Breana Ross

A confederate flag is now flying in the downtown Fort Myers spot where that the Robert. E. Lee bust once occupied. That bust was at the center of a massive debate for years. WINK News is still trying to determine how long the flag has been there. But reporter Breana Ross saw the flag while […]

A single mother and her four children are at risk of homelessness. This working mother is urgently searching for affordable housing by March 1. So far, the housing program in Fort Myers hasn’t been any help. Why is her search hitting a dead end? The clock is ticking for Mandy Rider to find a new […]

In 1978, Gerri Ware and her husband built their dream home. It’s three levels with a stone front and measures around 2,000 square feet. They built on Barden Street in Dunbar, Fort Myers’ predominantly Black neighborhood. “I wanted to encourage my people that you can have a quality home wherever you choose to build it,” […]

The Lee County school district is facing a nearly $3 million fine if it doesn’t find a way to reduce class sizes. At one point, almost two dozen schools had more students per teacher than what is legally allowed. Collier County schools comply with the class size requirements. One charter school did not and faces […]

There is a new plan to bring in more teachers and keep others from quitting. The Lee County School Board admits the great resignation is hitting the district hard. Employees are leaving on short notice after years of dedication to the field. Teachers say they’ve had enough. The stress is too much. So they quit. […]

On the McCollum Hall murals along Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. in Fort Myers, each brushstroke tells a story of a community’s rich past. It’s made up of places and people who helped shape the Dunbar we know today – Evelyn Sams Canady is one of them. “She was one of the people that […]

Teachers and other school employees are tired of feeling overworked and underpaid. A lot of them are quitting their jobs. Since July of 2020, the Lee County school district has lost about 900 teachers. So the Lee County School Board has addressed the Great Resignation and what to do about it. Marsha Ellis, a former […]

Many people think of train tracks as a way to travel, or even get annoyed when you have to stop at them, but for some those train tracks symbolize a history of safety and segregation. Mrs. Marion Jackson grew up with racial divide. She looks out from the front porch of her Fort Myers home […]

A nearly forgotten slice of history is gaining new attention.
 The battles of segregation once not only applied to how and where people lived but also their final resting place. On the corner of a busy intersection with lots of noise and traffic, with no sign or even a fence sits a cemetery. It sits […]

A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed against a Southwest Florida company for its work on a plane that crashed and killed three people and a dog. The crash happened two years ago on Friday in Springfield, Illinois. A Ring doorbell video captured the seconds before the plane hit the ground and after with a […]