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Live from WGCU News, I’m Rachel Iacovone, and today is the last time you’ll hear me say that. I am moving to the morning shift to be the John Davis (aka…

Before the pandemic, The Harry Chapin Food Bank of Southwest Florida was spending almost $40,000 dollars a month to buy food. That jumped to $1.4 million a month during the first year of the pandemic, and has remained high ever since. According to their president & CEO, Richard LeBer, they’re currently having to spend almost a million dollars a month to provide food to those in need. Add the challenges and increased need brought about by Hurricane Ian, and the coming summer months when kids are out of school and seasonal workers have less income, and it’s easy to see how hard the staff and volunteers at the Harry Chapin Food Bank must be working to continue meeting the demand for food across this region.

On September 11, 2001 former WGCU reporter Valerie Alker Cooper went to Sarasota to cover a visit by the President George W. Bush. He was visiting Emma E. Booker Elementary School to meet students and staff and to talk about his plans for education reform — but the event was disrupted by the news of the day.

Jeremy Hobson hosts second of four-part "The Middle" radio show at WGCU on Oct. 26, 2022

The WGCU News team won 11 awards in the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters Awards competition for its work in 2018, topping last year's total of 10.The…

The WGCU-FM news team has won 11 awards in the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters Awards competition for its work in 2018. First and second place will…

The Radio Television Digital News Association has awarded the WGCU News team five Edward R. Murrow regional Awards. WGCU competes in RTDNA Region 13,…

Julie Denine Glenn, 50, of Estero, died early Saturday, April 30, 2022, in Bonita Springs, Florida, stemming from a progression of glioblastoma.