JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) - When a gunman killed 26 children and staff at a Connecticut grade school, proposals to let teachers carry hidden guns into the classroom soon proliferate..

LEE COUNTY, Fla - Hundreds of business and community leaders saluted excellence in education on Friday night.  They gathered at Harborside Event Center in Fort Myers to salute..

LEE COUNTY,  Fla- The state department of education is going forward with an investigation into Lee County's Schools Superintendent.  Dr. Joseph Burke is accused of mis-..

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- The State Inspector General is reacting to the Lee County School Board's decision not to handle the investigation themselves into allegations against Superintende..

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Lee County School Superintendent Dr. Joseph Burke may reconsider his retirement, announced just last week. The school district released a statement saying, "Dr. B..

PISCATAWAY, N.J. (AP) - Rutgers fired basketball coach Mike Rice on Wednesday after a videotape aired showing him shoving, grabbing and throwing balls at players in practice and us..

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- The Lee County School Board is refusing a request from the state to investigate outgoing Superintendent Dr. Joseph Burke. Instead, board members want the state to..

WASHINGTON (AP) - Schools across the nation should train selected staff members to carry weapons and should each have at least one armed security officer to make students safer and..

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Lee County schools Superintendent Joseph Burke announced Monday that he will retire in June. Burke sent a memo to school board members and then to all staff that ..

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- Some big money is on its way to the School District of Collier County. Governor Scott has present a check for $2.5 million to the county part of the Florida's..

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida A&M University is suspending its search for a new president.    FAMU Board Chairman Solomon Badger announced Friday that it was ..

DETROIT (AP) - A man suspended from a Detroit-area university after writing about his attraction to teachers in a class journal sued the school Friday for $2.2 million and four los..

FORT MYERS, Fla. - For the first time, a Lee County School District administrator who was at the center of an investigation before coming to Lee County, is speaking publicly. ..

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Officers searched the campus of the Alternative Learning Center yesterday, after a report of a gun on campus. On Tuesday at 3:45p.m., the Lee County Sheriff's Off..

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- WINK News has learned a Lee County School administrator, at the center of an investigation, was fired from her previous job. The Florida Department of Education s..

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Young artists from Southwest Florida showed off their talents in a special kind of competition Monday evening. WINK's very own news anchor Lois Thome was the emce..

LEE COUNTY, Fla - The Foundation for Lee County Public Schools surprised six teachers in their classroom Friday with the Golden Apple Award. Each year, the Golden Apple Teacher Rec..

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla - Seven Collier County women were honored Thursday for their contributions to Southwest Florida.  The Naples chapter of the American Association of Univers..

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Lee County Superintendent Dr. Joseph Burke says the district may launch an investigation into claims of a hostile work environment in one department. This comes j..

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla -  Six Collier County teachers have some shiny new hardware.  They are this year's Golden Apple recipients. Dozens of community members surprised the ..