WGCU Staff

Motorists should expect the northbound I-75 on-ramp closed at Daniels Parkway (exit 131) during the nighttime/overnight hours of 9 p.m. to 6 a.m. from Sunday, October 11 through Thursday, October 15 while crews complete barrier wall installation.

The deadline to request a Vote-by-Mail ballot for the Nov. 3 General Election is 5 p.m. on Thursday, October 22.

The Catholic Diocese of Venice in Florida said that the Most Rev. Frank J. Dewane, Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Venice in Florida, 76, died at 3 a.m. today on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, at Sarasota Memorial Hospital, surrounded by close family and friends.

The importer subsequently distributed the product to retail locations in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, and Texas.

When Judy O'Halloran's son Casey was growing up, the conventional approach to teaching reading to children with Down Syndrome focused almost exclusively on whole-word sight memorization. But Judy found that approach hit a plateau so she started looking for another approach that could help Casey surpass the plateau. She discovered the concept of phonograms and it was transformative and Casey's reading greatly improved. Marilee Senior found 'whole language' literacy education was leaving too many kids behind — especially kids with learning disabilities — and she also immersed herself in explicit phonics principles, and she and Judy together set out to help individuals with learning disabilities and Down Syndrome by co-founding Raising Robust Readers. They offers programs that are designed to help families and educators teach reading, and help new readers of all ages achieve authentic literacy.

A Fort Myers man will serve nearly 30 years in prison for a series of convenience store robberies in 2025 across Hillsborough, Sumter, Manatee, and Sarasota counties, all in close proximity to I-75.

Nearly three-months without a panther fatality came to an end Monday with a report of the death of an adult male in Collier County.

Despite the frozen blueberry recall of this past summer being declared over on September 21 and although no new illnesses have been reported since then, additional products that may be contaminated have been identified and recalled.

Green sprouting Calabrese broccoli seeds sold through Amazon are being recalled due to the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

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