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ESTERO Everblades on history’s doorstep after Kelly Cup Finals Game 4 win The Florida Everblades win Game 4 of the Kelly Cup Finals and move one win away from claiming history with their third straight Kelly Cup title.
FORT MYERS Downtown Fort Myers without Art Walk WINK News was downtown Friday night. Not many people were around but surprisingly, there was not much traffic.
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SOUTHWEST FLORIDA The Weather Authority: Steamy Sunday with feels-like temperatures in the triple digits This Sunday Southwest Florida will feel the heat. Next week, we will see much-needed rain.
ESTERO History made as Florida Everblades win third straight Kelly Cup title in OT Hertz Arena erupted in cheers the moment the Florida Everblades won their third straight Kelly Cup title in overtime.
FORT MYERS A breakdown of the final moments during the attempted Bank of America heist On Saturday, the lee county sheriff’s office released a graphic new video from an attempted bank robbery turned deadly.
CAPE CORAL Torah dedicated to Cape Coral temple At the basis of all Jewish sacred texts is the Torah, and it is known to be the most important book in Judaism.
CAPE CORAL SpaceCon blasts off in Cape Coral Southwest Florida SpaceCon is here! On the outside you may not notice it, but on the inside is where the fun really begins.
SOUTHWEST FLORIDA WINK Neighborhood Watch: Prison Escapee, Drugs, and Bricks This weeks segment of WINK Neighborhood watch features a wanted woman, a Cape Coral drug house, and bricks by the beach.
SOUTH FORT MYERS Inside the attempted Bank of America heist, SWAT situation, and sniper shooting Never-before-seen footage released from the Bank of America hostage situation and sniper shooting.
New details: FBI releases Brian Laundrie documents The FBI has released over 300 pages of unclassified documents pertaining to the murder investigation.
Southwest Florida The Weather Authority: A hot weekend with isolated showers and storms possible Keep an eye on the sky and your WINK weather app to track isolated showers and storms this weekend.
ESTERO Everblades on history’s doorstep after Kelly Cup Finals Game 4 win The Florida Everblades win Game 4 of the Kelly Cup Finals and move one win away from claiming history with their third straight Kelly Cup title.
FORT MYERS Downtown Fort Myers without Art Walk WINK News was downtown Friday night. Not many people were around but surprisingly, there was not much traffic.
Defying the odds: 64-year-old woman graduates from Uber’s scholarship program Michele Baron just graduated from Arizona State University at the age of 64, and she has quite the success story, all thanks to Uber.
BONITA SPRINGS SWFL artist defines chaos and order on her larger-than-life canvas Bonita Springs abstract artist, Mally Khorsantchi, oil paints from her gorgeous custom home along the imperial river, to find the “mysterious space” of chaos and order
NAPLES Drinking beer helps endangered Florida panthers at Brew for the Zoo Naples Zoo and Riptide Brewing Company are getting ready to raise money for Florida panther conservation, and all you have to do is have a beer.
Exclusive: attorney who has represented clients facing death penalty speaks out In a WINK News exclusive, reporter Liz Biro sat down with Lee Hollander to talk about what it takes to lead a death penalty case.
MGN Online LEITCHFIELD, Ky. (AP) – Police say two teenage sweethearts have blazed a trail of crime across the South, leaving in their path a string of stolen vehicles and pilfered checks and stirring concern about their increasingly bold behavior. The 18-year-old and his 13-year-old girlfriend – who had apparently convinced the boy and his family that she was 19 – have so far eluded capture and are now believed to be cruising around in a stolen truck with two guns. “There’s going to come a time when we’re not going to see him as an 18-year-old kid,” said Norman Chaffins, sheriff in Grayson County, Kentucky, where the pair disappeared nearly two weeks ago. “We’re going to see him as someone who’s stolen three vehicles with two handguns in them, and the outcome is not going to be good for either one of them if they don’t turn themselves in.” Dalton Hayes and Cheyenne Phillips vanished Jan. 3 from their small hometown in western Kentucky, the sheriff said. Since then, authorities believe the two have traveled to South Carolina and Georgia. Hayes’ mother urged the young couple to surrender and “face the consequences.” “I pretty much cry myself to sleep every night worrying about where they are and if a police officer or any random individual tries to pull them over and isn’t so nice and hurts them,” Tammy Martin said. The couple had been dating for about three months. The girl portrayed herself as being 19, and the family, including Martin’s son, believed her, she said. Cheyenne “would go in and write checks, and she would come out with cigarettes and stuff, so I didn’t have any reason not to believe she wasn’t 19. Because normally you can’t buy cigarettes when you’re 13 years old,” Martin said. By the time her son realized she was a mere 13, “he was already done in love with her,” Martin said. When he hit the road, Hayes was running away from trouble back home. He faces burglary and theft charges in his home county, stemming from an arrest late last year, according to Grayson County court records. He was planning to be at the local judicial center on Jan. 5 to find out if a grand jury had indicted him on the charges, his mother said. His case did not come up, but by that time the teens were gone. The sheriff said the couple’s behavior is “becoming increasingly brazen and dangerous.” “They’re going on people’s property,” he said. “They’re forging checks to get money. … They could have stopped in Kentucky, but they didn’t.” Since they have no source of money, he added, “they’re going to get desperate.” Twice, the teens were able to evade law officers in Kentucky, the sheriff said. They crashed the first truck they stole and hid in the woods. Then they later stole another truck nearby, Chaffins said. Chaffins said he believes Hayes – who had run-ins with the law as a juvenile – is calling the shots as the teens try to stay ahead of police. The two were spotted Monday at a Wal-Mart in South Carolina, where the teens are thought to have passed two stolen checks, said Manning, South Carolina, Police Chief Blair Shaffer. They were seen in a vehicle that apparently was stolen from Kentucky, he said. Authorities believe they then headed to Georgia and stole a pickup truck from the driveway of a man’s home in Henry County, about 30 miles southeast of Atlanta. The homeowner awoke Wednesday to find his vehicle was gone, along with two handguns he kept inside, Henry County police Lt. Joey Smith said Friday. Hours later, another truck the couple is suspected of having stolen in another state was found nearby. It had been crashed through a fence and abandoned behind a vacant building on neighboring property, Smith said. Martin said her son texted her a few days after their disappearance to say the couple was in Mississippi. They were spotted soon after that in Kentucky, she said. “He was just trying to throw me off,” she said. “I’m sure he thought that I would call the police and tell them where he was.” Chaffins said the situation is getting more serious as time passes, he said. “This is not a game to us,” Chaffins said. “Our biggest fear is that Dalton is not going to stop for the police. He’s going to run every time they approach him.”