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11/25/2025

🏋️‍♂️ "It changed my life." Donnie Keller, owner of Ionic Fitness, brings free workouts to SWFL youth through Wilson's Fit Futures. From leg day to life lessons, kids are building strength and confidence. Read more below.

A gym in Bonita Springs holdsfree fitness classes for 11 to 17 year olds. It turns out,the students are learning a whole lot more than justproper exercise technique.

11/25/2025

Heartwarming scenes at the courthouse as 12 children join their forever families during National Adoption Month. Packed hallways, matching T-shirts, and tears of joy as Judge Elizabeth Krier presides over this special day.

Collier County faces a serious challenge: fewer than 100 families are currently fostering children, leaving a gap between the need and available support.

11/25/2025

Thanksgiving table talk got you stressed? 🦃 Braver Angels shares tips to keep the peace:
1. Listen to understand
2. Acknowledge what you heard
3. Pivot to share your thoughts
4. Offer your perspective

When all else fails, pass the potatoes! 🥔

11/25/2025

Harry Chapin Food Bank CEO Richard LeBer: "Rising costs and funding cuts strain local families. We must unite to ensure no one goes hungry." The food bank serves 300,000 neighbors monthly through 175 partners.

Private event raises $1 million Nov. 7 for Harry Chapin Food Bank

11/25/2025

Calling all home chefs! 👨‍🍳👩‍🍳 The Splendid Table's Turkey Confidential brings you Samin Nosrat, Evan Kleiman, Vivian Howard, and Yossy Arefi. Get ready for expert advice on everything from perfectly crispy turkey skin to show-stopping sides. Listen in this Thanksgiving​: https://bit.ly/44amDsH

Turkey Confidential is The Splendid Table’s annual Thanksgiving show. Francis Lam comes to the rescue of Thanksgiving cooks, kitchen helpers, and dinner guests during the biggest cooking day of the year.

11/25/2025

Collier County Board of Education Chair voices alarm over "Schools of Hope" legislation. Charter schools could access public school resources without equal accountability. ​

Read more: https://bit.ly/4ojha9P

Newly elected Collier County Public Schools chair Stephanie Lucarelli discusses challenges met and unmet for the system.

11/24/2025

Former employee in Doyle affair calls Lee elections supervisor a 'pathological liar"

A former employee who claims to have had a two-year-long affair with Lee County Elections Supervisor Tommy Doyle calls him a pathological liar. The woman, identifying herself only as Rose, spoke in an online interview with Cathi Chamberlain, based in Pinellas County.

11/24/2025

AccuWeather calls it - no U.S. hurricane landfalls likely this season. Chief meteorologist Jonathan Porter cites "unique atmospheric conditions" and "a lot of luck." WGCU brings you the latest on this unexpected turn in the 2025 Atlantic Hurricane season: https://bit.ly/3XfKe7f

All three major forecasting institutions — AccuWeather, Colorado State University, and the National Weather Service, overpredicted total storm counts before the season, although all three correctly anticipated above-normal, major hurricane activity. But there will be no landfalling hurricanes in t...

11/24/2025

From Naples to Orlando, Tampa Bay to Panama City - Audubon Florida recognizes key environmental leaders across the state. Hear their stories and the impact they're making on Florida's unique landscapes.
Read more below.

More than 250 conservationists and citizen advocates were in the audience at Audubon Florida’s 2025 Assembly. The state program of the National Audubon Society recognized people the group considers key environmental leaders from Naples to Orlando, and Tampa Bay to Panama City, at the annual event ...

11/24/2025

The Hunger Action Center isn't just a warehouse. It's a community hub with a food pantry, education spaces, and cutting-edge inventory tech. WGCU explores how this ambitious project could reshape hunger relief in SWFL​: https://bit.ly/4pv7tX8

Harry Chapin food bank breaks ground on a new distribution center in Fort Myers that will double its capacity to feed the hungry in this area.

11/23/2025

BREAKING NEWS: Several dozen people were arrested Saturday at the Everglades detention facility in eastern Collier County.

Several dozen people were arrested Sunday at the Everglades detention facility in eastern Collier County. Members of the Sunrise Movement organization, which promotes action on climate change issues, were protesting at the detention center on U.S. 41 Sunday afternoon.

11/23/2025

MASTERPIECE: The Great Escaper - Streaming TODAY (Nov. 23)

Starring Michael Caine and Glenda Jackson, in her final performance, this film is based on the true story of an 89-year-old British World War II Royal Navy veteran, Bernard Jordan, who "broke out" of his nursing home to attend the 70th anniversary D-Day commemorations in Normandy, France in June 2014. Along the way, he is aided by strangers, makes some new friends and says a heartfelt goodbye to a fallen friend, while news of his "escape" makes him an international sensation.