August 16, 2015

SHEBOYGAN, Wis. (AP) – A year of major heartache ended with Jason Day breaking through in a major way Sunday at the PGA Championship. With at least a share of the 54-hole lead for the third straight major, Day never gave Jordan Spieth or anyone else much of a chance at Whistling Straits. He closed […]

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Jameis Winston’s preseason debut didn’t go as smoothly as he would have liked, however the Tampa Bay Buccaneers came away from the outing feeling good about the rookie’s progress. “You would like all of your players the first time they’re going to be on the field to be perfect and get […]

NAPLES, Fla. – The captain of Sweet Liberty has been released from the hospital after his boat was struck by lightning with 16 other people on board. His mother, who works at the dock, says the lightning came out of no where. Captain Shane had tried to take the boat out of harms way but […]

NAPLES, Fla. – History buffs gathered in Naples over the weekend, to take a trip back in time without every leaving Southwest Florida. The Museum of Military Memorabilia held a weekend long celebration to commemorate the 70th anniversary of V-J day.  That’s when the United States declared victory over Japan during World War II. The […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- The Golf Doctor, Mike Calbot, and WINK News weekend sports anchor, Morgan Frances, give golfers a two-minute tip they can take to the course. This week, Morgan and Mike have a tip for getting your lag putts close to the cup. The Golf Doctor airs every Sunday morning on WINK News. Need […]

RIDGECREST, Calif. (AP) – Sheriff’s deputies in California have shot and killed a man believed to be the target of a 2-week-long manhunt in the rugged, mountainous high desert of Central California. A spokesman for the Kern County Sheriff’s Department said that while an autopsy hasn’t been conducted, investigators believe the man killed in a […]

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Julian Bond, a civil rights activist and longtime board chairman of the NAACP, has died. He was 75. The Southern Poverty Law Center says in a statement that Bond died Saturday night in Fort Walton Beach, Florida after a brief illness. The Nashville, Tenn. native was considered a symbol […]

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – An official says an Indonesian airliner carrying 54 people has lost contact over the country’s easternmost province of Papua. Transportation Ministry spokesman Julius Barata says a plane belonging to Trigana Air Service lost contact Sunday afternoon while flying from Papua’s provincial capital, Jayapura, to the Papua city of Oksibil. He says […]

PARIS (AP) – French authorities are searching for two assailants who shot a police officer in a government security building outside Paris. Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet said the officer surprised the two attackers during his rounds early Sunday, and one of them grabbed his gun and shot him. A national police official, speaking anonymously […]