FORT MYERS It’s the first day in weeks that no threats circulated at Lee County schools. It’s also the first time a mother is stepping forward to address what she believes is the root of the cause. Patricia Campbell is defending her son Trayvon Campbell, 17, Friday after deputies say the teen threatened to shoot…
FORT MYERS On Friday, the US Marshall’s Service working with Fort Myers Police Department’s Gang Suppression Unit arrested Joseph Anthony Ferguson, 21, in relation to the shootings that took place on Henderson Avenue on Thursday, Jan. 31. The scene law enforcement responded to was near Franklin Park Elementary School. Three people were injured at the…
CAPE CORAL A spree of school threats now has children facing serious consequences. A 16-year-old is facing felony charges and expulsion after investigators said she wrote a threat on a toilet seat at North Fort Myers High School. A 12-year-old is also facing serious consequences for threatening Oak Hammock Middle School. “You’re so worried about…
CAPE CORAL A former teacher and coach at a Cape Coral school is accused of fathering a child with a former student, but he didn’t get fired. He kept working for the same school almost 10 years until police arrested him for having sex with a different student. Newly discovered, the state attorney’s office said…
ESTERO RIVER Similar to metal detectorists lining beach and other areas for buried treasure, magnet fishers troll waters for sunken prizes. Ryan Ishley went magnet fishing in the Estero River and found a shotgun. “It’s so old there are barnacles and all types of stuff on it,” Ishley said. “I didn’t clean it, and I…
NORTH FORT MYERS Neighbors feel sick to their stomachs after finding a dead animal left in a backpack. While authorities are searching for suspects, they need help from the public to get justice for the animal. For Michelle Cruz, what started as an ordinary walk to the bus stop turned into a traumatic experience. She…
FORT MYERS The Williams Academy Black History Museum unveiled a new exhibit honoring the oldest predominantly black churches in Fort Myers, all more than a century old.
Lee County Black History Society told WINK News about how the museum tells its own story Friday.
FORT MYERS BEACH 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,…
Nearly 15 years after the mysterious death of Terrance Williams and Felipe Santos, the deputy who was last seen with the two is heading to court to battle a wrongful death lawsuit. Former Collier County Deputy Steve Calkins is heading to court to battle a wrongful death lawsuit that he has been up against for…
CAPE CORAL A student was arrested by police Monday after a violent threat was found in the boys bathroom of a Cape Coral high school. The 16-year-old suspect has been arrested for Written Threat to Conduct a Mass Shooting and Criminal Mischief after a threat in the boys bathroom, which was written in black permanent marker,…