Proposed Estero charter school would focus on foreign languages
ESTERO, Fla. — A proposed charter school that would specialize in Greek and Spanish language education have some in the community questioning the need for it, but the developer says it’s the perfect...
View ArticleDoes where you live in Southwest Florida affect your grocery bill?
FORT MYERS, Fla. – WINK News wanted to know if where you live could impact the price of your grocery bill.
View ArticleRash of Palm Beach Blvd. break-ins continues
FORT MYERS, Fla. — A lengthening string of break-ins along a busy thoroughfare is raising questions after an armed robbery Tuesday at the Hardee’s restaurant on 4900 Palm Beach Blvd..
View ArticleVIDEO: Cape Coral couple holds underwater wedding
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A couple in search of a unusual way to exchange vows found what they were looking for when a diving instructor — who’s also an ordained minister — suggested an underwater wedding.
View ArticleCouncilman, some neighbors tired of non-complying business
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Code enforcement has no record of a business tax receipt for the property located on the corner of Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard and Canal Street, however, there are piles of cement...
View ArticleVIDEO: Why do incumbents win bids for reelection?
FORT MYERS, Fla. – With the results of the primaries in, many Southwest Florida incumbents are heading back to office.
View ArticlePreacher, bagpipe-playing FGCU student stage war of sound
SAN CARLOS PARK, Fla. — A man who delivers an anti-gay message via bullhorn on the Florida Gulf Coast University campus encountered an unusual obstacle when a student began playing the bagpipes to...
View ArticleWidower dances in late-wife’s memory
BONITA SPRINGS, Fla. – Heartbroken, lonely and grieving.
View ArticleOne dead in Fort Myers shooting
FORT MYERS, Fla. – A 37-year-old man was killed just before 9 a.m.
View ArticleJudge questions Sievers attorney qualifications
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Mark Sievers, the Bonita Springs man accused of killing his wife in a high-profile murder case, could soon have a new attorney.
View ArticleLSCO connects student’s gun to fatal bullet in Summerlin Road wreck
FORT MYERS, Fla. – An 18-year-old man was arrested Thursday in connection to the death of Friedrich “Fritz” Timmerman who suffered a “fatal wound” before crashing into a concrete retainer wall off...
View ArticleCape Coral police teach in-demand active shooter course
CAPE CORAL, Fla. – Police officers say the worst thing a person can do when faced with the danger of an active shooter is nothing.
View ArticleFort Myers to expand crime-fighting cams to Dunbar
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The City of Fort Myers is spending $200,000 to install a pair of cameras at the entrances of two high-crime neighborhoods in the Dunbar community, City Manager Saaed Kazemi told WINK...
View ArticleWhich grocery store chain is cheapest?
FORT MYERS, Fla. – If you ever wonder if you are really saving depending on the chain you grocery shop at, wonder no more.
View ArticleFDLE finds missing 10-year-old North Fort Myers girl
UPDATE: The missing 10-year-old girl was found after a seven-hour search. She is being checked out to make sure she is OK, but seems to be fine, authorities said early Friday.
View ArticleOwner of truck in deadly Fort Myers hit-and-run arrested
FORT MYERS, Fla. — The owner of the pickup truck involved in a deadly June hit-and-run crash on Colonial Boulevard was arrested Friday.
View ArticleBullet key to arrest in Summerlin Road shooting
SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — A single bullet found in the head of the victim of a fatal March shooting on Summerlin Road led to an arrest six months later.
View ArticleGroundbreaking for Alico Arena upgrades set for November
SAN CARLOS PARK, Fla. — Major upgrades to Alico Arena are starting later than originally planned, but the project is still on track to be finished before the start of the 2017-18 school year..
View ArticleFriday Night Highlights, Part 1
North Fort Myers 16 at Fort Myers 37 FINAL Scoreboard Team 1 2 3 4 F North Fort Myers 0 0 8 8 16 Fort Myers 7 14 2 14 37 Lemon Bay 0 at Estero 21, FINAL Scoreboard Team 1 2 3 4 F Lemon Bay 0 0 0 – 0...
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