Investigations

As of Aug. 29, FEMA’s Disaster Relief Fund had a balance of $3.4 billion. FEMA directed the implementation of “Immediate Needs Funding.”

The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services announced that it had identified a potentially widespread fuel contamination.

The Cape Coral boy arrested, perp-walked, locked up and then tried for sending a threatening text when he was 10 years old is serving his probation, and we’re investigating one of his court-ordered requirements.

A Lee County mother’s concerns about her child’s safety at a school bus stop located outside a registered sex offender’s home have led to the offender’s arrest.

Are you looking for a remote job? Make sure that online job posting is real and not a job scam. One Fort Myers business owner says con artists used his business’ name to get money out of job seekers.

Imagine paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for a home, only to realize it could burn down at any moment.

You’ve heard the pitch: a 100-thousand dollar retention bonus to work at the new Sunseeker Resort Charlotte Harbor. The company says it’ll pay you $10k per year, after 10 years of continuous employment, but what you don’t know about the bonus, could impact your decision to go for it.

Since Hurricane Ian, WINK News has been closely monitoring the state-administered Florida Disaster Fund, established in 2004 and reactivated after Hurricane Ian. As of Aug. 11, the entire $63 million raised through the fund has been allocated to service organizations across the state. 

Is Collier County denying one of its own, a man who puts his life on the line, benefits Florida law says he deserves?

Fort Myers police chief Jason Fields has been on the job less than a week but he’s walking into issues that have been going on for months.