Avoiding the “Summer Slide”: How to keep students engaged during the summerDetails: Judge Judy files defamation suit against National Enquirer parent company
FORT MYERS Avoiding the “Summer Slide”: How to keep students engaged during the summer Every kid looks forward to summer, but they also face the “Summer Slide”, a term for students who aren’t mentally engaged over the summer.
NAPLES Details: Judge Judy files defamation suit against National Enquirer parent company Television personality Judge Judy Sheindlin, a resident of Collier County, filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against Accelerate360 and A360 Media LLC, the parent companies of the National Enquirer and InTouch Weekly.
CAPE CORAL Exclusive video shows why family of 13-year-old hit and killed in Cape Coral is filing civil rights complaint In a newly released exclusive video sent to WINK news, you can see the moments before a 13-year-old was fatally struck while riding his electric scooter in Cape Coral.
Tackling the teacher shortage in Lee County Are your kids losing out on the value of going to school because of inconsistency in who their teachers are?
6 bus crash victims identified; Immokalee community mourns loss Eight Mexican migrant farmworkers’ lives were cut short in an instant during a bus crash in Central Florida, and now we know who at least six of them were.
NAPLES Greater Naples Fire Rescue District starts Project Fire Buddies Greater Naples Fire is the first fire department to start a Project Fire Buddies program in Florida.
LEHIGH ACRES LCSO: shooting injures 1 person near Jim Fleming Ecological Park in Lehigh Acres The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is reporting one person has been injured in a shooting near the Jim Fleming Ecological Park in Lehigh Acres, and they have an active scene.
LEHIGH ACRES Deputies investigating reports of man pulling rifle on Waste Pro worker in Lehigh Acres The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating reports of a man pulling a rifle on a garbage truck worker in Lehigh Acres.
Collier County Schools postpones possible school zoning changes The Collier County School Board voted four to one against two different proposals that could redraw school boundaries.
LEHIGH ACRES Lehigh Acres arsonist on the loose; how to catch one Lehigh Acres neighborhoods have been getting hit left and right with a dozen man-made fires since January.
NAPLES “We are less than a year from accepting our first patients” HSS at NCH Ortho hospital working towards completion The landscape of orthopedic care in SW Florida is about to change. Construction of the world-renowned Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) is moving closer to reality in their collaboration with NCH.
Man arrested after road rage incident in Collier County A Naples man has been arrested after deputies say he struck another vehicle on the road and fled the scene.
FORT MYERS Haze over Southwest Florida from fires more than 1,000 miles away The last couple of days there have seen hazy skies over the Sunshine State due to wildfires in Mexico and Central America.
WASHINGTON (AP) Biden and Trump agree to 2 presidential debates, in June and in September President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for the first presidential face-off in just weeks.
FORT MYERS Avoiding the “Summer Slide”: How to keep students engaged during the summer Every kid looks forward to summer, but they also face the “Summer Slide”, a term for students who aren’t mentally engaged over the summer.
NAPLES Details: Judge Judy files defamation suit against National Enquirer parent company Television personality Judge Judy Sheindlin, a resident of Collier County, filed a defamation lawsuit Monday against Accelerate360 and A360 Media LLC, the parent companies of the National Enquirer and InTouch Weekly.
CAPE CORAL Exclusive video shows why family of 13-year-old hit and killed in Cape Coral is filing civil rights complaint In a newly released exclusive video sent to WINK news, you can see the moments before a 13-year-old was fatally struck while riding his electric scooter in Cape Coral.
Tackling the teacher shortage in Lee County Are your kids losing out on the value of going to school because of inconsistency in who their teachers are?
6 bus crash victims identified; Immokalee community mourns loss Eight Mexican migrant farmworkers’ lives were cut short in an instant during a bus crash in Central Florida, and now we know who at least six of them were.
NAPLES Greater Naples Fire Rescue District starts Project Fire Buddies Greater Naples Fire is the first fire department to start a Project Fire Buddies program in Florida.
LEHIGH ACRES LCSO: shooting injures 1 person near Jim Fleming Ecological Park in Lehigh Acres The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is reporting one person has been injured in a shooting near the Jim Fleming Ecological Park in Lehigh Acres, and they have an active scene.
LEHIGH ACRES Deputies investigating reports of man pulling rifle on Waste Pro worker in Lehigh Acres The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating reports of a man pulling a rifle on a garbage truck worker in Lehigh Acres.
Collier County Schools postpones possible school zoning changes The Collier County School Board voted four to one against two different proposals that could redraw school boundaries.
LEHIGH ACRES Lehigh Acres arsonist on the loose; how to catch one Lehigh Acres neighborhoods have been getting hit left and right with a dozen man-made fires since January.
NAPLES “We are less than a year from accepting our first patients” HSS at NCH Ortho hospital working towards completion The landscape of orthopedic care in SW Florida is about to change. Construction of the world-renowned Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) is moving closer to reality in their collaboration with NCH.
Man arrested after road rage incident in Collier County A Naples man has been arrested after deputies say he struck another vehicle on the road and fled the scene.
FORT MYERS Haze over Southwest Florida from fires more than 1,000 miles away The last couple of days there have seen hazy skies over the Sunshine State due to wildfires in Mexico and Central America.
WASHINGTON (AP) Biden and Trump agree to 2 presidential debates, in June and in September President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on Wednesday agreed to hold two campaign debates — the first on June 27 hosted by CNN and the second on Sept. 10 hosted by ABC — setting the stage for the first presidential face-off in just weeks.
On an average day, it’s pretty common to see people fishing or swimming in a canal. One neighbor in Cape Coral saw something unusual in his backyard Friday afternoon. On Friday, April 26, Gene Fornecker was surprised to see a group of people on a boat pointing rifles in a residential canal. “I was putting up curtain rods in my dining room when I was looking out the window to the canal, and I saw a motorboat going by slowly,” said Fornecker. “When I looked closer, I saw every one of them had like a rifle with a scope on it.” In those moments, Gene took these pictures of the boaters with their rifles drawn. “All of a sudden, they all got up, and we’re pointing at something in the bushes, and I didn’t know what was going on,” said Fornecker. “It just seemed kind of odd to me, especially in a residential area.” Fornecker reached out to law enforcement with concern for his and his neighbor’s safety. “I did call the Cape Coral Police Department, and they said that they were probably iguana hunters and that it was legal for them to do that,” said Fornecker. “I don’t care if it’s an air rifle or not, it can hurt or shoot someone’s eye out, and I don’t want anyone to get hit.” While there are different variations of animal hunting across the U.S., Florida is known to be the only state where it is legal to hunt iguanas. “I don’t have anything against hunting, especially if it’s something that’s not native to the area, but people need to know that these people are legitimate in what they’re doing,” said Fornecker. According to state law, iguanas can be hunted using air rifles, pellet guns or non-exploding rimfire firearms that are not considered weapons. Green iguanas are not protected in Florida except by anti-cruelty laws and can be humanely killed on private property year-round with landowner permission. Members of the public may also remove and humanely kill iguanas from 32 Commission-managed lands without a license or permit under Executive Order 23-16, according to Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission Convservation. WINK News spoke with Aaron Forum, a firearms expert and consultant, to figure out the type of guns the boaters were using. “I’m 99% sure these are, in fact, Sig Sauer MCX Virtus PCP air rifles, and if I had to take a guess, I would say they were probably hunting iguanas,” said Forum. “Now that can still be lethal, potentially at close range, so you still have to be careful.” Forum says it’s always best to have the right safety equipment when hunting for iguanas. “If you’re out there shooting and especially, you know, you can tell they’re very close in proximity with a high-powered pellet rifle or BB gun and that stuff can ricochet,” said Forum. “It’s always best to have on eye protection at that range.” To learn more about the legality of iguana hunting in Florida, click here.