Jack Lowenstein

If you struggle to park on Marco Island as we enter season, a gift might come a little early. The city has established a moratorium on some parking regulations. If it passes, parking enforcement won’t be doling out parking tickets for those rules. Marco Island’s Parking Solutions Advisory Committee will vote on a temporary solution […]

A convicted child predator is in trouble with the law again after deputies said he was living less than a football field away from a Fort Myers day care. Lawrence Lanard Kafus, 39, is a registered sex offender in Florida, and tonight he is back behind bars. “The safety of our children is the most […]

Florida Gov. Rick Scott, the Republican candidate for Senate who currently leads Democratic opponent Sen. Bill Nelson by 15,000 votes, has won his first lawsuit against Palm Beach County Elections Supervisor Susan Bucher. As ballots in the gubernatorial and Senate races head to a recount, Scott sued Bucher Thursday night for refusing to allow official […]

Year after year, brush fires force families to evacuate in Collier County. With the next brush fire season a few months away, Collier County is making sure residents are alerted right away if there is nearby danger. Kurt Stephens, who runs Gator’s Crossroad in Naples, said he is still making repairs to his building after […]

The search is on for a sign slasher. The crook targets Southwest Florida businesses that offer services designed to help others. This local sign slasher has been destroying signs at Harmony Thrift Store & Transitional Housing of SWFL in south Fort Myers. Housing Director Tom Koch is at a loss for words. He said a […]

Red tide is back in Southwest Florida. Dead fish are lining the northern end of Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island. The latest maps show high levels of the blooms in that area. It’s a disappointing sight for business owners who rely on clean water.  WINK News spoke to Maxwell Kemp, who works on Boca Grande. Kemp’s friend owns Glass Bottom Boat Rentals on the island, […]

Dangerous yet majestic sea creatures are rapidly disappearing due to over fishing in the last century. Smalltooth sawfish are now critically endangered, but the majority of what’s left can be found right here in Southwest Florida. “You don’t catch them too often,” Bobby Birch said. Bobby birch has actually caught and released two of these […]

Ted Cruz (R) has been confirmed as winner of Texas Senate race. Cruz was the incumbent candidate challenged be Beto O’Rourke (D). Cruz won with 50.9 percent of the total vote at more than 3.1 million votes in favor. In a close race, O’Rourke received 48.4 percent of the total vote with more than 3 million […]

As polls close in Georgia, Democrat Stacey Abrams is locked in a tight battle with Republican Brian Kemp that will determine whether she will become the first black female governor in the history of the United States.  CBS News estimates the race is a toss-up as of 7 p.m.  Not surprisingly, exit polls show that […]

Early exit poll results suggest that President Donald Trump was a factor that significantly affected voting for the House of Representatives in the 2018 midterm elections. Nearly two-thirds of those voters said Mr. Trump was a factor. One quarter of those casting a House ballot said they did so in part to support him. Four […]