CAPE CORAL Cars parked in a supermarket parking lot burst into flames in Lee County, and it is still unknown how it happened. Cape Coral Fire Department responded to a three-vehicle fire in the Del Prado Walmart parking lot in Cape Coral Monday. An employee was having lunch in her car when she saw smoke…
LEHIGH ACRES A half-dozen arrests and a man on the run after investigators find teenage sex slaves living in a dirty trailer. The mother of one of those suspects claims they’ve got it all wrong, that her son was trying to help those boys. A trailer where victims were living is in St. Petersburgh, but deputies found…
NORTH FORT MYERS There is a contentious fight over smoldering debris at an MW Horticulture Recycling Facility site between the company, the local fire dept. and neighbors. MW Horticulture fails an inspection by the fire department. Bayshore Fire Chief Larry Nesbit still sees the mulch piles as a hazard. The department responded to the debris…
TICE Some have said when driving on Interstate 75, you better be ready for anything. After two major deadly crashes on I-75, one in Alachua County and the other in Southwest Florida, drivers told WINK News their biggest concern is speeding. “The people that wanna do 95 [mph] when the traffic’s going 75 [mph],” said…
FORT MYERS Nina Nunez never felt uncomfortable going to school. But as a parent, she could not be more worried about sending her 10-year-old daughter off to class. In the 2016 to 2017 school year, the School District of Lee County recorded a total of 51 school threats. A number that has more than tripled…
SOUTH FORT MYERS Canned goods and everyday items are getting packed for families in need. Ever since the government shutdown, Coast Guard families are struggling to get basic necessities. But a storefront will continue to be open until the government shutdown is over. It is open one day a week, Wednesday, for people to drop-off…
NORTH FORT MYERS A woman fatally struck a girl walking on the edge of the road on Durrance Road, in North Fort Myers Monday morning. The 2006 Toyota that struck a 12-year-old girl Monday morning. Photo via FHP. Mary Ann Miller, 62, was driving a 2006 Toyota on the 10000 block of Durrance Rd. near…
Residents in Cape Coral may be experiencing a power outage Monday morning due to construction equipment running into power lines along Pine Island Road.
Reports say the equipment was a construction crane, but that has not been confirmed.
Lee County Electric Cooperative say they are working to restore power as fast as possible.
ALVA The Florida Forest Service says 100 percent of a fire has been contained in an area of Lee County between Alva and Lehigh Acres. The cause of the fire is unknown. A large brush fire started burning across at least 10 acres of land in an area near River Golf Circle And Walnut Run…
NORTH FORT MYERS According to Florida Highway Patrol, an infant child died after she succumbed to her injuries from a crash on I-75 in North Fort Myers. FHP confirms, Nine-month-old Hida Jolin Mateo died at Tampa General Hospital Saturday. The crash on I-75 southbound happened on the bridge over the Caloosahatchee River, mile marker 142…