Samantha Johns

An all-out search for Jasmine Battle, while police said she’s responsible for a shooting in downtown Fort Myers Sunday morning. Lee County Sheriff’s Office’s new mobile surveillance unit is located on the corner of Second Street, steps away from where that shooting happened. City leaders are hoping it’ll bring some big changes to the late-night […]

A community is outraged over their rising utility bills, and one man is petitioning against a local electric company. So far, the petition has more than 1,000 signatures and continues to grow. Families all across Cape Coral are struggling, and the petition proves that many can’t handle the increase. The man who started the petition […]

A mother is outraged after day care prices were raised at a Cape Coral day care. Brighton Academy, in Cape Coral, now costs $205 a week, up from $165 last year. Nicole Roberts has another child on the way and said she is scared she will have to switch day care because her daughter’s bill […]

A Southwest Florida firefighter is home after a 6,000-mile boat journey traveling America’s great loop. Steve Hernden is a Cape Coral firefighter and completed the trip in 28 days. Hernden spent eight days alone and 20 days with family members who joined him on different stops. While most people might think twice about traveling with […]

A Southwest Florida man uses an unorthodox method to keep invasive iguanas out of his yard. In Cape Coral, iguanas are seen sunbathing along seawalls and running across yards, but Richard Dahlstrom has a plan to get rid of the pesky pest. He uses CDs in his yard to deter them. It’s been about a […]

Long lines to drop off and pick children up on the first day of school Wednesday, but some parents in Cape Coral said it went better than expected. The first day of school can be a stressful experience for students, parents, and teachers. Some parents decided to park near schools to avoid long lines. However, […]

A forensic specialist turned crime novelist is releasing her 16th book. Lisa Black works full-time for the Cape Coral Police Department as a Forensic Specialist. WINK News talked to her about the journey to overcoming all the rejection over the years. Most of Black’s days are spent analyzing things under a microscope but it’s not […]

The City of Cape Coral hired a private company to remove the green algae from its waterways. The city hired Solitude Lake Management and they’ve been cleaning up the green algae all day. WINK News was live at one of the clean-up sites in Cape Coral. Crews loaded up at Horton Park and clean-up efforts […]

Environmentalists are upset over the lack of progress from the Blue-Green Algae Task Force. In 2019 the task force developed 32 recommendations. A report showed over the last three years ecological conditions have not improved. And in May cases, they have worsened. Harmful algae blooms persist, water quality’s declined and a record number of manatees […]

There’s a federal push to own electric cars to save the environment but in one Southwest Florida city, there simply aren’t enough electric charging points. Now there’s a need in Cape Coral for charging stations. There are currently only three charging stations in Cape Coral that the public can use. The other ones in the […]