December 2020. This crash happened in Lehigh Acres not too far away from where Zurita was living at the time. On Monday, August 23, 2021, Zurita plead guilty in the hit-and-run case. At the time of […]

22 teachers are out of one elementary after either testing positive for or being exposed to COVID-19. Now, a few classrooms are closed and parents are saying no one from the district let them know. Pelican Elementary School in Cape Coral currently has 22 teachers in quarantine. This is more than a third of all […]

The School District of Lee County had 19 classrooms in Lee County schools closed due to the coronavirus Thursday, as teachers quarantined, leaving schools short-staffed. Those working have no time to plan because they are being shifted to cover rooms with absent teachers. The District must handle two separate but equally important issues — health […]