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Open forum set for new candidate in FGCU chief of police search

A third candidate has been named after a previous third candidate withdrew. The new candidate will be on campus Monday from 2 to 3:30 p.m. for an open forum in room 114 in Seidler Hall.

This photo provided by City of Venice Florida shows a whale on Sunday off Service Club Park in Venice. Authorities were working to assist a beached sperm whale that is stranded on a sandbar Sunday morning.

Officials: stranded whale in Venice likely will be a recovery; wind, surf conditions push efforts to Monday

Venice Police and Sarasota County Sheriff's units on Sunday were assisting Mote Marine Laboratory staff with a beached sperm whale off the coast of Venice. The 70-feet-long whale was beached on a sandbar about 50 yards out from Service Club Park.

Heat advisory issued for Collier, Glades, Hendry and eastward

The heat index, also known as the apparent temperature, is what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with the air temperature. There is direct relationship between the air temperature and relative humidity and the heat index, meaning as the air temperature and relative humidity increase (decrease), the heat index increases (decreases).

DOH-Collier lifts water quality health advisory on three Marco Island beaches; E coli was at issue

The Florida Department of Health in Collier County lifted water quality advisories for the following locations:Residents Beach 130 S. Collier Blvd. Marco IslandTiger Tail Beach 480 Hernando Dr. Marco IslandSouth Marco Beach 930 S. Collier Blvd. Marco Island

DOH-Collier issues water quality health advisory on three Marco Island beaches; E coli at issue

The Florida Department of Health in Collier County issued water quality advisories for the following locations:Residents Beach 130 S. Collier Blvd. Marco IslandTiger Tail Beach 480 Hernando Dr. Marco IslandSouth Marco Beach 930 S. Collier Blvd. Marco Island

Lee Supervisor of Elections admits to affair with subordinate: 'This was the worst decision of my life'

News of Tommy Doyle's long-ago affair with a worker broke days before primary for Supervisor of Elections primary race

A U.S. Coast Guard crew from Clearwater helped rescue a man and his dog after the pair found themselves being tossed about by Hurricane Helen's waves Thursday.

Man, dog rescued by Coast Guard after boat swamped off Sanibel by Hurricane Helene's waves

Boat captain and his dog were plucked from the raging Gulf of Mexico as Helene marched up the coast

In this image posted by SpaceX following the first-ever commercial spacewalk by the Polaris Dawn crew, shows (L-to-R) mission specialist Sarah Gillis, commander Jared Isaacman, pilot Scott Poteet and mission specialist Anna Menon aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule.

Four astronauts on Polaris Dawn flight return to Earth after 1st commercial spacewalk

The five-day trip, funded by internet entrepreneur Jared Isaacman, broke several records including the first-ever commercial spacewalk using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule on Polaris Dawn mission.

Heat advisory continues across Collier County; heat index to 112

The heat index, also known as the apparent temperature, is what the temperature feels like to the human body when relative humidity is combined with the air temperature. There is direct relationship between the air temperature and relative humidity and the heat index, meaning as the air temperature and relative humidity increase (decrease), the heat index increases (decreases).

Banner, hanging in a Riverdale High School classroom, at the center of proposed policy changes.

Free speech could be curtailed in Lee schools; At issues are personalized email signatures

Could the "hate has No Home Here" banner be banned from a classroom? What about personalized email signatures?

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