Florida Gulf Coast University is on the fast track to name a new President. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

Punta Gorda Republican Representative Paige Kreegel has been appointed to chair the House Energy Committee. The appointment comes after Republican Representative Bob Allen of Merritt Island was stripped of his leadership positions after allegedly soliciting prostitution from a male, undercover police officer. John Sepulvado has more.

The picture of Florida’s pre-history is being reshaped by artifacts archeologists are removing from Little Salt Springs in North Port. Last week they found a piece of wood believed to be nine thousand years old. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez has more.

New immigration workplace enforcement reforms the Bush Administration announced last week could seriously hurt Florida’s agriculture industry. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry has more.

The Southwest Florida Chapter of Mensa is thriving, meeting every two weeks – discussing brainy topics. The Mensa Society formed in 1946 when two strangers on a train travelling through the English countryside, a lawyer and a medical researcher, struck up a conversation. They enjoyed themselves so much they decided to start a club. The social organization for smart people now claims more than 100 thousand members in 100 countries. WGCU’s Valerie Alker recently attended a local Mensa meeting and has this report.

Consumer advocates want Governor Charlie Crist to expand the call for the special legislative session set for September. As James Call reports they want lawmakers to address pending auto insurance changes in the Sunshine State.

A North Port state trooper is Florida Highway Patrol’s trooper of the year. As James Call reports, officials say Edward Pope performed heroically in three separate cases.

Florida Gulf Coast University marks its tenth anniversary with the beginning of the fall semester next week. To kick off the new academic year faculty & staff gathered yesterday hear the annual state of the university address from interim President Dick Pegnetter. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

When Lee County elementary children start school next week they’ll see some changes, including a new course that will allow students, if they choose, to learn Spanish as a second language. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez has more.

More than a dozen members of the Greater Naples Chamber of Commerce announced Friday that they are looking into recent controversial actions by the Collier County School Board. The board fired, and then immediately found a candidate to replace the school superintendent. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez has this report about possible Sunshine law violations.