Breana Ross

Nishini Fernando is a very accomplished eighth-grader. She has lots of trophies and medals for math, science, writing competitions and more. But one of her latest honors comes straight from the governor’s office. Nishini, who is an 8th grader at Dunbar Middle School, is one of three winners of Governor Ron DeSantis’ Black History Month […]

More than 100 high school seniors leaped into their future on Tuesday. They boarded a bus to the area’s biggest career fair of the year at Suncoast Arena. Businesses are eager to hire young people. The arena was full of employers anxious to hire. It was a room full of opportunities for high school students […]

A mural that has stood in front of the Alliance for the Arts in Fort Myers for the last couple of months has been vandalized again. The paintings depicting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had paint spattered across them overnight Sunday. Molly Deckard, Executive Director of the Alliance for the Arts, woke up to text messages […]

President Joe Biden announced a new move to ease gas prices last week, releasing one million reserve barrels of oil a day. Gas still costs more than $4 per gallon throughout most of Southwest Florida as of Monday morning, but what does the future hold? Many drivers are frustrated that they’re being forced to change […]

The NAACP in Lee County is apologizing after accusing a downtown Fort Myers restaurant of white supremacy. Lee County NAACP President James Muwakkil said he admits he did not do a full investigation before making the accusation against First Street Restaurant. After making such a bold statement, Muwakkil is offering an apology to the restaurant’s […]

A former Florida Highway Patrol trooper is telling his side of the story after he tased a 16-year-old last year. It comes after an investigation revealed George Smyrnios used excessive force, falsified records, and did not turn on his video or audio recorder during the encounter. This is the moment that turned heads across the […]

The United States is expected to take in 100,000 Ukrainian refugees, and Southwest Florida is preparing to welcome some of those people. When it is possible, every effort is made to try to place refugees with family. In the early ’90s, some Ukrainians came to Florida when there were ethnic tensions in post-soviet states, so […]

On Friday, the Lee County NAACP and the owner of First Street restaurant sat down for a conversation. This comes after calls for the restaurant to be shut down. WINK News currently only has one side of what went down during the meeting. The owner of First Street restaurant said he didn’t want to talk […]

The family of a young woman gunned down at a festival has Filed a wrongful death lawsuit. 20-year-old nursing school student Evereonna Sankey was shot and killed at the Clewiston Brown Sugar Festival last year. The Sankey family claims negligent security led to Evereonna’s death and that Brown Sugar Festival organizers should have known criminal […]

The NAACP of Lee County is calling for the business license at the First Street Restaurant in downtown Fort Myers to be revoked after accusing the restaurant of discriminating against Black customers. Wednesday marked the second sit-in at the First Street Restaurant and Bar this week. “We know we need to take a stand and […]