WGCU Staff

Starting at 8 p.m. on Monday, June 8, motorists should expect brief closures of eastbound and westbound Daniels Parkway as well as the I-75 ramps for crews to work on overhead signals.

Six Lee County students earn National Merit Scholarships

During summertime months when county ordinance prohibits the use of fertilizers that contain nitrogen and phosphorus, residents are encouraged to seek alternatives to fertilizer to keep their lawns and landscape healthy and fed, while also ensuring local waterways remain protected.

Six schools and eight community-based locations will distribute the 7-day shelf stable meal kits on Mondays from June 8 to July 27.

Collaboratory awards more than $1.5 million in scholarships, an increase of $300,000 over last year.

Back in the 1990s, as the southwest Florida population grew, it became apparent that local water bodies and waterways were being impacted — and impaired — by nutrient pollution. So, in the late 2000s several local governments began implementing ordinances that prohibited the application of lawn fertilizer during the rainy season, which generally speaking runs from June first through September or so. We learn about Lee County’s ordinance, and the importance of complying with these rules to benefit our waters and ecosystems.

Three Naples men were killed Sunday morning and several others injured after a crash on southbound I-75 near the Pine Ridge road exit. A man who had stopped to help was among those killed.

The service interruption is due to necessary valve installation.

A lawsuit filed today by the Center for Biological Diversity against the Florida Division of Emergency Management targets the immigration detention center in the Everglades in eastern Collier County and cites what it terms as "substantial, unpermitted pollution from diesel generators and other air-polluting equipment that have supported the facility since operations began in June 2025."

A drop in the Keetch-Byram Drought Index to below 600 and has prompted Lee County and the City of Cape Coral to lift the temporary burn ban issued in January.