Lindsey Sablan

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Weather up north has delayed and cancelled flights in Southwest Florida yet again. On Sunday, several flights headed to the northeast were delayed or cancelled out of Southwest Florida International Airport. WINK News talked to several travelers, who said they were ready to get home. “This has been a tough one,” […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Fort Myers fire fighters responded to an apartment fire at The Dean Suites in downtown just before noon Sunday. Fire fighters told WINK News no one was home at the time, but the family’s dog was there. Pictures from our partners at the News Press showed a fire fighter carrying out […]

DENVER, Colo. (http://www.thecannabist.co/) – There’s no holiday more cliché than Valentine’s Day, and there’s no gift more cliché than red roses. But in the new world of legalized marijuana, bud bouquets are now a reality, which might just make us reconsider. The concept of incorporating cannabis into floral design was officially introduced this past summer in […]

SANIBEL ISLAND, Fla. – A 70-year-old man, his daughter and his grandson were rescued seven miles west of Sanibel Saturday. Rescue crews received a call from a crew member at 2:30 p.m. saying a man had been injured and needed help. The three were on a 65-foot charter fishing boat at the time. The three […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Fort Myers Police will be closing roads near downtown Fort Myers Sunday afternoon for the Edison Festival of Light Junior Parade. The closures will begin at noon and will shut down the off-ramp of the Caloosahatchee Bridge leading into downtown. All streets north of Second Street to River Street, and between Jackson […]

SAN CARLOS PARK, Fla. – A fire Saturday morning destroyed a family’s home. The fire broke out at a duplex in the 7400 block of Love Road. A family of four lived in the home but was not there at the time. Family members told WINK News their dog was killed in the fire. They […]

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) – At least one gunman opened fire Saturday on a Copenhagen cultural center, killing a man in what authorities called a likely terror attack against a free speech event featuring an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad. The shooting, which also wounded three police officers, came a month after extremists killed […]

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) – The cease-fire period for fighting in Ukraine began one minute after midnight Sunday, but there are no immediate indications of whether either side in the conflict that has killed more than 5,300 people is observing it. Under an agreement struck last week, Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatist rebels are to begin […]

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Obama administration said some people trying to sign up for health insurance ahead of a looming deadline are getting snagged by technical difficulties. Administration spokeswoman Katie Hill said some have not been able to get their income information electronically verified. That is crucial because the amount of financial assistance to help pay […]

FORT MYERS, Fla. – Fort Myers police have confirmed a 19-year-old man is dead after a shooting in a driveway Saturday. Police said the teen was shot around 10 a.m. near the intersection of Dora and Ford Streets in the Southward Village Community. Neighbors told a WINK News crew they heard around four or five […]