Amanda Whittamore

Visitors demand cultural experiences. The Lee County Visitor & Convention Bureau has created a place-making initiative to give visitors what they covet.

Ten years strong, and still funky. The Pace Center for Girls, Lee celebrated its annual Funky Fashion Show on Wednesday night with bold looks and bolder materials.

Local middle school students learned how to operate two surgical robots at Gulf Coast Medical Center during a recent field trip.

The death of both eaglets at the North Fort Myers nest along Bayshore Drive is being linked to H5N1 avian flu, an investigation by the Clinic for the Rehabilitation of Wildlife has found.The eaglets, designated E24 and E25, started having seizures over the past few days. E24 died in the nest and E25 fell from the nest. Both remains were recovered by CROW.The avian flu diagnosis was announced at a press conference called by CROW officials Thursday morning to discuss the deaths.

In cities big and small, the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was celebrated Monday. Southwest Florida streets were packed with signs, slogans and sanguinity.

Karl Smesko, the founding coach of the FGCU women's basketball program, left in November to take a job coaching the WNBA's Atlanta Dream. Chelsea Lyles, a former FGCU player and longtime assistant coach, was tapped to be the team's new coach.

Adaptive Sports Day was a chance for people with disabilities to try out various athletic activities.

Southwest Floridians go to the polls: a photo gallery

The Lee Building Industry Association held the Build My Future event on October 24th to attract more people to work in the construction industry. More than 700 students from local high schools and trade schools got to try out dozens of construction jobs.

WGCU's videographers visited Englewood and Manasota Key to explore the damage and to talk with residents as they recover from Hurricane Milton.