CAPTIVA Sanibel and Captiva picking back up after Helene It’s a race against the clock for all of Southwest Florida as communities pick up from Hurricane Helene. Rain is in the forecast again.
FORT MYERS BEACH A village helps a man rebuild on Fort Myers Beach With Helene on our minds, it’s hard to miss the impact Hurricane Ian still has on so many people two years later.
Charlotte County says they don’t have drainage issues in Port Charlotte A community left water logged over and over again is ready for it to end.
Bank of America says outages have been fixed Bank of America said an apparent glitch that caused widespread outages has been fixed.
TICE Second woman dead after September stabbing in Tice A second woman is dead after a stabbing. It happened on Sept. 20 on Montgomery Avenue in Tice.
VILLAS WINK News Game of the Week: Oasis at ECS Our WINK News Game of the Week brings us to Evangelical Christian School as the Sentinels host the Oasis High School Sharks.
FORT MYERS WINK News Player of the Week: Bishop Verot QB Carter Smith Our week six Wink News player of the week is one of the best in Lee County and the country: Bishop Verot High School quarterback Carter Smith.
FEMA offering disaster survivor assistance for those impacted by Helene If your home flooded during Hurricane Helene, you’re probably gutting the drywall and drying everything out as best you can, but what else do you need to do to get the help you need?
FORT MYERS Lee Health using newer screening methods to find early lung cancer Lee Health doubled the number of robot screenings to look for early stage lung cancer.
Industry Standard, BrAva Pizza launch in Bonita Springs A new chef-driven dining venue has transformed the former space of The Causeway, a short-lived food hall that closed this spring in Bonita Springs.
Breeze Airways chooses RSW as new base of operations Breeze Airways, an airline less than 4 years old that began with three destinations out of the region, chose Southwest Florida International Airport as a new base of operations.
FORT MYERS Caught on video: man with gun arrested for trespassing Walmart roof during Helene A new video shows a strange discovery: a man on the roof of a Walmart armed with a gun.
(AP News) How Trump credits an immigration chart for saving his life and what the graphic is missing Ever since the assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump has professed a unique fondness for a bar chart.
WASHINGTON (AP) Liz Cheney will campaign with Harris in Wisconsin while Trump holds a rally in Michigan Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican antagonists, will join Democrat Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Wisconsin.
FORT MYERS Man wanted for armed robbery in Fort Myers Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is seeking information on a man wanted for an armed robbery in Fort Myers.
CAPTIVA Sanibel and Captiva picking back up after Helene It’s a race against the clock for all of Southwest Florida as communities pick up from Hurricane Helene. Rain is in the forecast again.
FORT MYERS BEACH A village helps a man rebuild on Fort Myers Beach With Helene on our minds, it’s hard to miss the impact Hurricane Ian still has on so many people two years later.
Charlotte County says they don’t have drainage issues in Port Charlotte A community left water logged over and over again is ready for it to end.
Bank of America says outages have been fixed Bank of America said an apparent glitch that caused widespread outages has been fixed.
TICE Second woman dead after September stabbing in Tice A second woman is dead after a stabbing. It happened on Sept. 20 on Montgomery Avenue in Tice.
VILLAS WINK News Game of the Week: Oasis at ECS Our WINK News Game of the Week brings us to Evangelical Christian School as the Sentinels host the Oasis High School Sharks.
FORT MYERS WINK News Player of the Week: Bishop Verot QB Carter Smith Our week six Wink News player of the week is one of the best in Lee County and the country: Bishop Verot High School quarterback Carter Smith.
FEMA offering disaster survivor assistance for those impacted by Helene If your home flooded during Hurricane Helene, you’re probably gutting the drywall and drying everything out as best you can, but what else do you need to do to get the help you need?
FORT MYERS Lee Health using newer screening methods to find early lung cancer Lee Health doubled the number of robot screenings to look for early stage lung cancer.
Industry Standard, BrAva Pizza launch in Bonita Springs A new chef-driven dining venue has transformed the former space of The Causeway, a short-lived food hall that closed this spring in Bonita Springs.
Breeze Airways chooses RSW as new base of operations Breeze Airways, an airline less than 4 years old that began with three destinations out of the region, chose Southwest Florida International Airport as a new base of operations.
FORT MYERS Caught on video: man with gun arrested for trespassing Walmart roof during Helene A new video shows a strange discovery: a man on the roof of a Walmart armed with a gun.
(AP News) How Trump credits an immigration chart for saving his life and what the graphic is missing Ever since the assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump has professed a unique fondness for a bar chart.
WASHINGTON (AP) Liz Cheney will campaign with Harris in Wisconsin while Trump holds a rally in Michigan Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican antagonists, will join Democrat Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Wisconsin.
FORT MYERS Man wanted for armed robbery in Fort Myers Southwest Florida Crime Stoppers is seeking information on a man wanted for an armed robbery in Fort Myers.
WASHINGTON Jim Jordan says Ukraine aid released because Zelensky showed he’s the ‘real deal’ Republican Congressman Jim Jordan continued his stalwart defense of President Trump in the ongoing impeachment inquiry, portraying the president’s decision to place a hold on a multi-million-dollar military aid package to Ukraine as a way to ensure that country’s government would use the funds wisely and appropriately. “We’re talking about Ukraine, one of three most […]
MOSCOW (AP) Russia to expel 10 US diplomats in response to Biden actions Russia on Friday responded to a barrage of new U.S. sanctions by saying it would expel 10 U.S. diplomats and take other retaliatory moves in a tense showdown with Washington. The Russian Foreign Ministry also published a list of eight current or former U.S. officials barred from entering the country, including U.S. Attorney General Merrick […]
(Politifact) Fact-checking the Gordon Sondland impeachment hearing about Trump, Ukraine Gordon Sondland, the U.S. ambassador to the European Union, said he was following orders of President Donald Trump to have Ukraine investigate a company that hired the son of Vice President Joe Biden, and many officials knew about it. Sondland said he and others worked with Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine matters at the […]
WASHINGTON (CBS NEWS) Ousted Ukraine ambassador testifies in public impeachment hearing What to know about Friday’s impeachment hearing Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testified that President Trump’s comments about her on the July 25 call “sounded like a threat.” During the hearing, the president attacked her on Twitter, saying “everywhere Yovanovitch went turned bad.” Yovanovitch, a career diplomat, was recalled from her post earlier this year […]
WASHINGTON (CBS NEWS) House holds first public hearings in impeachment probe The top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine revealed new information about the events at the center of the House impeachment inquiry as the first open hearings before the House Intelligence Committee got underway Wednesday. Bill Taylor, the chargé d’affaires at the U.S. embassy in Kiev, said in his opening statement that he recently learned about a conversation a […]
WASHINGTON (CBS NEWS) House unveils 2 articles of impeachment, charging Trump with abuse of power and obstruction House Democrats announced two articles of impeachment Tuesday against President Donald Trump – abuse of power and obstruction of Congress — pushing toward historic votes over charges he corrupted the U.S. election process and endangered national security. Speaker Nancy Pelosi, flanked by the chairmen of the impeachment inquiry committees, stood at the Capitol in what […]
WASHINGTON (AP) Facebook, Twitter CEOs ordered to testify by GOP senators The GOP push against Facebook and Twitter accelerated Thursday after Republican senators threatened the CEOs of the social media companies with subpoenas to force them to address accusations of censorship in the closing weeks of the presidential campaign. With Democrats boycotting the hearing, the Republican-controlled Senate Judiciary Committee voted to authorize the legal orders if […]
WASHINGTON (AP) Senate agrees to hear Trump case, rejecting GOP arguments Donald Trump’s historic second impeachment trial opened Tuesday with graphic video showing the former president whipping up a rally crowd to march to the Capitol and “fight like hell” against his reelection defeat, followed by images of the deadly attack on Congress that came soon after. In an early test of the former president’s defense, […]
WASHINGTON (CBS NEWS) Judiciary Committee holds first impeachment hearing The House Judiciary Committee is taking the reins of the impeachment inquiry as the panel holds its first hearing of the next stage of the probe. The committee, which will be responsible for drafting potential articles of impeachment, will hear from four constitutional law experts — Noah Feldman, Pamela Karlan, Michael Gerhardt and Jonathan Turley […]
NEW YORK (CNN BUSINESS) Boeing faces more trouble after crash of a Ukrainian 737 jet in Iran Another tragic airline crash Wednesday could cause more problems for Boeing. A three-year old Boeing 737-800 jet operated by Ukraine International Airlines crashed soon after takeoff from Tehran’s international airport early Wednesday, killing all 176 people on board. Iranian aviation authorities have begun an investigation. An early report from Iran’s semi-official news agency ISNA blamed […]