The City of North Port has postponed its annual Freedom Festival on the 4th of July out of caution due to the upcoming ...

WINK News Weather Watchers and viewers sent in images of a waterspout off of the coast of Fort Myers Beach and Sanibel. Chief ...

Crews are racing against time to rebuild a stretch of Vanderbilt Beach in North Naples. An emergency sand-fill project is ...

Georgia-based breakfast chain, Waffle House, has announced dropping its $.50 surcharge on eggs. The surcharge was added in ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is holding a news conference in Jefferson County. DeSantis will be at the Jefferson County ...

WINK News was the only local station at the front gate of Alligator Alcatraz, providing exclusive coverage of the opening.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis used emergency powers to take land from Miami-Dade County and build a controversial detention ...

One of the top high school football players in Southwest Florida, Jayden Petit, announced his commitment to play college ...

A new detention center dubbed "Alligator Alcatraz" is set to open in Collier County, right in the heart of the Everglades. The Department of Homeland Security shared a picture on social media ...

Eden faced a life-altering incident in May when she was hit by a car while riding her scooter in her Port Charlotte ...

The temporary detention facility in the Everglades, known as Alligator Alcatraz, is quickly becoming a national story.

Residents of the Newport Glen neighborhood in South Fort Myers are expressing frustration as recurring storms continue to ...