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Local bar named Best beach bar in America

NAPLES, Fla.- Naples is home to the "Best Beach Bar in America."According to Maxim, Gumbo Limbo Beach Bar and Restaurant at the Ritz Carlton tops the list for bars on the beach. According to the company, it is a "textbook beach bar."Gumbo Limbo sits right ... [Published WINK TV - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Naples, Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

How life has changed for Fort Myers 2007 lotto winner

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Lotto fever is spreading throughout Southwest Florida with hundreds of millions of dollars up for grabs.Florida's new Mega Millions jackpot debuted Friday night at $190 million dollars. But, the big ticket is the Powerball with a pot ... [Published WINK TV - 8 hours ago]

Entities: RaceTrac, Entrepreneur

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Record tourist season adds 1,700 hospitality jobs in Collier

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla - New numbers show more tourists are adding more jobs to Florida's economy. So far this year, the state saw a record breaking tourist season and it's having a direct impact on the unemployment rate.The first four months of 2013 saw ... [Published WINK TV - 8 hours ago]

Entities: Naples, Layoffs, Unemployment Rate

First reported 9 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 1 reports

Naples tops Healthy Living poll

NAPLES, Fla. Healthy Living has ranked Naples and Marco Island the Fifth Fittest Metro Area in the country. They say area beaches, parks, and the tropical climate make it easy to maintain a healthy weight. Boulder, Colorado took the number one spot on ... [Published WINK TV - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Naples, Climate

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 9 hours ago - 2 reports

FMPD forced to pay back overtime

FORT MYERS, FL--The Fort Myers Police Department, accused of breaking the law, could be forced to pay thousands of dollars in overtime.The police chief says they followed the law, but union representatives and an arbitrator say it's time to pay up.It's ... [Published WINK TV - 9 hours ago]

Entities: Doug Baker, Fair Wage, Taxes

First reported 10 hours ago - Updated 10 hours ago - 1 reports

Fl construction adds jobs

New data shows that Florida is adding more construction jobs to the economy. More than half of April's 17,000 positions were in construction. Over the past year, more than 15,000 construction jobs were created. ... [Published WINK TV - 10 hours ago]

Entities: Construction

First reported 23 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 2 reports

Lee County deputy & girlfriend arrested on marijuana charges

Image 1 of 2Image 2 of 2LEE COUNTY, Fla. - Another Lee County deputy is accused of being on the wrong side of the law, facing several drug charges that include growing it. Deputy Peter Urbanski and his girlfriend, Shannon Clancey, were arrested early ... [Published WINK TV - 21 hours ago]

Entities: Mike Scott, Cape Coral, Drug Charge

First reported 13 hours ago - Updated 13 hours ago - 1 reports

Federal charges filed against wanted Lee County fugitive

FORT MYERS, Fla. - The U.S. Marshals have taken over the manhunt for one of Lee County's most wanted fugitives. This week, prosecutors filed federal charged against Wesnel Isaac.The documented gang enforcer is charged with three counts of Second Degree ... [Published WINK TV - 13 hours ago]

Entities: Fugitive, Willard Graham, Haiti, Murderer

First reported 14 hours ago - Updated 14 hours ago - 1 reports

Suspects on the loose after allegedly robbing Iberia Bank

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Fort Myers Police are searching for two suspects who allegedly robbed Iberia Bank, located in the shopping center at Colonial Boulevard and Ben C. Pratt Parkway.No customers were in the bank at the time of the robbery, and no one was ... [Published WINK TV - 14 hours ago]

Entities: Cash Robbery, Police, Surveillance

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Man accused of sexual battery on a child faces more charges

PUNTA GORDA, Fla.- A former Charlotte County resident, who was arrested in Tallahassee last week on Charlotte County warrants for Capital Sexual Battery, was transferred to Charlotte County Thursday and now faces an additional charge.Quinton Paul Handlon, ... [Published WINK TV - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Battery, Charlotte County Jail, warrants, Lewd, Tallahassee (United States)

First reported 15 hours ago - Updated 15 hours ago - 1 reports

Volunteers needed to work in SWFL hospitals

LEE COUNTY, Fla. -- Local hospitals need help! Dozens of volunteers who donate their time in the Lee Memorial Health System have left the area for the summer. And now, you are asked to volunteer your time to fill the space.Walk into Lee Memorial hospital ... [Published WINK TV - 15 hours ago]

Entities: Cape Coral, Blood Bank, Donna, Post Office

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 16 hours ago - 1 reports

CCSO arrests 3, seizes 122 marijuana plants in bust

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.- Two deputies who were looking for someone with an outstanding warrant wound up discovering an elaborate grow-house operation after smelling a strong odor of marijuana coming from 21346 Hepner Avenue. The deputies notified the Sheriff's ... [Published WINK TV - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Adam Smith, Narcotics, Arrests, Chemical

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...He has some advice for whoever's holding that golden ticket. "You've got to trust people and you've got to be firm with them," Fry said. "That's the biggest thing is people will try to take advantage of you. It's not so much people coming out of the woodwork, it's your friends. I've always been and entrepreneur at heart, I just have had the money to do it. Now, I have the money and I am doing so many things and I'm loving it."

How life has changed for Fort Myers 2007 lotto winner [Published WINK TV - 8 hours ago]

Ron Vuy says, "we had a pretty good premonition that it was going to be a great season. When people come to naples we've got to give them superior, consistent service."

Record tourist season adds 1,700 hospitality jobs in Collier [Published WINK TV - 8 hours ago]

"We like to keep our budget low too, but I'd rather pay the police than some of the other things that the tax dollars go for" said resident Doug Craig

FMPD forced to pay back overtime [Published WINK TV - 9 hours ago]

"This is a schedule, it's a way to get out, there's a little social activity and I do feel like I'm giving back something to the community" said Wiley

Volunteers needed to work in SWFL hospitals [Published WINK TV - 15 hours ago]

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