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CHARLOTTE COUNTY Friend remembers woman killed in Port Charlotte DUI crash A beloved mother, friend and daughter was tragically killed in a DUI crash. We reported Angela Harris was killed when a man hit her car from behind on US-41 in Port Charlotte recently. Harris’ best friend remembers her as a woman of faith and a wonderful mother to three kids. She told us a candlelight […]
SOUTH FORT MYERS Armed suspect in custody after trying to pry open school bus doors, children on board A mother says an armed man pried open a school bus door while her daughter was on board with other students. Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to Cypress Lake Drive at Winkler Road in south Fort Myers Thursday where we saw deputies bring a person into custody. On Friday morning, it was confirmed David Adler […]
LEE COUNTY 1 dead in shooting at Circle K; car stopped on I-75 in Lee County A Cadillac is the only apparent link between two crime scenes that spanned eight miles. Lee County Sheriff’s Office responded to a deadly shooting at a Circle K gas station just west of Buckingham Wednesday. According to the LCSO tweet, deputies responded to the gas station on Orange River Boulevard around 5:05 p.m. Minutes later, […]
EAST NAPLES 16-year-old dies after hit-and-run in East Naples Florida Highway Patrol is investigating what has become a deadly hit-and-run in East Naples after a teenage girl died from her injures in the crash. We confirmed with 16-year-old Kimberly Yanira’s family she died in the hospital Friday after she was hit by a car while riding her bicycle across US-41 Aug. 22. Troopers say […]
LEHIGH ACRES Man dies after being pinned under lawnmower in canal in Lehigh Acres Renters in Lehigh Acres discovered a body in a canal pinned under a lawnmower Wednesday. A family we spoke to says they were walking their dog when they found a man had died after being pinned underneath a lawnmower in the backyard canal of a neighborhood home. Neighbors say the victim meant a great deal […]
CAPE CORAL Swim instructor says some vacation rentals can pose pool dangers More people are moving to Florida, and more families are adding pools because of the pandemic. Swim instructors say it’s a dangerous mix. Thursday, a family vacationing in Cape Coral found one of their children floating in a pool. While we didn’t know how the child was doing Friday, we looked at ways people new […]
CAPE CORAL 11-year-old grabs knife to scare off house burglars in Cape Coral The back door to a family’s home in Southwest Florida was pried open during a burglary. A boy inside said he thought he was going to die, so he did what he had to for protection. Cape Coral Police Department recently shared it was searching for two suspects accused of breaking into a Cape Coral […]
WINK NEWS SWFL paramedics see rise in calls as COVID-19 cases surge Nurses and doctors aren’t the only one’s feeling the brunt of the present surge of the coronavirus. Paramedics are seeing near-record numbers of calls. Lee County Public Safety told us it had a record of more than 400 responses on Monday, which is second only to the day after Hurricane Irma’s impact in 2017. These […]
FORT MYERS State to begin road project on Colonial Blvd at I-75 in Fort Myers There are projects that have been designed to to make a busy road safer and commutes shorter. Florida Department of Transportation is preparing to create a diverging diamond on Colonial Boulevard near I-75 in Fort Myers. Construction for the project is set to begin in August and is expected to take a little more than […]
WINK NEWS SWFL church leaders prepared to promote safety amid COVID-19 case surge Churches are moving services online, as they start to see coronavirus cases rise in their community. Churches we spoke to Wednesday are taking precautions to keep people safe, and if they have to temporarily revert back to online services, several church leaders told us they have the experience necessary to make that transition back online. […]