After six months and six statewide hearings, Florida’s Blueprint Commission on Juvenile Justice has released its report. Tom Flanigan reports.

On Monday more than a hundred Naples residents, mostly of Colombian decent, marched in protest of a guerrilla army that has terrorized the South American nation for more than forty years. The protest was one of more than a hundred organized worldwide against the group called FARC…which stands for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez was there and has this report.

About 15-hundred people attended yesterday/Sunday's dedication of an authentic World War II boxcar in Naples. It will be used as a mobile educational tool to promote tolerance - and its unveiling was part of the Holocaust Museum of Southwest Florida's ceremony honoring International Holocaust Remembrance Day. WGCU's Amy Tardif was there and has this report.

Several hundred people turned out Monday in Ft. Myers to commemorate the life and work of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. WGCU’s Valerie Alker prepared this report.


Click the image to the left to see more pictures of Monday's march.

After a decade of stops and starts a memorial to southwest Floridians who died in the Vietnam War is finally in place near the foot of the Midpoint Bridge in Fort Myers. The series of black granite panels engraved with names of fallen soldiers was created by a local man who developed the technique used for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

Triple-A Auto Club South and Budweiser are teaming up again this year – providing free rides to anyone who’s had one drink too many…but it’s not just for people, but also their cars. WGCU’s Mike Kiniry reports.

The American Civil Liberties Union says a federal report on racism submitted to the United Nations earlier this year is a whitewash. WGCU's John Davis has more.

The Southwest Florida Legislative Delegation got an earful Friday at an issues forum hosted by Florida Gulf Coast University. Valerie Alker reports.

The downturn in the economy has organizations like St. Matthews House in Naples that help the needy scrambling this Thanksgiving. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

The Collier County Salvation Army kicked off its 2007 Kettle campaign a little differently than in the past. It got things going with a fundraising luncheon featuring best selling author Robin Cook. But celebrity speaker aside, the Kettle Campaign remains the centerpiece of the Army’s fundraising effort. WGCU’s Luis Hernandez reports.