An activist group hoping to pressure the Roman Catholic Church into dropping its exclusion of women from the priesthood ordained three women at a ceremony in Boston last month. One was Fort Myers resident, Judy Lee. Despite warnings of excommunication, Lee says she went forward with the ceremony to better serve her rather unconventional congregation. WGCU’s John Davis reports.

Environmental, government and business groups announced their support yesterday for Amendment 4, a measure on the November ballot that would create incentives to set aside land for conservation. Margie Menzel reports.

Florida's Chief Financial Officer took on Republican presidential candidate John McCain yesterday during a conference call organized by the Barack Obama campaign. Margie Menzel reports.

Internal Revenue Service officials are warning that time is running out for Florida seniors to claim their economic stimulus checks. Alyssa Zamora reports.

Florida’s food stamp program has gotten a 5.4-million-dollar check for having the most improved payment accuracy rate in the nation. Margie Menzel reports.

Calculating the greenhouse gas emissions of an entire city is a seemingly impossible task, but the city of Naples recently commissioned a study to do just that. City council members reviewed the energy audit Monday. WGCU’s John Davis reports.

The Collier County Sheriff’s office is taking part in a pilot program that uses an electronic fingerprint device to check a person’s criminal history on the spot. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

Florida's Attorney General's Office says it has now received more than 18-hundred complaints about gasoline price gouging. James Call reports…

The energy policy legislation that Congress is scheduled to consider this week represents a sea change for Democrats because it reverses their long-standing opposition to offshore oil exploration. Republicans, however, say Democrats are just bending with the political winds. Doug Phillips supports:

Right now crude oil is trading at its lowest price all year. Even so, motorists are paying more at the pump as a result of devastation by Hurricane Ike to the gulf coast of Texas. WGCU’s John Davis reports…