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Teacher with cancer gets to see her students graduate

This is sure to be a special graduation for one teacher and her students. The 28-year-old made it a point to be there even while battling stage-three Hodgkin’s Lymphoma. And, this is her first time seeing her students since she began chemotherapy treatments. Annaleah Demasi is a dean at Mason Classical Academy. “Even though she’s […]

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Groups work together to provide bikes for college-bound students

Transportation is expensive, but especially for young, college-bound students. A car may be out of reach for those who have big college plans and a small budget. Now, two groups in Collier County are teaming up to make sure that dozens of students have a way to get from place to place. Djully Clarisme graduated […]

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Bear spotting shuts down 1st Ave in Naples

A bear was spotted in downtown Naples on Friday afternoon causing a bit of chaos. The Naples Police Department was called after people spotted the bear running between homes. Authorities were trying to trap the bear. The bear spotting shut down 1st Avenue North between Gulf Shore Blvd and 3rd Street N. Agencies gathered to […]

Naples Pride postpones festival, continues growing sense of community

Naples Pride is working with the City of Naples to recognize June 16 as a day to celebrate pride. Although Pride is postponing its annual festival until November, many in the community are proud of how far the organization has come since forming in 2017. “I was always the loud gay person that most people […]

Immokalee family loses 4th loved one to COVID-19, have special wish

A heartbroken family in Immokalee is grappling with the loss of a fourth loved one to COVID-19. Their father fought the virus for weeks and hoped to have a bilateral lung transplant, but Raul Diaz died last Saturday. The Diaz family is preparing for his funeral, and they want to lay him to rest in […]

‘I’m sad that this has happened’: Naples mayor speaks on ethics allegations

The Naples community is supporting its mayor as she battles a seven-page complaint to the state’s Ethics Commission. Teresa Heitmann is trying to move on from a controversy that continues to rock City Hall. “You don’t dwell in it and you don’t let false accusations harm you,” she told WINK News on Thursday. The accusations […]

Future of Naples Senior Center unveiled

The future of the Naples Senior Center was unveiled during a celebration on Thursday after the public got to see the plans and land for the center. The new center will include a special wing that will help seniors with dementia, a wing that will be the first of its kind, and critical, for Southwest […]

Couple arrested for bogus home repairs in Collier County

There are people who have been left without thousands of dollars they saved to fix up their homes before hurricane season. A contractor couple was arrested after being accused of taking advantage of homeowners, taking their money and completing little to no repairs in return. Investigators say the couple wrote contracts for people totaling nearly […]