December 18, 2014

Thursday Scores City Of Palms Classic Basketball Tournament Melbourne Florida Air Academy (FL) – 71 Riverside Academy (LA) – 69 Trinity (Ky.) – 70 Sierra Canyon (CA) – 59 (Sunshine Series) Cardinal Gibbons (FL) – 63 Mariner – 55 Webster Groves, MO – 54 North Port – 47 Oak Ridge, (FL) – 67 Archbishop Carroll, […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- The City of Palms tournament “Sunshine Series” kicked off today. Mariner, the No.3 team in 5A, took on Florida’s No. 1 team in 5A, Cardinal Gibbons out of Fort Lauderdale. Columbia commit Rodney Hunter lead Mariner with a team-high 31 points, including two threes. Maverick Rowan was dominant inside and outside the […]

NAPLES, Fla.- WINK News has learned that the Aristocrat Assisted Living Center in Naples has changed many policies and procedures since August. That’s when WINK News first reported the death of 90-year-old Robert Bernard. The Department of Children and Families says Bernard was left outside alone in his wheelchair for 3 hours in 90-plus degree […]

BOSTON (AP) – The Celtics traded point guard Rajon Rondo to Dallas on Thursday night, cutting ties with the last remnant of Boston’s last NBA championship while giving Dirk Nowitzki and the Mavericks a chance at another title. The Celtics will send Rondo and forward Dwight Powell to Dallas for Jae Crowder, Brandan Wright, Jameer […]

ISLES OF CAPRI, Fla. – It’s a story that’s going viral. WINK News was first to show you the video of a 15 foot python found outside of a restaurant in Collier County. WINK News spoke with the man who owns that restaurant. He says kids and dogs play on the dock where they found […]

REDONDO BEACH, Calif. (AP) – Pedestrians were filing out of a church Christmas service when a car sped around other vehicles at a red light and plowed into the crowd before hitting another car head-on, police and witnesses said. Three people were killed, and several more were injured, California authorities said. “Someone ran the red […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Flu season has started earlier in Southwest Florida and it’s claiming more patients than this time last year. The increase in cases is leaving some pharmacies fresh out of flu fighting medications. The federal government has also placed Florida under a flu alert. “We have a few capsules remaining, we have sold […]

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- A county employee is on leave for posting what some say was a threatening Facebook post. This comes just a week after the county discussed fining drivers for harassing pedestrians, cyclists and runners. In the conversation, Heidi Fahnestock, asked a bicyclist where he rides and stated she would love to “plow” him and […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- It could change the way you look at your phone forever. Some call it “text neck,” doctors are calling it an epidemic. Everywhere you look you find someone looking down, staring at their smartphone. But do they know how dangerous it could be to their health? “The minute you start to tilt […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- This weekend, dozens of teams will tip off at Bishop Verot in the Annual City of Palms Classic high school basketball tournament. The student-athletes who play in the tournament look forward to it every year, because it features some of the best basketball players in the country. The tournament wouldn’t exist, however, […]