Taylor Petras

Charlotte County Sheriff’s Office is seeking further contact with a recent tipster, who shared information related to the cold case of a Punta Gorda woman. The sheriff’s office cold case unit believes information sent in related to Christine Flahive’s disappearance in 1995 is accurate and hope to reach the individual who contacted CCSO. Flahive’s disappearance […]

Police are searching for a male suspect who tried to force a girl into his car. A Fort Myers neighborhood is on high alert after the attempted abduction in broad daylight, and parents are speaking to their children about staying safe. According to Fort Myers Police Department, a man tried to lure a girl into […]

Open hearts, open minds and open doors? But how does that motto apply to a church? On Wednesday, United Methodist Church members voted to make sure traditions do not change. But locally, a pastor in Cape Coral has a different outlook. The United Methodist Church is a denomination with deep tradition and its decision this week […]

The crowds at Fort Myers Beach are about to get even bigger as spring break season is almost here. Thousands of college and high school students from across the country will descend on the beach for sun and fun. But last year, it got rowdy. Two spring breakers started dancing on the hood of a […]

Workers in hazmat suits are back at a MedExpress in Cape Coral Friday after people were exposed to an unknown substance the day before. On Thursday, a FedEx driver went to the hospital after he came into contact with an unknown substance in the urgent care building parking lot. Hours before, Fort Myers police officers […]

More controversy surrounding the Fort Myers Police Department command staff as another police captain is under investigation. The two officers have more than 40 years of law enforcement experience. Thursday, WINK News confirmed Police Chief Derrick Diggs ordered an administrative investigation on Captain William Newhouse. We got a copy of the letter from the police […]

A man suspected of drunk driving is accused of going on a joy ride, destroying everything in sight and leaving behind mailboxes littered on the ground in a Lehigh Acres neighborhood. Pasty Courter is among those who are picking up the pieces of their crushed mailbox. She found the fallen mailbox outside her Lehigh Acres […]

A campaign launched a month ago by Lee County school district and Lee County Sheriff’s Office, called fake threats, real consequences, is an initiative that was implemented to deter hoax threats. Eleven students have been arrested for making threats since then, and the threats don’t seem to be slowing down. Are the kids getting the […]

A facility in South Florida is now the largest shelter for undocumented children in the country. A thousand beds were recently added to the Homestead Temporary Shelter for Unaccompanied Children. The shelter serves kids between the ages of 13-years-old to 17-years-old. It is owned by Comprehensive Health Services, which is a for-profit company. But, activist want to […]

A man is on the run after fleeing the scene of a head-on collision Saturday evening. Those witnessing the horrific incident remember the sound of screeching tires and a loud crash along Estero Boulevard in Fort Myers Beach. A driver in a gold Jeep Cherokee speed out in front of oncoming traffic, crashing into another […]