While the economic downturn is cutting into sales at many department stores and boutiques - business is brisk at Goodwill stores across the state. Goodwill Industries opened two new retail stores in Southwest Florida this year – one in Bonita Springs and another in Clewiston.  Retail store sales provide 85 percent of the revenue Goodwill uses to fulfill its primary mission – to help people with barriers to employment find jobs.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker has more in this report.

While the economic downturn is cutting into sales at many department stores and boutiques - business is brisk at Goodwill stores across the state. Goodwill Industries opened two new retail stores in Southwest Florida this year – one in Bonita Springs and another in Clewiston.  Retail store sales provide 85 percent of the revenue Goodwill uses to fulfill its primary mission – to help people with barriers to employment find jobs.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker has more in this report.

The Arcadia man seeking compensation from the state of Florida for being wrongfully imprisoned for more than 20 years has to wait at least two more weeks to learn the outcome.  WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

The Arcadia man seeking compensation from the state of Florida for being wrongfully imprisoned for more than 20 years has to wait at least two more weeks to learn the outcome.  WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

The Arcadia man seeking compensation from the state of Florida for being wrongfully imprisoned for more than 20 years has to wait at least two more weeks to learn the outcome.  WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

The Arcadia man seeking compensation from the state of Florida for being wrongfully imprisoned for more than 20 years has to wait at least two more weeks to learn the outcome.  WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

Commissioners in Highlands County vote Tuesday on zoning changes necessary for a proposed 77-hundred acre private military training facility near Venus. The project has stirred up strong opposition from area environmental advocates and many of the inland county’s residents. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

Commissioners in Highlands County vote Tuesday on zoning changes necessary for a proposed 77-hundred acre private military training facility near Venus. The project has stirred up strong opposition from area environmental advocates and many of the inland county’s residents. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

Commissioners in Highlands County vote Tuesday on zoning changes necessary for a proposed 77-hundred acre private military training facility near Venus. The project has stirred up strong opposition from area environmental advocates and many of the inland county’s residents. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

Local law enforcement agencies in Sarasota and Manatee counties have arrested a man they believe to be responsible for a series of home invasion burglaries in which female victims were tied up, then sexually assaulted or beaten. WGCU’s John Davis has more.