CHARLOTTE COUNTY Charlotte County under temporary burn ban Charlotte County has implemented a temporary burn ban on all outdoor burning, as well as the use of fireworks and sparklers.
LEHIGH ACRES Friends and Family honor teen killed in crash Friends and family gathered Tuesday night to say goodbye and celebrate the life of 18-year-old Jasmine Lamar.
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach Fire Department speaks on future hurricane plans While we stock up on supplies and prepare for hurricane season, the Fort Myers Beach Fire Department is too, in a different way.
MARCO ISLAND Caxambas park closed for hurricane restoration project It’s been a long time coming: Caxambas Park is being brought back to its former glory.
FORT MYERS Changes likely at problematic Seaboard and Michigan intersection Whether you’re struggling to make the left turn yourself, or are stuck behind someone who is, everyone WINK spoke to agrees: something needs to change.
MATLACHA Demolition acts as a breath of fresh air Construction crews working on the roads and metal cranes picking up debris are the signs of progress for the people in Matlacha.
BONITA SPRINGS Surviving the extreme heat in SWFL Those nineties won’t be going anywhere anytime soon.
FORT MYERS Code enforcement cites property owner of Edison Grand after A/C concerns The city is stepping in to get people a blast of cold air at a Fort Myers condominium that had been without air conditioning for 12 days.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 2024 Tax-free shopping helps you prepare for Hurricane Season and summer fun Get ready to save! Two sales tax holidays take place in the next couple months.
IMMOKALEE Collier County commissioners looking to buy 2,250 acres in Immokalee The county says the land could help with workforce housing, parks, fire operations and conservation.
LEHIGH ACRES Company fixing lot its crew accidentally cleared in Lehigh Acres It’s a miscommunication that upset neighbors in Lehigh Acres.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers protestors to be outside state attorney’s office every Thursday asking her to overturn decision Every Thursday, Project Justice, along with the NAACP, said they would protest her decision and the events that led to Christopher Jordan being killed.
FORT MYERS FL Supreme Court rules that you can be forced from car during traffic stop The Florida Supreme Court ruled that you can be kicked out of your car during a traffic stop so K9 can search it.
NORTH FORT MYERS 6-acre brush fire shuts down SB lanes of North Tamiami Trail at Littleton Road Smoke is filling the sky in North Fort Myers due to a six-acre brush fire.
FORT MYERS ECS sprinter McKenzie Travis sprints to history with Triple Crown win ECS sprinter McKenzie Travis sprints to history as she becomes eighth woman in FHSAA history to win Triple Crown.
CHARLOTTE COUNTY Charlotte County under temporary burn ban Charlotte County has implemented a temporary burn ban on all outdoor burning, as well as the use of fireworks and sparklers.
LEHIGH ACRES Friends and Family honor teen killed in crash Friends and family gathered Tuesday night to say goodbye and celebrate the life of 18-year-old Jasmine Lamar.
FORT MYERS BEACH Fort Myers Beach Fire Department speaks on future hurricane plans While we stock up on supplies and prepare for hurricane season, the Fort Myers Beach Fire Department is too, in a different way.
MARCO ISLAND Caxambas park closed for hurricane restoration project It’s been a long time coming: Caxambas Park is being brought back to its former glory.
FORT MYERS Changes likely at problematic Seaboard and Michigan intersection Whether you’re struggling to make the left turn yourself, or are stuck behind someone who is, everyone WINK spoke to agrees: something needs to change.
MATLACHA Demolition acts as a breath of fresh air Construction crews working on the roads and metal cranes picking up debris are the signs of progress for the people in Matlacha.
BONITA SPRINGS Surviving the extreme heat in SWFL Those nineties won’t be going anywhere anytime soon.
FORT MYERS Code enforcement cites property owner of Edison Grand after A/C concerns The city is stepping in to get people a blast of cold air at a Fort Myers condominium that had been without air conditioning for 12 days.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA 2024 Tax-free shopping helps you prepare for Hurricane Season and summer fun Get ready to save! Two sales tax holidays take place in the next couple months.
IMMOKALEE Collier County commissioners looking to buy 2,250 acres in Immokalee The county says the land could help with workforce housing, parks, fire operations and conservation.
LEHIGH ACRES Company fixing lot its crew accidentally cleared in Lehigh Acres It’s a miscommunication that upset neighbors in Lehigh Acres.
FORT MYERS Fort Myers protestors to be outside state attorney’s office every Thursday asking her to overturn decision Every Thursday, Project Justice, along with the NAACP, said they would protest her decision and the events that led to Christopher Jordan being killed.
FORT MYERS FL Supreme Court rules that you can be forced from car during traffic stop The Florida Supreme Court ruled that you can be kicked out of your car during a traffic stop so K9 can search it.
NORTH FORT MYERS 6-acre brush fire shuts down SB lanes of North Tamiami Trail at Littleton Road Smoke is filling the sky in North Fort Myers due to a six-acre brush fire.
FORT MYERS ECS sprinter McKenzie Travis sprints to history with Triple Crown win ECS sprinter McKenzie Travis sprints to history as she becomes eighth woman in FHSAA history to win Triple Crown.
NORTH PORT North Port reacts to homicide ruling in Gabby Petito case The Teton County coroner has ruled Gabrielle “Gabby” Petito’s death a homicide, but we won’t learn how she died until the final autopsy report is released. Even though the initial report brought some answers, people around the country and in North Port want to know exactly what happened. The FBI released a statement on Petito’s […]
WASHINGTON (AP) AP: Biden inauguration theme is ‘America United’ The theme for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration will be “America United,” an issue that’s long been a central focus for Biden but one that’s taken on added weight in the wake of the violence at the U.S. Capitol last week. In an announcement shared first with The Associated Press, the Presidential Inaugural Committee said that […]
COLUMBUS, GA. Trump blasts federal indictment as ‘ridiculous’ and ‘baseless’ in speech to Republicans in Georgia Former President Donald Trump blasted his historic federal indictment as “ridiculous” and “baseless” during his first public appearance.
TALLAHASSEE (News Service of Florida) Democrats criticize special session on vaccination mandates Democrats expressed opposition Tuesday to a special session ordered by Gov. Ron DeSantis to push back against requirements that workers be vaccinated against COVID-19. DeSantis, who has repeatedly battled with the White House about COVID-19 mandates, announced Friday that the special session will be held the week of Nov. 15 to Nov. 19. While bills […]
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) Ahmaud Arbery’s mother: Hate crimes plea deal is a betrayal The son and father convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery have reached a plea agreement that could avoid their trial on federal hate crime charges. Arbery’s parents denounced the deal as a betrayal and called on the judge to reject it. The proposed plea agreements with Travis and Greg McMichael were announced in court documents filed […]
ASSOCIATED PRESS Billionaires rocketing into space draw UN chief’s red glare Space, we have an equity problem. When three billionaires rocketed into space this summer, they did more than escape Earth’s surly bonds, they helped spread “a malady of mistrust” plaguing an all-too hungry world, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told other world leaders Tuesday. In his opening speech to the General Assembly, a grim Guterres […]
(CBS) Has the Equifax credit report error affected you? Here’s how to find out. Equifax is back in the spotlight after Rep. Maxine Waters asked for the credit reporting agency to be barred from selling credit scores until it explains how it flubbed credit score calculations for millions of Americans. Equifax last week admitted that it misreported some consumers’ credit scores, potentially affecting applications for mortgages, auto loans and […]
HONOLULU (CBS) Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts, creating 100-foot lava fountains One of the most active volcanos on Earth is erupting on Hawaii’s Big Island. Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed Wednesday that an eruption has begun in the Kilauea volcano’s Halemaumau crater at the volcano’s summit. The USGS tweeted that the eruption was “in full swing. What was once a cooling lava lake is […]
WASHINGTON (AP) Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88 Calling Donald H. Rumsfeld energetic was like calling the Pacific wide. When others would rest, he would run. While others sat, he stood. But try as he might, at the pinnacle of his career as defense secretary he could not outmaneuver the ruinous politics of the Iraq war. Regarded by former colleagues as equally smart […]
NAPLES Tarpon Blue acquires Collier Enterprises in Naples A Punta Gorda conglomerate recently acquired Collier Enterprises, a Naples-based real estate investment and development firm founded in 1976 by grandsons of Barron Gift Collier Sr., the namesake of Collier County. The Tarpon Blue Family of Companies, which owns and operates a variety of entities that focus on the acquisition and management of agricultural, development […]