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  • Estero’s Gianna Clemente, at the age when most teens are getting their driver’s licenses, took a trip down memory lane during her speech accepting the 2024 Rolex Junior Player of the Year Award earlier this month in San Antonio, Texas.
  • A new outpatient center is the first at Lee Health to offer the 3T MRI magnet, which produces high-resolution images with a magnetic field that’s twice as strong as a standard MRI.
  • Philanthropist Stephen Saks gives an additional $11 million to other Southwest Florida organizations.
  • 17-year-old Gianna Clemente throwing out first pitch at the April 14 Yankee game highlights a busy year
  • The Estero corridor is becoming a beacon for some of the most advanced, cutting-edge cancer treatment.Southwest Florida Proton opened last December on Estero Parkway and now Curadel Pharma is seeking to build a 43,000-square-foot cancer treatment facility and headquarters two miles away on Corkscrew Road.Curadel officials made their request last week to the Estero Planning Zoning & Design Board at a public informational meeting.
  • Southwest Florida is living up to its reputation as one of the golf capitals of the United States.The region is hosting three U.S. Golf Association qualifiers, one in April and two in May. Crown Colony in south Fort Myers is hosting the senior men’s 18-hole qualifier April 25 and the men’s 18-hole U.S. Open qualifier May 8. Grey Oaks Country Club in Naples is hosting the women’s 36-hole U.S. Open qualifier May 13.The senior men’s open and the men’s and women’s U.S. Opens are three of the most prestigious events in golf.The Florida State Golf Association selects the qualifier sites.
  • The fate of Syria through the intimate lens of a small circle of friends and journalists.
  • After 22 years, Jay Leno will host his last Tonight Show Thursday night. The 63-year-old comedian is leaving at the top of the ratings. Thirty-nine-year-old Jimmy Fallon will takeover as host on Feb. 17.
  • The assembly speaker takes over for the senate president pro tem, who takes over for the lieutenant governor, because they all have other obligations during Gov. Jerry Brown's trade trip to Mexico.
  • The tie means public sector unions in about half of U.S. states can continue to collect mandatory fees from workers who do not join.
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