After a little more than four months in office, FGCU President Wilson Bradshaw was officially inaugurated Friday. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports on Bradshaw’s message to the school and the community.

State lawmakers continued the process of whittling away billions of dollars from Florida’s budget last week. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

Florida leads the nation in drowning deaths every year. Many occur in home swimming pools. In Florida drowning is leading cause of accidental death among children aged one to four. Two year olds are the most frequent victims.

Lee County Public Safety Spokeswoman Diane Holm says the most important thing parents and others can do is create what she calls ‘layers of prevention’.

It's history in the making in Delray Beach, where for the first time the city will try to erase its embarrassing reputation as the town with segregated Little League teams. The Palm Beach Post's Chris DiMattei has the story.

Hispanic leaders in Lee County are advocating the idea of direct airline flights between Fort Myers and Puerto Rico. The idea came from the President of the Puerto Rican Senate - Kenneth McClintock - who’s visiting Southwest Florida this week. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez has this report.

A documentary called ‘Back to the Wild’ - produced by Emmy Award winning producer and director David Carter is premiering tonight at the Big Arts Theater Sanibel. It gives viewers a glimpse inside the animal rescue world at the Center for Rehabilitation of Wildlife – or CROW on the island. Carter – a Sanibel resident himself – told WGCU’s Mike Kiniry that after more than a decade out of the industry after a long career in television and advertising…it was technology that brought him back.

He may be a champion fly fisherman, but he’s best known as a classical guitarist. Christopher Parkening is performing tonight in Fort Myers with baritone Jubilant Sykes. The artists have been working together for more than a decade, but recently released their first CD “Jubilant”. Susan Giles Wantuck spoke with Parkening recently about their collaboration.

The winter tourist season is winding down in southwest Florida. But as WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports, local tourism officials are working to keep hotels and restaurants busy year round.

Republican U-S Senator Mel Martinez was in Southwest Florida yesterday. His stops included a tour of the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University in South Lee County. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

Defeated last year in Tallahassee, the so-called “Road Rage Bill” was back before a Florida Senate committee yesterday. Tom Flanigan reports…