WGCU Staff

Lanes on Hancock Bridge Parkway in Cape Coral will be closed overnight Tuesday, February 17, and Wednesday, February 18, to allow for drainage installation work.

Florida Gulf Coast University's Board of Trustees Thursday approved the naming of Academic Building 9 as Margaret Antonier Hall, honoring a $10 million philanthropic commitment.

An active brushfire in 2,600 acres of the Big Cypress National Preserve in Hendry County is 75 percent contained today.

An article in the Feb. 10 edition of WIRED magazine says U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to lease offices throughout the US as part of a secret, monthslong expansion campaign.

After a hiatus from local television and the loss of his social media weather page, former local weather forecaster Matt Devitt has returned to the Internet.

The Cape Coral Public Works Department is hosting a public workshop from 4 to 7 p.m. February 18, to present the findings of the City’s Local Roadway Speed Study and get feedback from residents.

The Florida Department of Health in Collier County is lifting a water quality advisory for North Gulf Shore Beach Access Clam Pass Beach North Gulfshore Boulevard in Naples.

The Charlotte County Utilities Department is rescinding a precautionary boil water notice for customers between Dorchester and Yorkshire streets south of Bachmann Boulevard and north of Quesada Avenue in Port Charlotte.

Found on the northern end of Marco Island in 1896 during an expedition led by a renowned archeologist named Frank Hamilton Cushing, the Key Marco Cat is considered a true gem — a once in a lifetime, or more, find — discovered during the early days of the science of archeology. Just six inches tall and carved out of some sort of hardwood, the Cat, and the many other objects that were discovered alongside it, represent the most comprehensive and spectacular collection of pre-Columbian Native American material culture ever discovered in Florida.

Vessels 24 feet and wider may not be able to pass through.