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WINK NEWS FBI to subpoena publication for identities of people who read a news article The FBI has decided to subpoena newspaper publisher USA Today for a list of people who read a certain news article. Could this include you? The story was from February of this year and it was about the shooting and killing of two FBI Agents on Florida’s east coast in Sunrise. The FBI is now […]
FORT MYERS Dr. Ann Knight, former Fort Myers Councilwoman, dead at 89 The Fort Myers community is remembering a trailblazer. Former Councilwoman Dr. Ann Knight died at 89 years old recently. She was the second African American ever elected to Fort Myers City Council. Knight was known as an educator who made sure children had the opportunities they needed to be successful. “Definitely, she was a trailblazer,” […]
WINK NEWS First Amendment rights at heart of lawsuit against woman who left ‘damaging’ online review It may not occur to you before you write an online review that you can be sued for what you say or be fired for it. After all, the First Amendment gives you “freedom of speech,” right? But if anyone can say anything and amplify it on social media, where’s your right to privacy? And […]
FORT MYERS Lords of Chaos: 25 years later Mark Schwebes’ family waits for death sentence of Kevin Foster It’s been 25 years since the peak of the heinous crime spree in Lee County that resulted in the death of a teacher. In the 18 days leading up to the death of Mark Schwebes on April 30, 1996, the Lords of Chaos, the self-named gang, torched a restaurant, blew up a historic building and […]
CAPE CORAL Police shot, killed pit bull after it killed dog, attacked 2 others in Cape Coral We learned Cape Coral police officers shot and killed a violent pit bull after it had killed one dog and attacked two others and their respective owners. One of the dogs that survived the attack is service dog Lilly, who was recovering from puncture wounds Thursday. Lilly’s owners say she had to get a booster […]
POLK COUNTY Deputy vehicle, trooper vehicle, group of people hit by semitruck on I-4 in Lakeland A semitruck crashed into a patrol car and sent it into a crowd of people at the scene of a traffic stop. Amazingly, no one was seriously hurt in the crash. Dashcam video from a state trooper’s cruiser shows how a split-second lapse of judgment can lead to a death-defying situation. A Polk County deputy […]
WINK NEWS Support group helps cancer patients through treatments Cancer takes away precious time from those who must fight it, and it impacts families of loved ones experiencing it. It can take everything to get through cancer treatment, and the Cancer Alliance of Naples is among groups helping those treatments end in success. We spoke to cancer survivors about how groups have helped them […]
LEE COUNTY Pandemic past year in review: Lee Health CEO says ‘It’s really about the people’ We sat down with one of Southwest Florida’s health community leaders to speak about the past year in review since the coronavirus began to impact the region. We spoke to Dr. Larry Antonucci, the president and CEO of Lee Health, who focused on all the people affected by COVID-19 when looking back at to the […]
LEE COUNTY Reaching a year since the first reports of COVID-19 patients in SWFL Southwest Florida is reaching the one-year mark for many firsts during the pandemic, and we spoke to one of the region’s health leaders about the past year and moving forward. We sat down with Dr. Larry Antonucci, CEO and president of Lee Health, Wednesday, as the health organization reaches a full year since it announced […]
WINK NEWS WINK News Discussion: Many are just out of reach for vaccine One of the ways we try to earn your trust every day is to make sure as many of your voices as possible are heard, especially all of you fighting to get a vaccine. We spoke to a particular group of community members who don’t quite qualify. For the vaccine, or they need special attention. […]