Derrick Shaw

The Fort Myers Police Department would like to take this opportunity to make residents aware that distraction burglars are once again operating in our city. The thieves usually prey on the elderly and facilitate their crimes by posing as utility workers, landscapers or contractors. The most recent incident occurred when a 92-year-old victim answered the […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – A House committee is moving quickly to get rid of labels on packages of meat that say where the animals were born, raised and slaughtered. The House Agriculture Committee will consider a bill to repeal a “country of origin” labeling law for meat today, two days after the World Trade Organization ruled […]

GOLDEN GATE, Fla. – A Papa John’s delivery driver was robbed and beaten for pizza. The victim was driving into the Mer Soleil Apartments off Jefferson Lane to deliver to apartment 206. “I rang the bell and no one came out,” said Roberto. He preferred to only be identified by his first name. He tells […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Fort Myers Police are investigating a wild shooting after an attempted robbery Tuesday night. They tell WINK News at least two suspects rammed a truck into a fence at the Discount Battery located at 3911 Palm Beach Boulevard in an attempt to rob the store. An employee staying late fired shots […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – The Lee County Supervisor of Elections website is showing Terolyn P. Watson over the current seat holder, Levon Simms, in the special election for Ward 3 which represents Dunbar. The special election was called after former councilwoman Christine Matthews resigned last year. Voter turnout was 18.30 percent with most voters early […]

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The NFL is moving back extra-point kicks and allowing defenses to score on 2-point conversion turnovers. The owners on Tuesday approved the competition committee’s proposal to snap the ball from the 15-yard line on PATs to make them more challenging. In recent seasons, kickers made more than 99 percent of the […]

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) – The No. 4 NASCAR Xfinity Series car driven by Ross Chastain at Iowa has been penalized following a scary incident during practice last week. Crew chief Gary Cogswell has been fined $15,000 because a weight flew off of Chastain’s JD Motorsports car on Saturday. The ballast crushed the window of […]

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- Nearly two dozen students were pepper sprayed and three were arrested after a senior prank with water balloons erupted into chaos. Now students and parents at Gulf Coast High School are questioning how this happened. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office says using pepper spray was justified, but some parents and students don’t […]

LEE COUNTY, Fla. – A Canterbury School freshman is recovering from minor injuries after falling and hitting his head during a school-related hiking trip near Morganton, North Carolina Monday afternoon. WINK News has confirmed the student, Edward Zurita, 15, was released from a local hospital early Tuesday morning. According to officials, Zurita was hiking near […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Police want you to be alert the next time you open your front door. Distraction burglars are hitting homes across the Southwest Florida. The most recent crime of opportunity happened off of McGregor Boulevard. One burglar lured a 92-year-old woman into her backyard. The man said he was installing a fence […]