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Topher Forhecz
Topher is a reporter at WGCU News.
He formerlyfreelanced forWNYC in New York City. He holds a master's degree from the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
Email: tforhecz@wgcu.org
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Gov. Rick Scott put more than 1.5 million people under evacuation orders on the east coast Thursday in preparation for Hurricane Matthew. Many of them…
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UPDATE: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is concerned Hurricane Matthew could erode the Herbert Hoover Dike or even cause sinkholes. The dike surrounds…
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The U.S. Department of Justice wants a federal court case over immigrant children in Collier County Schools to continue.The school board asked a federal…
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Planned Parenthood of Southwest and Central Florida is expanding its services for transgender people.It will now offer hormone replacement therapy for…
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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump made his first stop to Lee County on Monday.The crowd at Estero’s Germain Arena was excited to see the…
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Coffee-colored water gurgles near the W.P. Franklin Lock and Dam. It flows down the Caloosahatchee River, roughly 30 miles from Fort Myers.The U.S. Army…
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Republican vice presidential candidate Mike Pence was campaigning in Sarasota on Wednesday. The Indiana governor touched on GOP presidential nominee…
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Francis Rooney is the victor to become Southwest Florida’s republican nominee for Congress.He won about 53 percent of the vote, beating out competitors…
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Southwest Florida will pick a Republican candidate for Congress today during the primary. Among the contenders is businessman Chauncey Goss, former secret…
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A Political NewcomerState senate candidate Jason Maughan is campaigning on a message of clean water.Maughan is challenging Fort Myers incumbentLizbeth…