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A University of Michigan professor has come to Florida Gulf Coast University to showcase his work in the third annual Crossroads: Art and Science…

First Lady Michelle Obama gave high-powered pep talks to students in Gainesville and Tallahassee Monday on why they should work for her husband's…

Doug MacGregor has been an editorial cartoonist for more than 40 years. He got his professional start at the Norwich Bulletin in eastern Connecticut in 1980. He moved to Florida in 1988 and drew cartoons for the News Press in Fort Myers until 2011. Doug created five cartoons every week, year in and year out, for nearly a quarter century. He has donated a large collection of his original drawings (mostly pertaining to the local environment) to Florida Gulf Coast University’s “Archives & Special Collections” at the school’s Wilson G. Bradshaw Library and students have completed the process of digitizing them and the team at the Archives helps students use Doug’s work in their studies.

Local citrus industry leaders met in Fort Myers Wednesday. They discussed—among other things— the $2 million awarded by the state Legislature for a…

The Sunshine State is so vast that while Hurricane Ian saturates Southwest Florida the Panhandle’s parched forests are ready to burn. The Florida Forestry Service is listing the wildfire threat in Northwest Florida “critical” due to a combination of low humidity, high pressure to the north of the state, and very dry soil.

The first tropical storm of the season is expected to develop Friday evening and will provide the potential for flash flooding through Saturday.

The latest Uniform Crime Report data from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement shows that overall crime in the City of Fort Myers is on a significant…

Poet Jay Hopler is Associate Professor of English at the University of South Florida in Tampa. He has degrees from Purdue, Johns Hopkins, NYU and the Iowa…

We hear from a group of southwest Floridians who were leaders in the desegregation of our schools 50 years ago. Ron Gavin was 8-years-old when he and ten…

We’re joined by Professor Jack Goldstone in advance of his lecture here at FGCUthis Friday, March 23 at 6:00 p.m. called "Is Democracy Dead - and should…