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SOUTH FORT MYERS Southwest Florida rallies for Ukraine Lydia Bilous has pain in her knees. But every night she kneels to pray for Ukraine, her home country. “It’s painful but it’s not the pain that’s going through Ukraine. So I want to help with my pain, I’m with Ukraine,” Bilous said. It’s hard not to feel her pain. She sees Russians bomb her […]
SOUTH FORT MYERS LCSO looking for suspect in south Fort Myers Wells Fargo bank robbery Authorities are investigating a bank robbery at a Wells Fargo in south Fort Myers. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office said it is investigating the robbery at the Wells Fargo at the intersection of Daniels Parkway and Treeline Avenue. The bank is closed to the public. The suspect is accused of handing a bank teller a […]
FORT MYERS FSW professor concerned about his family in Ukraine Most of the world is condemning Russia’s attacks on Ukraine. The United Nations is demanding Russia withdraw its troops immediately. More bombing in Ukraine means more anxiety and more worry for Dr. Serhiy Pasishnyk, an FSW professor who has family in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. “I feel… distracted because you know every 15 minutes […]
NORTH FORT MYERS Large metal object smashes through windshield, hits a man in the face in North Fort Myers A metal object came flying through a couple’s windshield after visiting a show at the Lee Civic Center in North Fort Myers. The metal object hit the man who was driving, leaving him unresponsive with his foot on the gas. As the North Carolina couple was traveling west on Bayshore Road, a heavy piece of […]
NORTH PORT Ukrainians are fighting to stay in their homeland Ukrainians who are now living in Southwest Florida are now balancing watching those difficult images of war in their country and having a sense of pride for those staying and fighting. One woman WINK News introduced you to has family members trying to leave Ukraine but had to say and fight. With martial law now […]
FORT MYERS Man connected to missing Iona woman confesses to her murder James Lally, the man thought to have been with missing Iona woman Suzanne LaPierre, went before a judge in Lee County Wednesday morning for his first appearance after state attorneys say he confessed to murdering her. Deputies arrested 51-year-old Lally in Jacksonville on Tuesday afternoon. Neighbors say he was dating 54-year-old LaPierre. He is currently […]
CHARLOTTE COUNTY Child found wandering alone wearing dirty diaper in Charlotte County, parents arrested Authorities have arrested a 34-year-old woman and 38-year-old man in Charlotte County after a child was found wandering around a towing business on Monday. Jacqueline Wells and Christian Zuber face charges of child neglect without great bodily harm. According to the Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office, a child between the ages of four and six years […]
WINK NEWS Florida Senate Appropriations Committee approves bill to ban abortion after 15 weeks A controversial abortion bill has taken another step forward. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved this legislation that would ban abortions after 15 weeks. WINK News reporter Gail Levy was monitoring the conversation all day. The abortion fight continued with a new group of lawmakers. But this conversation had the same arguments and the same results. […]
FORT MYERS Antisemitic flyers angering neighbors along McGregor Boulevard People are furious after their neighborhood is covered with hate messages. The antisemitic flyers were found at multiple homes along McGregor Blvd. While there may be a cartoon on the flyers, neighbors were distraught. You don’t have to be Jewish to take offense to what someone drew and threw at properties along McGregor Blvd. But, […]
WINK NEWS Florida lawmakers considering a new law to increase the penalty for groping Florida lawmakers are looking to increase the penalties for people who grope others. Currently, groping is just a misdemeanor, but under a new proposed law in Florida, it would jump to a felony. Supporters of the bill want to see the change because most women say it happens too often, and the punishment doesn’t fit […]