LCSO investigating homicide in North Fort MyersSales tax-free shopping begins; save money and prepare for Hurricane Season
NORTH FORT MYERS LCSO investigating homicide in North Fort Myers The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is responding to an active scene that happened early Saturday morning near Pondella Road.
Sales tax-free shopping begins; save money and prepare for Hurricane Season It’s a great time to build your hurricane kit. Shop sales tax-free for select merchandise right now.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The Weather Authority: Slightly less humidity in the forecast A slight break from our humidity, but it’s still a hot one.
FORT MYERS Caloosahatchee Bridge closes for 10-week project The Caloosahatchee Bridge has closed all four lanes of traffic to expedite the pedestrian crosswalk project.
ESTERO Everblades dominate Kansas City 8-1 in Kelly Cup Final Game 1 win The Florida Everblades dominated Game 1 of the Kelly Cup Final with a 8-1 win over the Kansas City Mavericks.
EAST NAPLES Lorenzo Walker Technical High School in Collier County closing As kids are beginning their summer vacation, a group of students from one school are looking ahead to the next four school years
FORT MYERS ‘Scoops on First’ helps to beat the heat Workers at Scoops on First break a sweat so Southwest Florida ice cream lovers can tackle a triple-digit heat index.
FORT MYERS Caloosahatchee Bridge closes tonight; latest details We spoke with Janella Newsome, the communications director for the Florida Department of Transportation District 1, who explained why the bridge is closing.
Ensuring your air conditioner works ahead of Summer People are already trying to beat the heat and it isn’t even June 1, so one thing to avoid is having your air conditioner breaking at the peak of Summer.
NAPLES Homeless teens graduate high school and have big plans WINK News met a group of homeless teens who are graduating high school and have big plans for the future.
FORT MYERS Last day of school for Lee County students The last day of school was Friday, May 31, marking the official start of summer for over a hundred thousand students in Lee County.
CAPE CORAL 39-year-old man arrested for Pine Island Road hit-and-run Police have arrested a man for the hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a person.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Workers in downtown Fort Myers skeptical about improved parking The Fort Myers City Council’s new parking plan hopes to fix downtown’s parking puzzle for business employees.
Preparing for hurricane season in SWFL Hurricane season begins in less than 24 hours, and so does the disaster sales tax holiday.
3 emaciated Dalmatians rescued by LCSO; man arrested A house garage was a scorching prison for three Dalmatians and the neglect was so severe the Dalmatian Rescue needed to step in to report it.
NORTH FORT MYERS LCSO investigating homicide in North Fort Myers The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is responding to an active scene that happened early Saturday morning near Pondella Road.
Sales tax-free shopping begins; save money and prepare for Hurricane Season It’s a great time to build your hurricane kit. Shop sales tax-free for select merchandise right now.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The Weather Authority: Slightly less humidity in the forecast A slight break from our humidity, but it’s still a hot one.
FORT MYERS Caloosahatchee Bridge closes for 10-week project The Caloosahatchee Bridge has closed all four lanes of traffic to expedite the pedestrian crosswalk project.
ESTERO Everblades dominate Kansas City 8-1 in Kelly Cup Final Game 1 win The Florida Everblades dominated Game 1 of the Kelly Cup Final with a 8-1 win over the Kansas City Mavericks.
EAST NAPLES Lorenzo Walker Technical High School in Collier County closing As kids are beginning their summer vacation, a group of students from one school are looking ahead to the next four school years
FORT MYERS ‘Scoops on First’ helps to beat the heat Workers at Scoops on First break a sweat so Southwest Florida ice cream lovers can tackle a triple-digit heat index.
FORT MYERS Caloosahatchee Bridge closes tonight; latest details We spoke with Janella Newsome, the communications director for the Florida Department of Transportation District 1, who explained why the bridge is closing.
Ensuring your air conditioner works ahead of Summer People are already trying to beat the heat and it isn’t even June 1, so one thing to avoid is having your air conditioner breaking at the peak of Summer.
NAPLES Homeless teens graduate high school and have big plans WINK News met a group of homeless teens who are graduating high school and have big plans for the future.
FORT MYERS Last day of school for Lee County students The last day of school was Friday, May 31, marking the official start of summer for over a hundred thousand students in Lee County.
CAPE CORAL 39-year-old man arrested for Pine Island Road hit-and-run Police have arrested a man for the hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a person.
DOWNTOWN FORT MYERS Workers in downtown Fort Myers skeptical about improved parking The Fort Myers City Council’s new parking plan hopes to fix downtown’s parking puzzle for business employees.
Preparing for hurricane season in SWFL Hurricane season begins in less than 24 hours, and so does the disaster sales tax holiday.
3 emaciated Dalmatians rescued by LCSO; man arrested A house garage was a scorching prison for three Dalmatians and the neglect was so severe the Dalmatian Rescue needed to step in to report it.
Dash and in-car camera views of FHP Trooper Toni Schuck moments before she stopped a drunk driver. (Credit: FHP) A new video released by Florida Highway Patrol shows a trooper inside her patrol car as she is hit head-on by an impaired driver. She swung her cruiser around and braced for the woman to plow into her. FHP Trooper Toni Schuck (Credit: FHP) Florida Highway Patrol’s motto is Courtesy, Service, Protection. FHP Trooper Toni Schuck stuck to that on Sunday when she risked her life to stop a suspected drunk driver from speeding into a 10k race in Manatee County. “I’ve never been in this position where I’ve had to put myself for somebody else,” said Schuck. Trooper Schuck did just that to protect thousands of runners in a 10k race on the Skyway Bridge in Tampa on Sunday morning. She was positioned about half a mile from the starting point. “We had got a notification on the radio at the first barricade that a car had come through,” said Schuck. Behind the wheel of that car was Kristen Watts. Troopers say she was drunk and doing more than 65 miles per hour, driving past troopers and headed straight towards the bridge. “I knew there were people there. I didn’t know where they were,” Schuck said. Kristen Watts (Credit: FHP) The only one standing between Watts and these runners? Trooper Schuck. Dash camera video released by FHP shows the car coming straight towards the trooper. She saw it too and thought, “She would see the truck and she would stop,” said Schuck. That wasn’t the case. The car hit her nearly head-on. “I’m thankful it was me, I’m thankful she didn’t get past me,” Schuck said. The runners in the 10k are thankful too. “The only thing that was between me and that person was you. Heroic in every aspect of the word,” said James Judge, a runner & spokesman for Skyway 10k. Trooper Schuck said in her interview that she got into this career because you think you’re going to save the world, you’re going to make all things right. On Sunday, she did that. (Credit: FHP) (Credit: FHP) (Credit: FHP) (Credit: FHP)