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Lee County HIV testing and awareness events scheduled for World AIDS Day

More than 32 million people have died worldwide from AIDS-related illness. The Florida Department of Health in Lee County is hosting two community events on World AIDS Day to raise awareness about HIV and AIDS with free HIV testing and information.

Publix Expands Coronavirus Vaccine Rollout To Palm Beach, Other Florida Counties

Gov. Ron DeSantis announces it is the largest county in the state to date to administer the vaccine at Publix locations.

Summer program in Lee and Charlotte counties to offer free breakfast, lunch to children

For nearly two months this summer children in Lee and Charlotte counties will be provided free breakfast and lunch at more than 100 school-based and community sites.The free meals are being provided by the School District of Lee County, the School District of Charlotte County and Florida’s Summer BreakSpot program.

Fishing boats sit abandoned along Florida's Gulf Coast.

Small Counties Raise Concerns Over Application Process For BP Oil Money

The private board in charge of handing out funds from the BP oil spill is developing its application process. But sparsely populated Gulf Coast counties...

Lee County Elections mails vote-by-mail and early voting notices

Vote-by-Mail and Early Voting informational notices were mailed Monday to 348,000 Lee County voters by the Lee County Supervisor of Elections office.

Members from the FWC and Collier Sheriff's Office, above, work to rescue a pilot whale calf stranded on a Collier County beach Monday. The animal will be humanely euthanized, the FWC said.

Stranded pilot whale on Collier County beach will be euthanized; FWC to check for cause

An attempt to rescue a nine-and-a-half-foot-long stranded pilot whale calf along the beaches of Pelican Bay on Monday was not successful and plans have been made to euthanize the aquatic mammal.

Lee County Fire Districts Ask Voters For Relief Following Housing Crisis

Several fire districts are asking voters in the coming months to raise the maximum tax rate for emergency services. Officials say ballot measures between…

Election workers count absentee ballots earlier this month in Detroit, the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. The county's board of canvassers initially failed to certify its election results after the board's two Republican members voted against certification. They quickly reversed course under public pressure.

Michigan's Wayne County Certifies Election Results After Brief GOP Refusal

The Republican members of the bipartisan Wayne County Board of Canvassers sought to block the certification of the state's most populous county — but they soon relented under withering criticism.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis poses for a photo at her Atlanta office last February.

A special grand jury has been granted in Fulton County's Trump investigation

The decision comes after Fulton District Attorney Fani Willis requested one. A special grand jury has subpoena power and the authority to obtain documents. It will begin on May 2.

A school bus cam in Santa Rosa County captures a vehicle violating the stop arm on a school bus as children approach the roadway to cross. Lee County is installing the cams on the system's 900 buses with violators to be fined $225.

Think twice before zipping past a stopped school bus in Lee County

Cameras will be mounted outside school buses in Lee County. Motorists caught breaking the law will be fined $225.

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