October 5, 2015

CAPE CORAL, Fla. – Southwest Florida’s largest city will soon be better prepared for extreme weather. Monday the City Council approved spending $118,511.93 to install lightning detectors at 17 city parks. When lightning gets close, a strobe light will flash and a siren will sound. “Any lightning within ten miles, our system will go off,” […]

BOKEELIA, Fla.–The  search for the 33 missing sailors in the Bahamas who worked on the large cargo ship, El Faro. Their families met privately with the Coast Guard in Jacksonville to get an update on the rescue efforts. Among those lost at sea are 3 men from Lee County. “it is just very sad,” said […]

NEW YORK (AP) – General Mills is recalling 1.8 million boxes of Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios produced at a plant in Lodi, California, saying the cereal is labeled gluten-free but actually contains wheat. The recall affects Cheerios and Honey Nut Cheerios that were made in July. The Minneapolis company said Monday wheat flour was […]

NEW YORK (AP) – Customer credit and debit card numbers may have been stolen at seven Trump hotels after its payment systems were hacked for over a year. The Trump Hotel Collection said on its website that hackers gained access to its systems between May 2014 and June 2015 at the front desk of those […]

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) – Leaders with the Florida Legislature are moving ahead with plans to hold a 19-day special session this fall. House Speaker Steve Crisafulli and Senate President Andy Gardiner on Monday officially announced a special session to redraw the state’s 40 Senate districts. The move comes after the Senate acknowledged this summer that […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- The Fort Myers City Council is debating whether to allow residents to raise chickens in their backyards. It all started when a relative gave Anna Fabisiak two Rhode Island red chicks. She raised them and named them Norma and Claudette. “They were my pets, they were little companions. They would follow me around as I worked […]

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. – Several students were honored by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office on Monday for “doing the right thing.” “It’s unbelievable, ’cause you could see how diverse it was today, from collecting books to helping to save a life to finding money or jewelry. So these kids need to be recognized and need to […]

FORT MYERS, Fla.- A Bonita Springs man at the center of a deputy-involved shooting will spend one year in jail. George Larsen, 66, pleaded guilty on Monday to shooting at deputies at his home on Red Hibiscus Drive when they responded to a 911 call in February. Larsen’s wife told deputies at the time that her husband was drunk […]

  LEE COUNTY, Fla.,- People in South Carolina are being urged to stay indoors as the state deals with historic rainfall and flooding. WINK News is learning nine people have died and many are trapped waiting to be rescued. A Cape Coral native is now living near some of the hardest hit areas. Erik Henderson […]