August 24, 2015

NAPLES, Fla.- A local program can save you thousands of dollars if a lightning strike hits your house. It’s through FPL energy services; the program is named SurgeShield. It costs between $10 to $14 depending on which program you choose. If you just want to protect your appliances, it will cost $10.95 a month. If […]

LEE COUNTY, Fla. – WINK crew is on the scene of a shooting according to witnesses. We spoke with one of the men involved in this shooting and he tells us that this all started with a fight over a woman near SR 31 in Alva. One car fired at another car and a chase […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Fort Myers Police Department is on the scene of a sinkhole at the intersection of Cleveland Avenue and Victoria Avenue. FMPD has shutdown the far right southbound lane of Cleveland Avenue from Victoria Avenue while the Department of Transportation works to repair the roadway. Two southbound lanes remain open. FMPD […]

NAPLES, Fla. – The demolition and rebuilding of the pier is getting closer to the finish line. Only WINK News got a look at the progress on Monday. In 2 months, crews have put the majority of the deck and railing in place. “Some of the sections that are cut out are basically for all […]

FORT MYERS, Fla — Fort Myers’ new top cop, says the police department is moving on, from criticism and low morale, that has plagued them for months. Chief Dennis Eads took over more than a week ago, after former Chief Doug Baker was fired, following fallout from the Nate Allen false arrest. The city manager said Baker lied about […]

EVERGLADES NATIONAL PARK, Fla. – All national parks are waving their admission fees on August 25 for the national park service birthday. 127 of the country’s 409 national parks typically charge an entrance fee, including five in Florida but Tuesday it will be free to enter the park. The five parks in Florida include Everglades […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – A 31-year-old Naples man was sentenced to 17 years in prison Monday for robbing three Southwest Florida banks in 2014. John Robert Haldemann must also pay more than $15,000 in restitution, including $799.25 to Synovus Bank for damaging the institution’s door during an attempted robbery. Haldemann pleaded guilty in March to robbing the […]

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – Southwest Florida is full of opportunity’s to encounter nature and get up close and personal to some of Florida’s most pristine creatures. However you may not even know it but right in our backyard you can take a walk through a swamp and the worlds largest Ancient Bald Cypress Forest. The […]

NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. markets plunged at the open Monday following a big drop in Chinese stocks. The Dow Jones industrial average fell more than 1,000 points in early trading. The Dow was 783 points, or 4.8 percent, lower as of 9:40 a.m. Eastern time. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped 87 points, […]