Website profile

Wink News - Southwest Florida

WINK News is the #1 source for local breaking news and weather for Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Naples, Lehigh Acres and more.

  • 6,428articles · 365d
  • 1+ hour agolatest article
  • Oct 14, 2025earliest in window
  • 91%with images
  • 256avg words
articles per day
Covers
People
Places
Organizations
Categories
  • News 2,591
  • Crime & Law 1,583
  • Sensitive Subjects 1,517
  • Disaster, Accident & Emergency Incident 1,468
  • Crime, Law & Justice 1,134
  • Science & Nature 1,071
  • Weather 920
  • Politics 816
Site tags
Bylines

Please confirm you are human

This browser or connection looks automated. Press and continuously hold the control for 3 seconds to enable Google-hosted web results and, when separately allowed, AI-assisted answers.

A successful check enables 100 search requests. Interactive access does not authorize scraping, systematic collection, or reuse of search output.

Hold with a pointer, or hold Space or Enter.

News


winknews.com > news > international > a-truck-and-a-wide-angle-how-photographer-captured-the-full-scale-of-bangkoks-floods > article_74491154-c55d-58e2-b110-95d689702607.html

A truck and a wide-angle: How photographer captured the full scale of Bangkok's floods

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (153+ words) BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) — As a throng of people waded through a flooded street after heavy rain in Bangkok, Thailand, the moment was captured by Sakchai Lalit, a staff photojournalist based in Thailand who has worked with The Associated Press…...


winknews.com > news > wink_stop > cape-coral-art-center-gives-southwest-florida-a-place-to-get-creative > article_36fed068-28e8-48bb-b83e-eeb75ef939f7.html

Cape Coral Art Center Gives Southwest Florida a Place to Get Creative

6+ day, 8+ hour ago   (301+ words) The center, located at 4533 Coronado Parkway, has been part of the Cape Coral community since 1977. It offers year-round classes in a variety of fine arts and crafts, with sessions typically lasting four to six weeks. Students can choose from classes…...


winknews.com > pine-island-artist-builds-9-11-memorial-using-real-world-trade-center-walls > video_f75b2784-7c9e-555b-8e1d-cae42070a408.html

Pine Island artist builds 9/11 memorial using real World Trade Center walls

1+ mon, 4+ day ago   (176+ words) WINK News For 15 years, Sandra Priest has been working and placing memorials around the country to honor those lost on Sept. 11, 2001, and now she's working on her biggest project yet. Pine Island artist builds 9/11 memorial using real World Trade Center…...


winknews.com > news > wink_stop > webbworks-tattoo-studio-brings-custom-ink-to-naples > article_fecd15b5-9b7c-49d7-9cf1-29c735ee0ee9.html

Webbworks Tattoo Studio brings custom ink to Naples

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (359+ words) NAPLES, Fla. (WINK) — Looking to add some new ink? Webbworks Tattoo Studio in Naples gives clients a chance to turn their ideas into custom tattoos with the help of experienced artists. Located on Pine Ridge Road, the studio has a…...


winknews.com > news > wink_stop > cocoon-gallery-where-nature-becomes-one-of-a-kind-art-in-naples > article_82266f3a-783b-420d-8f36-5d4363a499b4.html

Cocoon Gallery: Where nature becomes one-of-a-kind art in Naples

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (449+ words) NAPLES, Fla. (WINK) — Walk into Cocoon Gallery on Fifth Avenue South in Naples and it is hard to think of it as a traditional furniture store. The gallery is filled with live-edge tables, sculptural roots, mirrors, geodes and other pieces…...


winknews.com > news > wink_stop > the-rebel-in-lee-county-gives-underground-artists-a-home-base > article_ce33fd9f-f37d-4a23-9cde-de675f2f12ad.html

The Rebel in Lee County gives underground artists a home base

3+ mon, 5+ hour ago   (159+ words) FORT MYERS, Fla. (WINK) — A new arts space is empowering marginalized groups through creative programming at 8711 Cypress Lake Drive, Unit 2, in Lee County. The Rebel serves as the home base for Love Your Rebellion's art programming. The space is located…...


winknews.com > news > wink_stop > turning-stone-and-steel-into-art-a-look-inside-joel-shapses-studio > article_b9054ee0-f3e3-45a6-91f3-aa6a6a6d84d4.html

Turning stone and steel into art: A look inside Joel Shapses' studio

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (361+ words) NAPLES, Fla. (WINK) — For more than five decades, Naples sculptor Joel Shapsis has transformed raw materials into striking works of art that can be found in private collections and public spaces across North and South America. Before becoming a full-time…...


winknews.com > news > wink_stop > naples-sculptor-turns-stone-metal-and-light-into-works-of-art > article_b9054ee0-f3e3-45a6-91f3-aa6a6a6d84d4.html

Turning stone and steel into art: A look inside Joel Shapsis' studio

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (361+ words) NAPLES, Fla. (WINK) — For more than five decades, Naples sculptor Joel Shapsis has transformed raw materials into striking works of art that can be found in private collections and public spaces across North and South America. Before becoming a full-time…...


winknews.com > news > wink_listens > paper-dolphins-and-flamingos-inside-a-matlacha-artists-unique-studio > article_2e3f5736-3213-4ec4-9125-6f2fb85ae002.html

Paper dolphins and flamingos: Inside a Matlacha artist's unique studio

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (281+ words) MATLACHA, Fla. (WINK)—Inside a quiet Matlacha studio, tiny strips of paper turn into dolphins, jellyfish, and flamingos, each curled and shaped entirely by hand. For Anne Keating, quilling started as a pandemic hobby but quickly became something much bigger....


winknews.com > news > wink_listens > matlacha-art-group-reopens-in-restored-building-after-hurricane-ian > article_18b05d8e-5114-4655-be0d-ce8430f0047f.html

Matlacha art group reopens in restored building after Hurricane Ian

5+ mon, 1+ week ago   (446+ words) MATLACHA, Fla. (WINK) — The small fishing community in Lee County was hit hard by Hurricane Ian more than three years ago, but it continues to make progress every day. Art building post-Hurricane Ian 2022 MATLACHA, Fla. (WINK)—The Pine Island Art…...