Gina Tomlinson

A group of parents showed up to the Collier County Public School Board meeting Tuesday hoping to let board members know they want masks to be made optional at school during the pandemic. People opposed to masks in schools also rallied outside the school district. But nothing is changing anytime soon. The school district says […]

A father and son survived after their boat capsized, and they received a generous gift from those who saved them. Over the weekend, Naples Fire Department rescued the pair off Gordon Pass in Collier County. Thankfully, the father and son, who are from the Tampa area, are reuniting with their family Monday. Thanks to the […]

Masks are still required many places people go to out in public, but some parents say one place they don’t belong is in school. Some concerned parents want Collier County Public School Board to get rid of the mask mandate in the school district. They say the masks are infringing on the rights of their […]

Investigators say a fourth grader took his parent’s gun into school, and it wasn’t the first time. The parents of an 11-year-old boy who went into Osceola Elementary School in North Naples with a gun and threatened to shoot his classmates say their son wanted protection. We spoke to the child’s parents Wednesday about how […]

An 11-year-old Osceola Elementary School student is facing a felony charge after he brought an unloaded weapon to school Tuesday, after threatening to shoot two classmates the day before. The fourth-grader was taken into custody on a charge of carrying a concealed weapon on school grounds and was also Baker Acted, the Collier County Sheriff’s […]

An argument over a parking space at a Naples beach on Sunday took a wrong turn: A woman says a man assaulted her. The woman who called the police told WINK News a man who was saving a space in the Naples Pier parking lot yanked open her car door and threatened to attack her. […]

Jennifer and Jeff Reidy were in the process of adopting a fifth child. Now, Jennifer will lay her soulmate to rest on Saturday. The Naples Police sergeant, 41, was killed in an off-duty crash in Lee County on Feb. 18. The father of five was a 10-year veteran at the department. Jennifer met Reidy when […]

A man took his expensive watch into a trusted jewelry store for repairs and never saw it again. That store is now closed. The customer says the watch is irreplaceable, and they are out thousands of dollars. William Holcomb says he brought his special wedding anniversary gift— a Rolex watch — in for a repair […]

As our senior population in Southwest Florida struggles through online process to secure coronavirus vaccine appointment opportunities, shots are making their way into the arms of affluent and exclusive community members. The most recent is a place where you don’t have to be over 65 to live. North Collier County Fire Control & Recue District […]

The message from one Southwest Florida restaurant is that if you’re not comfortable with their setup, don’t dine there. But why do they have such a strong opposition to masks? The owner of Mino in downtown Naples says he came to America more than 40 years ago to live in a free county. And since […]