Two Sarasota County companies can continue to provide services to recovering addicts. The County, in return, keeps its zoning laws. WGCU's Luis Hernandez has more on a court decision ending three years of litigation.

Not every crime can be solved in an hour’s time – as TV shows would have us believe. But as of this week, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement Fort Myers Office has a new DNA Lab. And that means a large backlog of cases can be cut down. WGCU’s Amy Tardif has more.

September numbers released Wednesday by the Florida Association of Realtors show a continued decline in the region’s housing market. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

There’s been a nearly 50-percent increase in boat thefts so far this year in Florida. And law enforcement officials say the fact that more large boats are being stolen points to an increase in smuggling of both drugs and people. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

Lee County Commissioners along with Estero community and business leaders broke ground on a new roadway project that will span I-75 in hopes of easing traffic to Florida Gulf Coast University and the Southwest Florida International Airport. WGCU’s John Davis has more.

A handful of south central Florida high school students are recovering after being diagnosed with the kind of staph infection that’s been in the news lately. But as WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports, the infection is not necessarily deadly if people know how to stay clean.

MOTE Marine Laboratory in Sarasota now houses the largest collection of whale and dolphin bones in Florida. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez has more on the volunteer responsible for collecting those bones over the past two decades.

Florida’s Democratic Party wants to reach out to the Latino community. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez has more on attempts by Democrats to reach millions of Hispanic voters before next year’s election with a new Spanish language website.

Sarasota County’s Office of Housing and Community Development has launched a new website – in many ways made possible by the current housing slump. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry has more.

Florida lawmakers have called a time-out on the special session to cut property taxes. As James Call reports…with a pre-session agreement shattered, lawmakers won’t meet again until Monday.