Surfing teaches new skills to special needs children FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla.- For many parents with children who suffer from Autism, a number of normal activities are usually impossible for their children. Things like playing sports and other social events can be difficult for their children to adapt to. But some parents from across the east coast, as well as those in SWFL […]
WINK News tours Haunted Walk at Calusa Nature Center FORT MYERS, Fla. – Hundreds of people attended the annual Haunted Walk at the Calusa Nature Center on Halloween. All of the proceeds for the event go towards the nonprofit. The walk is filled with special effects, actors jumping out at people, and a lot of screaming. “They’ll be like, ‘oh no, I see that […]
NTSB: may have found El Faro wreckage The National Transportation Safety Board announced late Saturday a crew may have found the wreckage of cargo ship El Faro. A search team on board the USNS Apache found the wreckage about 15,000 feet down in the area it was last reported. El Faro disappeared near the Bahamas Oct. 1 during Hurricane Joaquin. The NTSB said […]
Don’t forget to turn back your clocks tonight WASHINGTON (AP) – It’s time to fall back. Most people in the United States can enjoy an extra hour of sleep this weekend, thanks to the annual shift back to standard time. The change officially occurs at 2 a.m. local time Sunday. Most people usually set their clocks back before heading to bed Saturday night. […]
Two men sought after Bubble Room Robbery CAPTIVA ISLAND, Fla.- Usually a hidden treasure, The Bubble Room offers guests who make the journey out to Captiva a little slice of paradise. Monday night, however, it became a target for some quick cash. Two men were seen breaking into the restaurant Monday night around midnight. They used electric saws to get through the […]
Tornadoes and floods hit Texas, 5 dead HOUSTON (AP) – Another band of strong storms and heavy rain spawned three tornadoes and dangerous flooding in east Texas on Saturday, with the death toll rising to five after Houston police found two bodies. It’s the second day of turbulent weather in the state, where at least three people died Friday in flood waters […]
No survivors in Russian plane crash in Egypt SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (AP) – A Russian aircraft carrying 224 people, including 17 children, crashed Saturday in a remote mountainous region in the Sinai Peninsula about 20 minutes after taking off from a Red Sea resort popular with Russian tourists, the Egyptian government said. There were no survivors. According to Adel Mahgoub, chairman of the […]
UPDATE: 74-year-old man with dementia is found FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Lee County Sheriff’s Office sent a release early Saturday evening saying they had found Jean Hugo Charles Pierre. Deputies had asked for the public’s help in finding Pierre, who has dementia and was last seen Friday morning. Pierre’s caretaker said she left to run some errands and when she got […]
Halloween creeps into Southwest Florida NAPLES, Fla. – A ‘Spooktacular’ event is creeping into 5th Avenue South this Halloween night. From 4:30 t0 9:30 Saturday evening, the family is invited to celebrated the holiday on 5th Avenue South. Streets will be blocked off, and filed with live music, food, games, costumes contests, and more. There is a haunted has at […]