SWFL band DONEFOR to open for Sublime, 311 and Goldfinger at Orlando music festivalCape Coral faces lawsuit over First Amendment
Spring breakers warned to stay away from endangered right whales MELBOURNE, Fla. (AP) – Federal officials are flying a banner over central Florida beaches to warn boaters and spring break visitors to stay away from endangered right whales. The banner flown Saturday from Cape Canaveral to Sebastian Inlet warns people to stay 500 yards away from the whales, which are migrating along Florida’s Atlantic coast. […]
Attorney: Ebola nurse plans to sue for negligence DALLAS (AP) – A 26-year-old nurse said in a newspaper interview that a hospital where she had worked in Dallas and its parent company failed her when she contracted Ebola while caring for the first person in the U.S. diagnosed with the deadly disease. Nina Pham told The Dallas Morning News in the interview that […]
Tensions rise as Congress prepares for Israeli Prime Minister’s speech WASHINGTON (AP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Washington to deliver the speech to Congress that the Obama administration did not want him to give. Netanyahu’s mission Tuesday, said an adviser to the prime minister, is to use the platform to speak of the dangers of a nuclear-armed Iran. As the adviser put […]
Police run to recognize veterans FORT MYERS, Fla. – Members of SWAT teams for local law enforcement participated in a 24-hour run across the Edison Bridge Sunday. The run is known as the ‘Josh Hargis Ranger Ruck.’ This year, SWAT members from the Fort Myers and Cape Coral Police Departments along with the Lee County Sheriff’s Office participated in the […]
Teen killed after Facebook fight BIRMINGHAM, AL. (CNN) – A community is in shock after a spat between teens online ended in a deadly shooting in a park. Detectives said a 14-year-old girl was killed and two other people were wounded. Police said it started about three weeks ago, after the girls had an argument on Facebook. They decided to […]
Fort Myers police investigate shots fired near liquor store FORT MYERS, Fla. – Police are investigating a call for shots fired outside a liquor store. Police told WINK News they were called to the area of Palm Beach Boulevard and Veronica Shoemaker Boulevard around 2 p.m. Sunday. A WINK News crew said there were bullet casings lying on the ground. One man, who asked […]
ISIS-bound teens possibly spotted at Turkey bus terminal ISTANBUL (AP) – A Turkish television station says it has obtained video showing three missing British teenagers at an Istanbul bus terminal before they boarded a bus to a city near Turkey’s border with Syria. A Haber news, which has close ties to the government, released the footage, which it says is of the schoolgirls. […]
Two F-18s make emergency landing in Naples NAPLES, Fla. – Two fighter jets landed at the Naples Municipal Airport Saturday afternoon. Airport officials said the F-18s had to land due to mechanical problems, but they would not elaborate on what the issue was. Officials told WINK News the issue should be repaired by Sunday.
Surveillance video catches two suspects rob an East Naples grocery store COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. -Deputies said Rose Supermarket was robbed Friday night. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office told WINK News it happened around 9 p.m. Deputies said the suspects walked through the front door off the grocery store off Radio Road, flashed a gun and then left with money. Surveillance video shows two suspects wearing black […]
Seven dead in Missouri shooting TYRONE, Mo. (AP) – A southern Missouri sheriff has identified the final three victims in a shooting rampage that left seven people dead before the gunman killed himself. Texas County Sheriff James Sigman announced Saturday that 68-year-old Darrell Dean Shriver; his son, 46-year-old Carey Dean Shriver; and Carey’s wife, 44-year-old Valirea Love Shriver, died in […]