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Who has the best prices on school supplies?
That’s not an easy question to answer, but WINK News traveled into the School Zone to do some comparison shopping. We picked a few basic items that appear on many school supply lists. 4 glue sticks. Colored pencils – one package of 12. Regular pencils – a 12-pack...
ESPN features Fort Myers High School baseball in 'The Walkout' documentary
FORT MYERS, Fla. — ESPN featured Fort Myers High School baseball in an exclusive documentary covering "The Walkout" following a coach's texts using racial slurs that led to the team's division. In April 2023, Fort Myers High School baseball players staged a walkout on their own teammates six weeks...
Deadline arrives for primary voting registration
The deadline to change your party affiliation or register for the Aug. 20 primary election in Southwest Florida has arrived. By Florida law, voter registration closes 29 days before an election—the deadline to register to vote by mail is on Aug. 20. Registrants have until midnight on Monday to...
More Explores: Check out the purrr-fect cafe in Fort Myers
FORT MYERS, Fla. — Check out the purrr-fect cafe in Fort Myers!. The Cattyshack Cafe offers coffee, breakfast sandwiches, pastries and more. The cafe has 20 cats and kittens you can cuddle and play with. These cats, brought to the cafe by the Gulf Coast Humane Society, are available for adoption.
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas Comes to BBMANN in November
Mannheim Steamroller Christmas will come to the Barbara B. Mann Performing Arts Hall at FSW on Wednesday, November 13 at 7:30PM. Tickets go on sale Friday, July 26 at 10AM and can be purchased online at www.bbmannpah.com, by calling 239-481-4849 or in person at the Box Office. Chip Davis, founder...
Stormy afternoon ahead in SWFL
FORT MYERS, Fla. — We'll start our Monday with some sunshine, but widespread storms will develop and spread across the area as we head into the afternoon. Temperatures this morning are running a bit above average, settling into the middle and upper 70s as we approach sunrise. By the early afternoon, highs will reach the lower 90s, with 'feels like' temperatures in the triple digits.
Storms to soak much of SWFL Monday
FORT MYERS, Fla. — We're on track to see a pretty busy day on the NBC2 First Alert LIVE Doppler Radar for your Monday. Most of the morning will stay dry, but with increasing tropical moisture over us today, rain and storms will be likely for most of Southwest Florida this afternoon.
Salvation Army taking over shuttered Venice Books-A-Million
Double dealing: A pair of commercial properties in Fort Myers have changed hands. The first is a 16,851-square-foot building at 4231 Colonial Blvd., which sold for $2.15 million. According to Lee County property records, the buyer is a Fort Myers LLC named Properties of S&O. The seller was a local investor who paid $1.7 million for it in 2005. The warehouse building sits on 2.39 acres, according to LoopNet. The second property is a 3,492-square foot building at 1629/1631 Hendry St. The buyer is a local investor who paid $1.14 million. The seller is a trust. The single-story downtown building was built in 1925 and sits between Main and Second streets. Fort Myers commercial real estate firm LSI Cos. brokered both deals.
SWFLA To Do List: ‘Women in Rock,’ ‘Seussical Jr.’ and more
Follow your favorite Dr. Seuss characters; the Cat in the Hat, Horton the Elephant and more on a musical adventure to protect an abandoned egg and the Whos ― tiny people living on a speck that Horton discovered. Tickets are $25. Showings at various times, July 26-28 at Gulfshore Playhouse, 755 Eighth Ave. S., Naples. Information: gulfshoreplayhouse.org.
Joe Biden drops out: Details on his five visits to Naples, Fort Myers since 2008
Since 2008 Joe Biden has visited Southwest Florida five times − once as the President of the United States and four times when he was the vice-president. Biden came to Naples and Fort Myers for a variety of reasons, including one time for some rest and relaxation on an island off the SWFL coastline.
WINK Neighborhood Watch: Guns, drugs, killer road rage, and fentanyl
This week’s segment of WINK Neighborhood Watch features drug and gun-related charges, killer road rage and enough fentanyl to kill nearly 100,000 people. Javier Joel Perez was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for possession of a controlled substance with the intent to distribute it, possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking, and possession of a firearm and ammunition as a person with convictions.
FEMA relents: Lee County homeowners to keep National Flood Insurance Program discount
After months of worry that Lee County and most municipalities contained within its borders within had lost their flood insurance discount after their floodplain management ratings were adjusted downward, homeowners can breathe a sign of relief: the Federal Emergency Management Agency has relented. The loss of the 25% discount for the National Flood...
2 arrested on warrants and drug possession charges during Cape Coral traffic stop
CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A man and woman were arrested after officers made a traffic stop and learned they had warrants for their arrest and had drugs and paraphernalia in Cape Coral. On Saturday around 3:15 p.m. officers pulled over a motorcycle on Del Prado Boulevard South. Officers said...
Bonita Springs firefighter opens community pub
A new establishment that’s been the talk of the town for a few months officially had its grand opening in South Fort Myers. The Milhous Pub, named and owned by a Bonita Springs firefighter, opened its doors on Saturday, July 20. Located at 15200 S Tamiami Trail #114 in...
Reader questions: A new Coconut Point shopping center; Bonita's Lake Park Diner; Galleria
Reader Nancie Harper checked in the other day. "Wondering what is being built on east side of U.S. 41 in Estero, north of Coconut Point," she said. "It’s a long piece of land, bordering U.S. 41 near Rapallo, between Via Rapallo Drive and Sweetwater Ranch Boulevard." A lot of...
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