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  • Charlotte County will choose its Republican candidate for sheriff on Aug. 30. The race includes an incumbent looking for a second term, a retired law…
  • Hillsborough Area Regional Transit Authority displayed a 40-foot electric bus Wednesday. Even though the bus was running, the loudest part of the...
  • Aging baby-boomers, a retiring workforce, and a growing population are driving up the demand for health care providers. It may be an impending problem for…
  • Early voting started in Lee County Oct. 19 and already more than 53% of registered voters have cast ballots for the general election.WGCU’s Andrea Perdomo spoke with Lee County Supervisor of Elections Tommy Doyle about early voting and projected voter turnout.
  • Working as a DJ at his local radio station in 1981, NPR's Don Gonyea snagged the interview of a lifetime. Johnny Cash stopped to answer questions before taking the stage at the Monroe County Fair in Michigan.
  • The biggest single issue for Florida nurse practitioner Sofia Martinez is her support of the DREAM Act. But she plans to vote for Republican Mitt Romney, who has said he would veto the measure. Her view might seem full of contradictions, but that's common among voters in Hillsborough County, as they consider complex issues.
  • Thirteen Lee County schools reopened today. Tice Elementary was one of them.
  • Early voting started in Hendry County on Monday and already more than 25% of registered voters have cast ballots for the general election.WGCU’s Andrea Perdomo spoke with Hendry County Supervisor of Elections Brenda Hoots about early voting and projected voter turnout.
  • The Cheat River runs through historic mining country in the Allegheny Mountains of West Virginia. Coal has been an economic boost to the area, but often at a cost to the environment. The Cheat was one such casualty.
  • Jones, the creator and face of the conspiracy-peddling website InfoWars, is on the hook for a total of $49.3 million for spreading falsehoods about the 2012 mass shooting at an elementary school.
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