Collier County

On Friday, people across the country and here in Southwest Florida took to the streets, marching side by side for International Transgender Day of Visibility.

A war on vacation homes is underway in one community. A real estate broker association has filed a lawsuit against Marco Island for its controversial short-term rental registration rules.

A maintenance worker at a Naples apartment complex was sentenced Friday to more than eight years in prison for sexually assaulting a tenant.

The Children’s Advocacy Center of Collier County says an increasing number of children need its help, but the center needed some help of its own when Hurricane Ian came just after extensive renovations were completed.

WINK News spotted three manatees, including a calf, in a cove on the Imperial River in Bonita Springs on Thursday.

Collier County EMS is partnering with Golden PAWS Assistance Dogs, Inc. to provide the county’s first responders with therapy dogs.

Liam, the 4-year-old cat badly burned on his paws during a large brush fire in Golden Gate Estates, died from his injuries on Wednesday.

Roads could become increasingly problematic as the human population in Southwest Florida grows. As the human population becomes denser, the Florida Panther gets pushed deeper into a corner.

Invasive python species rampage through the Everglades, but another legless animal is also invading that can survive months of drought. The Asian Swamp Eel preys on shrimp, worms, and small fish, and a new study says the predator has all but wiped out two species of crayfish. WINK News spoke with one of the authors […]

This weekly WINK News segment features fugitives from justice right here in Southwest Florida.