It's been a lucrative time for South Florida in movie making. But in the coming weeks dramatic cuts to Florida's film subsidies take effect, cutting a 25-million-dollar fund credited with making 2008 a banner year for production work. Leah Fleming has more.

Many professionals in the field of forensic sciences know all about the CSI effect. It’s the idea that a television show, along with its numerous spin-offs, motivates students to want to learn science. WGCU's Luis Hernandez reports on a recent conference at Florida Gulf Coast University that brought together teachers from all over the country to learn how to use the CSI effect to get kids to love science.

The first in a wave of United Nations relief ‘planes arrived in Myanmar yesterday following last Saturday’s cyclone. Meanwhile in Fort Myers, a Christian based missionary group is doing what it can on the ground and from Southwest Florida to help the victims. WGCU’s Matthew Kay reports

This Saturday letter carriers across the country will collect donations of nonperishable food items from homes and deliver them to food banks. Last year the annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive collected more than 375 thousand pounds in Lee County alone. This year organizations that help struggling families are counting on the drive to stock food pantries struggling to keep up with increasing demand. WGCU’s Valerie Alker prepared this report.

The state's largest university has announced it’s eliminating hundreds of jobs and is reducing enrollment by thousands. As Phil Latzman reports, U-F officials say they’re concerned about saving the school’s reputation as one Florida's top institutes of higher learning.

AARP Florida says seniors in the Sunshine State did not fare well in the 66-billion dollar budget now awaiting Governor Charlie Crist’s signature. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

Although recent rains have slightly replenished Florida’s largest freshwater lake, the people who rely on it for a living say it’s not enough to keep their businesses from drying up. Chris DiMattei filed this report.

The Southwest Florida Domestic Security Task Force held a simulated drill on the Lee County Campus of Edison College yesterday. They were testing their ability to respond to suspicious packages left on campus… WGCU’s John Davis has more.

Floridians will feel the effects of the 2008 legislative budget cuts. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports on three area senators share their thoughts on how tough the session went as well as some silver linings. ..

Secession is in the air…again. The idea of dividing the Florida peninsula along the northern border of Palm Beach County, and making a new state of the southern part, is starting to take hold again. Doug Phillips has more.