Selecting the right bedding can mean the difference between a rejuvenating slumber or a restless night of tossing and turning. Love silky smooth? Or maybe stronger, heavier linen? Sleep hot? Or are you always too cold? Made Trade's sustainable…

While staying in Naples for the winter, Margaret Sheahan and her mother Mary Beth found themselves in a dilemma all too common during 2020: they were exposed to COVID-19 and needed a test before potentially exposing more members of their family. When…

The mother of a teenager who was tased by an FHP trooper last week has hired an attorney to help fight the arrest she says happened because of racial profiling. Sixteen-year-old Jack Rodeman was arrested by Trooper George Smyrnios on June 16 and is…

A Fort Myers police officer is on paid leave after allegations by the FBI that he engaged in misconduct. Jason Jackson returned to work on April 6 after being on paid administrative leave for four years due to allegations stemming from an audit of…

A Fort Myers police officer that returned to work after four years on administrative leave has once again been placed on leave. Officer Jason Jackson returned to duty full-time on April 6, 2021, after a federal investigation failed to turn up…

If there was ever a lesson in why you should read your insurance statements: this is it. Mary Godfrey said she is very diligent about reviewing all of her explanation of benefits summaries from Florida Blue, and in 2018 something jumped off the page.…

The mother of a man murdered on Mother’s Day morning on one of Southwest Florida’s busiest bridges said her son was killed as a direct result of his name showing up in documents related to a 2016 mass shooting. Jadwin “JC” Carrion was found shot to…

The WINK News investigative team connected the dots between a recent murder on the Midpoint Bridge in Cape Coral to the 2016 Club Blue shooting in Fort Myers. Just after midnight Saturday, May 10, Jadwin Lebronze Carrion, 24, was shot and killed on…

Florida made headlines around the nation and world for mandating that schools provide in-person instruction during the middle of a pandemic. At a press conference outside Jacksonville Thursday, Gov. Ron DeSantis and Education Secretary Richard…

Gasoline and toilet paper aren’t the only things that have been in short supply this year … Prescription drug shortages continue to plague people who rely on those drugs to live a normal, healthy life. One man we spoke to said he couldn’t get his…

Since March, millions of people have gone to the Healthcare.gov exchange to take advantage of expanded government subsidies during a special enrollment period opened up to help during the pandemic. When the American Rescue Plan (ARPA) passed it did…

Insuring your home against a hurricane is more expensive than ever. We look into what you can do to make sure you have enough coverage for a worst-case scenario and save some money on your policy. Summertime in Southwest Florida just isn’t the same…

He’s gone by the names Alex Debel and Simon Storm, but his real name is Robert Kuehn, and he’s probably the last person who saw Laura Howard alive. Howard’s decomposed body was discovered inside her Moreno Avenue home May 5, 2013. In the months…

Recently released documents by the Fort Myers Police Department show allegations of police misconduct uncovered during an audit in 2017. The documents are two appendices part of an audit by the Freeh Group International Solutions that found alleged…

Fort Myers Police Department released more documentation to WINK News from the Freeh report Monday. The City of Fort Myers paid Freeh Group International Solutions to conduct a needs assessment of FMPD back in 2016. DOCUMENT: Redacted Free report…

Fort Myers police Chief Derrick Diggs wants the top police job in Columbus, Ohio. According to his resume, he’s selling himself as someone who builds trust and transparency while also improving community engagement with the police. But his track…

Redacted portions of an audit of the Fort Myers Police Department are under review for release, according to the agency’s inspector general. FMPD Inspector General Donald Oswald told Fort Myers City Council members Monday they are consulting with…

In March 2020, before the world completely changed, Sandy Germain and her husband Joe were at Daytona Bike Week. When they started coming down with cold and flu symptoms, the COVID-19 virus had started to spread in Florida. They returned home to…

After four years on paid administrative leave, an officer with Fort Myers Police Department is ready to get back on the job. Jason Jackson is the last of four officers on leave amid a federal investigation into misconduct at the agency that began in…

A brand new report from Smart Growth America ranked Florida as the most dangerous state in the United States for pedestrians and cyclists. The 2021 Dangerous by Design Survey ranks the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area as the 11th most…