PENSACOLA, Fla. (AP) - The alleged ringleader in the home-invasion and murders of a Panhandle couple told investigators a group of used car dealers with underworld connections want..
MIAMI (AP) - Four men face federal drug smuggling and drug conspiracy charges after the Coast Guard found about 800 pounds of marijuana on a boat off Miami. According to the U.S. A..
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - Florida Panhandle officials have gone to court to close a landfill that has been burning for more than a week. Bay County officials are monitoring the blaz..
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - A Connecticut man is back on dry land after spending two days adrift at sea. The Coast Guard says it rescued 73-year-old Richard Steg of Storrs, Conn., on..
PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A high-speed chase in the eastern Caribbean ended with U.S. authorities seizing bales of cocaine worth more than $1.5 million. The U.S. Coast Guard said..
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - A Florida judge has ruled that Jamaican reggae singer Buju Banton can be released from jail before his next trial, but not yet. U.S. Magistrate Anthony Porcelli ..
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - A former Canaveral Port Authority commissioner is charged with two felonies. Ralph Kennedy was charged Wednesday with unlawful compensation for official..
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - A veteran Broward County sheriff's deputy has been suspended without pay after his arrest on grand theft charges involving money seized during a drug b..
LEE COUNTY, Fla. - On Wednesday October 27, 2010, at approximately 1:46 P.M., deputes with the Lee County Sheriff's Office responded to 1123 Belgrave Street, Lehigh Acres in refere..
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Independent claims administrator Ken Feinberg will meet with Florida's Oil Spill Economic Recovery Task Force. Florida officials have complained that Feinb..
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Authorities are investigating a police shooting that left a 21-year-old robbery suspect dead. The Orlando Police Department says 21-year-old Acrifa Soman robbe..
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - An Orlando mother convicted of child neglect in the starving death of her 4-month-old daughter has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. Lauren Gr..
INTERLACHEN, Fla. (AP) - Authorities have found the body of a missing north Florida toddler. The Putnam County Sheriff's Office says the 17-month-old boy's body was found in a smal..
LANARK VILLAGE, Fla. (AP) - A Florida Panhandle man has been arrested after a wildlife investigator allegedly saw him shoot and kill a black bear with a bow and arrow. Gene Strickl..
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) - The family of an 81-year-old Florida grandmother has filed a lawsuit against Comcast over its response to the emergency calls she made before her death. ..
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Thousands across Southwest Florida are still facing the danger of losing their home. Of you're one of them, help is on the way. Thursday, there is a foreclosure ..
FORT MYERS, Fla. - For the second time this October, Goodwill will open a new retail and donation center in Southwest Florida. Goodwill’s newest store, at 10676 Colonia..
FORT MYERS. Fla. - Celebrated violinist Reiko Niiya will present “Shall We Dance – Reiko & Friends”, a concert to benefit the Southwest Florida Symp..
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The foreclosure crisis intensified across a majority of large U.S. metropolitan areas this summer, with Chicago and Seattle - cities outside of the states that h..
LEE COUNTY, Fla. - Halloween is this weekend, so WINK News wants to pass along some tips to keep the festivities from turning into a nightmare! Safety should be the first thin..





