Blues, Brews & BBQ returns for 6th Year
NAPLES, Fla. – The time to crack open a fresh blue crab, enjoy an ice cold craft beer and taste some award winning BBQ is here as Pinchers in Naples celebrates the sixth Blues, Brews & BBQ. The...
View ArticleRestaurant Week Summer 2016 helpful for Naples businesses
DOWNTOWN NAPLES, Fla.- May is the launch of Naples first ever Summer restaurant week. More than 25 restaurants have joined to create a minimum 3-course meal starting at $35 a plate. Steven Segar and...
View ArticleBrush fire sparked near Immokalee Regional Airport
IMMOKALEE, Fla. – Crews worked to contain a 15 to 20-acre brush fire Saturday. Fire fighters told WINK News the blaze started around 4 p.m.
View ArticleSparkler effect for photo sparked Everglades landmark blaze
OCHOPEE, Fla. (AP) – Officials say a photo shoot sparked a fire that destroyed a historical landmark along the Tamiami Trail through Florida’s Everglades. The 1920s-era Monroe Station burned down in...
View Article3-acre Golden Gate Estates fire under investigation
NAPLES, Fla. – Investigators are not saying whether a 3-acre fire in Golden Gate Estates on 66th Avenue NE, off of Everglades Boulevard, is suspicious. The blaze scorched a shed and burned through...
View ArticleASC Women’s Open Serves up $25,000 in Tournament Winnings
NAPLES, Fla. – For the second time this year, women’s professional tennis has returned to Naples, for the ASC Women’s Open. Qualifying began May 8, and main draw play began Tuesday, May 10th, with the...
View ArticleCollier commissioners vote to keep fluoride in water supply
NAPLES, Fla.- Collier County commissioners voted 4-1 on Tuesday in favor of keeping fluoride in the county’s water supply. More than 70 people on both sides of the debate signed up to speak in front of...
View ArticleMan arrested for shooting at CCSO deputy during pursuit
NAPLES, Fla.- A Fort Myers man was arrested Tuesday for firing a gun at a Collier County Sheriff’s Office deputy during a vehicle pursuit in November 2015. Brione Lamar Joiner, 31, is being held in the...
View Article$500K dredging project to produce longer fix at Clam Pass
NAPLES, Fla. – Collier County is dishing out additional funds to complete a dredging project that began on Clam Pass three years ago. The initial work to the pass cost the county $250,000 in tourist...
View ArticleWell-known Swamp Buggy racer loses arm in air boat accident
NAPLES, Fla.- Community members are coming together to help a professional Swamp Buggy racer who lost a portion of his left arm in an air boat accident over the weekend. Family members say Tyler Johns,...
View ArticleArrest made in shooting of Collier deputy’s vehicle
FORT MYERS, Fla. – A 20-year-old Tampa man was arrested and is facing charges in connection with the shooting of a marked Collier County Sheriff’s Office vehicle in January, the department said...
View ArticleSWFL nurse accused of misusing drugs at 3 hospitals
NAPLES, Fla.- The state has placed an emergency restriction on the license of a nurse accused of misusing powerful painkillers at three of Southwest Florida’s biggest hospitals. Since January 2015,...
View Article‘Scream’ mask robber gets 20 years in prison as part of plea deal
NAPLES, Fla.- A 27-year-old man was sentenced to 20 years in prison Friday for a string of robberies in Collier County. Jonathan Wessel pleaded no contest to charges including attempted robbery with a...
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