Sydney Persing

With the coronavirus pandemic still impacting a lot of our plans, many are having to figure out new ways to do normal activities – like going to church. Emmanuel Lutheran in Naples found one way to help people worship: They turned a 40-acre plot of land into a drive-in church. Everyone will be able to […]

Two different protests were held Saturday at the Seed to Table Market in North Naples. One was organized by the store owner, Alfie Oakes, for “All Lives Matter.” The other was meant to draw attention to Oakes for what many describe as a racist social media post. More than a thousand people came to support […]

Returning to the classroom and how can it be done? We asked you with a WINK News survey last week. Since then, your responses have doubled. “How likely are you to return if class starts in the fall??” On a scale of 1-10 ranging from “not at all likely” to “extremely likely,” a third of […]

Forty-four years ago, Bill Eggers was a police officer in Pueblo, Colorado. One day, he stumbled upon a woman in labor in her car. He then helped her give birth to a baby, named Becki, without any prior training. Becki Shaufler searched for Bill Eggers for years and years. She wanted to meet the man […]

A community will band together Sunday to help bring a beloved bait and tackle shop back to life. Fishin Franks in Port Charlotte was destroyed by fire on May 24 after a vehicle crashed into it. Since then, people from across the area have stepped up to help the 35-year-old business, and a poker run […]

This is the first weekend in Collier County that county beaches and parks are returning back to normal. There’s been a lot of back and forth on keeping Collier and Naples beaches open since the start of the pandemic. Saturday Collier beaches are back open sunrise to sunset 7 days a week. But Naples beaches […]

With this one for the history books, the school year is all but over. What we learned from you — teachers, parents and students — is that 70% of you prefer kids going to class compared to distance learning. This just scratches the surface of what we learned from our survey. No one has the […]

Universities don’t have much time to get their plans in order for the fall, so what is Florida Gulf Coast University considering? There’s no telling what the campus will look like in the fall, but one thing though is for sure, “We’ve prepared for about 4 or 5 different scenarios, all of which start with […]

Testing people for the coronavirus is more important than ever as the state continues to reopen, so on Sunday in Immokalee, people can get tested without a doctor’s note. Immokalee is among the “hot spots” for COVID-19 in Florida, with more than 400 confirmed cases in just the last month. “This is going to be […]

The Harry Chapin Food Bank is adding a new site to its list of food pantries. Florida Gulf Coast University will be the newest site in Fort Myers, distributing food every weekend. We come to these mobile food pantries often and every time, we see the need is high. The size of the lines and […]