GOLDEN GATE ESTATES, Fla.- The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and partners rescued an approximately 9-month-old female Florida panther in Golden Gate Estat..

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Two buildings, owned by the Lee County School District, hit the auction block Wednesday; but only one went to the highest bidder. An investor named Aaron Howard b..

LEE COUNTY, Fla - The 21st annual National Letter Carrier Food Drive on May 11 collected 319,935 pounds of food in Lee County -- a 5% increase over last year, when Lee residents do..

LEE COUNTY, Fla.- Lee County is paying tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Officers from across the region gathered together this morning for a local memorial service..

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- "Our paramedics are not hearing the tones that would release the emergency response vehicle to visit with the patient and bring them to the proper care facili..

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - Patricia Parrish was back to work at Sunshine Pharmacy Wednesday morning, less than a day after being released from jail on bond.Parrish, 73, and her son, De..

FORT MYERS, Fla.- A man suspected in the murder of two Fort Myers men last month, appeared in federal court today on unrelated gun charges.Only WINK News was in the courtroom as Do..

BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - The president of Florida Atlantic University has resigned amid a series of controversies that have rocked the school in recent months.    Mar..

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- A man who deputies saw leaving the scene of a vehicle fire in Golden Gate on Tuesday was arrested and charged with arson. Oscar Tejada, 29, was ‘covered..

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - The Florida Supreme Court is rejecting a final appeal from the killer of a 10-year-old-girl.    Elmer Leon Carroll is scheduled to die by le..

BOCA GRANDE PASS, Fla. — Four people were assisted by Coast Guard crews after the 24-foot boat they were aboard began taking on water 11 miles south of Boca Grande Pass, Wedn..

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. (AP) - Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco say four people have been arrested on charges of selling synthetic marijuana - ..

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam is running for re-election.    Putnam, a former member of Congress, last month quietly opened a..

TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. (AP) - Crews in Tarpon Springs battled a fire aboard a shrimp boat that spread into the fuel-covered water to a nearby dock.    The Tampa Bay Ti..

GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say an 11-year-old boy has died after a 4-year-old accidentally shot him in a Lake City apartment.    The child who was shot on ..

DAVIE, Fla. (AP) - A group of 20 Western High School seniors won't soon forget the limo ride to their prom at a beach-side Fort Lauderdale hotel.    A minivan flippe..

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) - Florida's stone crab season is over.    Commercial and recreational harvests of stone crab claws close Wednesday. The next season begins Oct. 1..

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The International Swimming Hall of Fame may be moving from South Florida to California.    The lease for its Fort Lauderdale museum, ope..

MIAMI (AP) - Two exonerated former death row inmates are urging Gov. Rick Scott to veto legislation that would accelerate the state's capital punishment process. The system has bee..

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. - A girlfriend is grieving and a Lehigh Acres neighborhood is in shock after a man was killed in a freak accident. "Sebastian" Gaspar Domingo was working on his ..