Taylor Petras

Emmy nominated journalist. Morning anchor at @WINKnews. Pittsburgh yinzer. @ohiou journalism alum. Story ideas? [email protected]

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BREAKING 🚨

A home on Kingfish Road in Bokeelia is destroyed after a fire broke out early this morning. Right now the fire marshal is working to determine the cause. @winknews

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BREAKING 🚨

A six acre brush fire is burning near I-75 near Immokalee Rd. Homes in the area are being evacuated and North Collier Regional Park is shut down.

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@EvanCollins92 Merry Christmas, friend! Hope all is well 🤍

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Merry Christmas from our little family to yours ❤️🎄

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WINK anchor in training! 📺

Our sweet baby boy Miles joined our family over the weekend. We are so in love.

PS - there are angels on this earth and they are labor and delivery nurses. Shout out to all of them who helped us at Health Park Hospital.

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@MRosenweig @OhioFootball @SpencerHolbrook @petenakos @peter_king @aboltoflightnin @LaurenceTobias1 @Renegade937OHIO @Matt_NBC4 Our Bobcat baby made it just in time to watch them win!

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Good riddance! 🌀

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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! 🦃 lots to be thankful for this year. Hope everyone is spending the day with their loved ones.

Yesterday was my last day on air for a while as baby boy is due any day now! Gonna miss my @winknews morning team these next few months.

👋🏼 FOR NOW.

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Raising the banner last night for the 3x @FL_Everblades Kelly Cup Champs 🏆 FOURpeat anyone?!?

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Presented by Inspired Closets SWFL, the event was chaired by Meg and Tyler — & Finn, the race was timed by Florida Race Day and emceed by WINK News anchor @TaylorPetras, with Sammy Callari and STAR participant Parker S. serving as the Grand Marshal duo.

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A massive fire broke out at The Boathouse restaurant in Cape Coral Thursday night. The restaurant just reopened after Hurricane Milton. The Battalion Chief says employees were closing up when the fire broke out in the kitchen. No one was hurt. @winknews

📷: Ashlee Knittel

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Storm surge starting to come onto Fort Myers Beach from Hurricane Milton. This is a view from Jefferson Street. #HurricaneMilton @winknews

📸: Joshua Sims

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@leeamanda002 Of course. Happy to do it. We are here to keep families informed and safe. Hope your family is doing okay in the storm!

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Damage from Moody River Estates in North Fort Myers from #HurricaneMilton @winknews

[Greg Rule @WXRules]

Insane video of a tornado crossing over Hwy 80 outside of Clewiston.

Outer bands from #Milton mean business.

📸: @winknews viewer

~ Greg

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Water starting to cover Estero Blvd. on Fort Myers Beach from #HurricaneMilton @winknews

📸: Pierre

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Damage to homes in the Lake Fairways community in North Fort Myers #HurricaneMilton

📸: @oliviajeantv

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Snapped power poles on Garden Blvd. in northeast Cape Coral. Right now LCEC outage map showing about 4,400 people without power right now. @winknews #HurricaneMilton

📸: Clarissa Chun

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Seeing damage from #HurricaneMilton in The Villas neighborhood in south Fort Myers. A tree uprooted as our @winknews Weather Team was tracking several tornado warnings across SWFL.

📸: Lindsay Danley

[Carmine Marceno - Lee County Sheriff @SheriffLeeFL]

Currently in Fort Myers at Page Field Commons.