Rachel Cox-Rosen

People in part of Collier County continue to complain about bad cell service from a major provider. The company says it has added a temporary solution to unsent texts and dropped calls among other issues, but some customers say it has not done anything to help. Verizon Wireless says it has added an “improved temporary […]

Waiting around for your Uber driver is becoming more common. WINK News finds out why this is happening and how Uber is working to get your ride to you more quickly. For many people, rideshare services like Uber are a convenient way to get from point a to point b. For drivers, like Uber driver […]

A Collier County public pool is the first in the southeastern United States to get a drowning prevention system. It’s a device to provide alerts when a swimmer has been under water too long. Eagle Lakes Community Park Aquatic Facility in Collier County recently adopted  lifesaving technology created by WAVE Drowning Detection Systems. How it […]

A former Collier County high school teacher and coach accused of inappropriate contact with students remained in jail Thursday as his personnel file revealed some red flags. Travis Westberry, 30, taught math and coached basketball at Immokalee High School. His arrest caught two former colleagues off guard, but his school district personnel file shows he […]

An Immokalee High School teacher was arrested Tuesday night after it was revealed that he inappropriately touched at least one student in class and sent naked photos of himself to another student. Collier County sheriff’s deputies arrested Travis Westberry, 30, of Summit Place Circle in Naples, on a felony charge connected with inappropriate relationships he […]

Verizon Wireless say it’s offering a solution for customers living in northern Collier County, where there have been complaints of dropped calls, delayed service and simply a dead spot for thousands of cell phone users. People blame the poor service they have experienced on a lack of a permanent Verizon cell tower at the intersection […]

A big group in Collier County says lawmakers in Washington D.C. want to take away their rights to pack heat. They’d force them to follow federal gun laws instead of Florida’s, which gun owners feel are unconstitutional. James Rosenberger is not a gun guy, yet he and his wife Carol DiPaolo are pushing Collier County […]

Chances are you have your own “family mystery,” but one family is going to great lengths to crack theirs. Leonardo Lomeli came to the United States as a farmworker 40 years ago. For years he sent letters and money back to his family in Mexico, until he suddenly stopped. The story of Leonardo Lomeli is […]

More than $9 million is going to Collier County organizations helping children at risk. The funds were raised by this year’s Naples Winter Wine Festival. It will go toward organizations like Youth Haven’s Transitional Living Cottage where 19-year-old Merci lived for about two years. The organization declined to release Merci’s last name. “I don’t know where […]

A program put on by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office and St. Matthew’s House has one goal. The “You Can Do It all” program empowers fifth-grade school girls to “build self-confidence and poise” to help them transition to middle school. It began in 2019. Collier County deputies hope to expand it to help eighth-graders transition […]