December 3, 2014

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- In a major milestone, starting next month same-sex marriages will take place in Florida. On Wednesday, a U.S. Appeals Court rule the state’s ban on gay marriage will end on January 5th. “It’s a great day, marriage equality has come to Florida,” said Fort Myers family law attorney Luis Insignares. Insignares tells […]

MIAMI (AP) – A federal appeals court refused Wednesday to extend past Jan. 5 a hold on a ruling that declared Florida’s ban on gay marriage unconstitutional, possibly bringing same-sex weddings one step closer to reality. The Atlanta-based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals also said Wednesday it will consider the substance of the state’s […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- “We were here before ‘Dunk City’. We were here before all the lights and all the cameras so we should be treated that way,” said Kelli Krebs, FGCU student and North Lake Village resident. Students are outraged–saying the university is putting basketball before them. “We pay tuition. We pay housing… We pay […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- 11 homicides and only three arrests so far in 2014. It’s a statistic FMPD Chief Doug Baker says needs to change. Baker was appointed to lead the force for another three years but he tells WINK News it will take more than just his detectives to put criminals behind bars. He says […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Community Cooperative Ministries Inc. (CCMI) is back open. The community café and soup kitchen has been around for 30 years and strives to fill the stomachs of thousands in Lee County. The main location on Dr. Martin Luther King Boulevard has been closed for a few months while construction crews worked to […]

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Investigators say a toddler was tortured and killed by people who should have been protecting him. In court Wednesday, jurors heard Gale Watkins tell detectives about the night her grandson, Michael McMullen, was wrapped in a blanket so tightly he couldn’t breathe. The 3-year-old later died. Jurors watched a reenactment of the […]

CHARLOTTE COUNTY, Fla. – WINK NEWS has confirmed two Charlotte Correctional Institution officers reached settlement agreements to get their jobs back. Ten officers were fired after an inmate died in the prison back in April. New details were released about what caused the death of Matthew Walker. The death certificate says there was asphyxiation and […]

MARCO ISLAND, Fla.- A judge denied bond for the woman accused of murdering her boyfriend. 24-year-old Lisa Troemner is facing second degree murder charges for fatally stabbing her boyfriend, Trevor Smith. The State Attorney’s Office (SAO) says Troemner used a kitchen knife to stab Smith. Troemner faced a Collier County judge this afternoon. Deputies say […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- The first “Mimi coin” of the season has appeared in a Salvation Army red kettle. This is the 11th year in a row someone donated the gold coin, which always comes with a note that reads “In loving memory of Mimi.” The coin is worth approximately $1,300. Many people have speculated who […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Labor Department on Wednesday issued a rule to protect employees of federal contractors from discrimination based on their sexual orientation or gender identity. The rule would carry out terms of a workplace anti-discrimination law signed by President Barack Obama on July 21. “Americans believe in fairness and opportunity. No one should […]