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WINK NEWS Food delivery services help customers practicing social distancing One type of business is benefitting from recent efforts to suppress coronavirus (COVID-19). We looked at how some delivery services are trying to use their position to help boost other small businesses. It’s helping those who are doing their best to practice social distancing recommended by public officials. Theresa Messink does not go into grocery […]
What the latest interest rate cut means for you You may save some money now that the Federal Reserve has cut interest rates to nearly zero in hopes of boosting the economy amid the coronavirus pandemic. The move was expected to help the stock market, but instead, it tanked Monday, plunging nearly 13 percent. In a late afternoon news conference, President Donald Trump admitted […]
FORT MYERS The CDC answers your question about coronavirus on Twitter As we learn more about the coronavirus pandemic we also have more questions. Friday, we had the opportunity to take some of those concerns to the experts. We took your questions to a Twitter Q&A with the CDC deputy director for infectious diseases. Read the Q&A in the tweet below. Our #COVID19 Twitter Q&A with CDC’s […]
WINK NEWS Man says evidence will show he was assaulted by Fort Myers officers A man says off duty Fort Myers police officers beat him up in a fight at Dixie Roadhouse in Cape Coral. Three officers are on administrative leave, and the victim is telling his story for the first time. He says surveillance video will show the truth. We spoke to Robert Volk Wednesday, who shared his […]
FORT MYERS Interviews with former FMPD police captain accused of sex act during a prostitution sting released Former Fort Myers Police Department Captain Jay Rodriguez was in court Tuesday as part of a status check on the criminal case against him. Right now, he faces perjury, misconduct, and solicitation of prostitution charges stemming from his role in an undercover sting inside a Fort Myers massage parlor. Now, the prosecutor in charge of […]
FORT MYERS Former police captain accused of soliciting prostitution makes court appearance Hundreds of pages of new discovery and audio recordings of internal affairs investigations have just been released regarding a former Fort Myers police captain. Rodriguez was in plain clothes as he entered the courtroom Tuesday morning and it was one of the few times he has made an appearance before the judge on his case. […]
WINK NEWS Beckham looks to revolutionize soccer in Florida, Inter Miami season underway David Beckham is one of soccer’s biggest stars. Now, with the help of a few investors, Beckham is trying to revolutionize the sport in Florida. We went behind the scenes at Inter Miami CF’s s new stadium in the works in Fort Lauderdale Monday. Beckham is done playing, but, with the Major League Soccer season […]
LEE COUNTY Second report exists for bar fight involving Fort Myers police, remains unreleased There are a number of questions regarding a brawl at a Cape Coral bar in February involving off-duty Fort Myers police officers. And now the actions of everyone involved are being questioned. Cape Coral Police Department responded to the scene of a bar fight at Dixie Roadhouse in south Cape Coral Feb. 20, where three […]
CAPE CORAL Redacted information, unreleased video could hold answers to fight involving 3 off-duty FMPD officers Punches and a broken beer bottle were just a part of a fight at the troubled Dixie Roadhouse. Late Thursday, we uncovered some specifics as to what happened that caused Fort Myers police to put three officers on leave. Key words and phrases are redacted on the arrest report. What’s left out outlines what the […]
PORT CHARLOTTE Who is baby Gideon P? Port Charlotte man finds Civil War era headstone in his yard A man in Port Charlotte made a shocking discovery after he found a piece of history dating back to the Civil War in his own backyard. Homeowner Thomas Dipaolo uncovered a headstone in his yard seven months after purchasing the home. The big question, who is baby Gideon P.? Dipaolo went to Home Depot and […]