WGCU News

For the fifth year in a row, the city of Fort Myers took time out to raise awareness about post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, with a presentation and a walk around downtown Fort Myers.

Gulf Coast Humane Society officials say the Independence Day weekend is one of the busiest times for emergency pet care. This week — Monday, June 29 through Friday, July 3 — Lee County Domestic Animal Services will offer free microchipping to ensure pets can be reunited with their owners if they are displaced.

Hit-and-run caused fatal injuries to pedestrian at U.S. 27 near Francisco Street in Clewiston.

The Pied-billed Grebe is an aquatic bird that consumes small fish and other small animals that it captures while swimming and diving after them in relatively shallow water. It is well adapted for its aquatic existence with strong webbed feet located far back on its body and dense, water-resistant insulating down. Pairs and young often forage together, but adults do not usually assemble in flocks.

This voluntary recall follows notification to Utz that a seasoning containing dry milk powder, sourced from California Dairies, Inc. and supplied by a third-party supplier, may contain the presence of Salmonella.

The Fort Myers City Council recently approved a change impacting parking rates at all three of downtown Fort Myers' parking garages. As it stood, visitors would receive one hour of free parking followed by a hourly rate. Now, the change has made it so visitors are entitled to two free hours followed by a hourly rate. Local business owners and managers said it's a good idea giving visitors more time to bask under the royal palms and indulge in some shopping. But one general manager points out a problem that did not start yesterday, but years prior.

The Florida Wildlife Commission said Friday that the second panther death in a week in Collier County has been reported. The death is the 10th panther to be killed in the state this year.

Lee Health nutritionist weighs in on the fermented food diet that D.C. Cabinet members swear by.

Board of Commissioners approved a $600,000 contract to construct the launch

Due to ongoing drought conditions throughout the region, the Southwest Florida Water Management District has extended a Modified Phase III “Extreme” Water Shortage Restriction through Oct. 1.