About 100 people have dialed 2-1-1 since The Community Foundation of Collier County launched the confidential information and referral service last month to connect callers to area service providers.

A political newcomer, a former City Councilwoman and a former State Representative are squaring off for the Republican nomination for State Senate District 27, which includes parts of Lee, Charlotte, Hendry, Glades, & Palm Beach Counties.  WGCU’s Mike Kiniry has more on the candidates and their positions…

Lee County Electric Cooperative officials say they’re willing to work with the city of Cape Coral on the placement of new high voltage power lines. City residents don’t want them. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

On the heals of new guidelines from the Consumer Product Safety Commission about corrosive drywall, U.S. Senator George Lemieux is holding an information meeting Saturday for homeowners living with the contaminated drywall.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.

Residents
across southwest Florida are being encouraged to put out purple lights
during the month of October – which is Domestic Violence Awareness
Month.  WGCU’s Luis Hernandez has more.

Miami
Dolphins CEO Mike Dee joined a number of former players and local
officials, as well as a couple hundred cheering kids and a few Dolphins
cheerleaders at the Estero Community Park today.  They were there to
announce the teams’ plans to reach out to fans in southwest
Florida…starting with a youth clinic on July 29^th at Buckingham Park.  WGCU’s Valerie Alker
has more.

Officials
with FEMA and the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission will be in Fort
Myers Tuesday night seeking public input into how nuclear power plants
can better prepare for emergencies.  WGCU’s John Davis reports.

Today is the 6th anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War. There’s an all day exhibit called Eyes Wide Open at Centennial Park in Downtown Fort Myers that marks the cost of the war. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry was there and filed this report…

It’s
been one year since the Florida Department of Law Enforcement started
its Florida Offender Alert System. Officials are celebrating the
anniversary with a massive campaign. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.

More than a thousand people converged on the Naples Grande Beach Resort
Tuesday night to hear Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich talk.  It was
part of the Naples Town Hall Distinguished Speakers Series.  WGCU’s
Mike Kiniry reports.