Gail Levy

A family is mourning after a 20-year-old is killed in a shooting in Cape Coral on Wednesday night. Cape Coral police say Brian Nicholas McKellop Jr. was shot by his stepfather, Gabriel Fernandez, after a family argument inside a home on Southwest 17th Street shortly before 11 a.m. McKellop was later pronounced dead at the […]

UPDATE Lover’s Key has reopened its beach after closing it over the weekend due to fecal contamination. EARLIER Two southwest Florida beaches posed a health threat but only one of them was forced to close down. Earlier this week, Lovers Key State Park closed its beach access because of possible fecal matter. It’s been five […]

Governor Ron DeSantis was in Fort Myers Beach on Tuesday and was endorsed by Everglades Trust in his bid to hold his seat as governor. The governor opened with the importance of the environment and then pivoted to how his decision to keep Florida open during the pandemic helped families, especially because he ordered schools […]

The Lovers Key State Park beach has been closed to swimming because the Health Department thinks the water there is contaminated with fecal matter. The latest test shows that the water is not contanimated. WINK News found out how closing the beach on Labor Day is affecting beachgoers. A “You-Gov” survey found just 11% of […]

Michelle Ashley has been found not guilty of being involved in the murder of a marine 25 years ago. The jury deliberated for close to two hours before reading out that Ashley was not guilty. “I told you I was innocent,” were Ashley’s first words to reporters after hearing the verdict, changing the course of […]

Five years ago, people living in Island Park in south Fort Myers had to deal with flooding after days of rainfall. Some areas logged about 30 feet of rain before Hurricane Irma hit, making things worse. Fast forward to 2022, the county has dredged part of Ten Mile Canal to help alleviate any future flooding, […]

Charlie Crist selected Karla Hernandez-Mats as his partner to try and win governor of Florida. Hernandez-Mats has been an advocate for keeping kids home during the pandemic to keep them safe, the total opposite of Governor Ron DeSantis’ views. Aubrey Jewett, a Political Science Professor at UCF said, “It’s an outside-the-box choice, a little bit risky.” […]

A 12-year-old student tweeted out a threat to shoot up an Immokalee school and was arrested hours after he said, “I’m gonna shoot up my school.” The minor’s Twitter had pictures of him and pictures of guns that he told Collier County Sheriff’s deputies he googled and posted. Deputies determined the threat wasn’t credible but […]

It’s off to the races for Charlie Crist and Governor Ron DeSantis, and both campaigns have come out swinging. Both candidates are not waiting until closer to Election Day to get their points across and bash the other side. Governor DeSantis is bashing the federal government as well as Dr. Fauci. Crist took shots at […]

On Wednesday, Governor DeSantis and Senator Marco Rubio teamed up just hours after Rubio’s biggest threat for his Senate seat, Democrat Val Demings, moved forward in the primary. Senator Rubio was right at Governor DeSantis’ side as they crisscrossed the state on Wednesday, calling their trip the ‘Keep Florida free tour.’ “Joe Biden is the […]