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Two best friends are leaving Southwest Florida and making their way to Ukraine with equipment and supplies. Shea Hambling and Alexander Gorski spent most of Monday preparing and hugging their loved ones goodbye. Their process of getting to Ukraine began with an email that, as they sum it up in four words, said: “We want […]

Governor Ron DeSantis and Florida’s Surgeon General Joe Ladapo announced a move going against the CDC’s recommendation for vaccines for children on Monday. The DeSantis administration has bucked the federal government and the CDC several times during the pandemic. They fought back against mask mandates, lockdowns, and now, the COVID-19 vaccine for children. “The Florida […]

The White House is speaking out against a Florida Senate bill that bans abortions after 15-weeks. President Biden called it a dangerous bill that will severely restrict access to reproductive health care. The bill does not contain exceptions for rape or incest, and Governor Ron DeSantis is expected to sign that bill into law. And […]

Southwest Florida state and community leaders are reacting to Governor Ron DeSantis sternly telling teenagers not to wear masks at a press conference on Wednesday. The governor was at the University of South Florida in Tampa to talk about cybersecurity. The CDC still recommends masks for the area because of high community transmission. Reaction to […]

The Florida Senate is talking about a bill that would ban abortions after 15 weeks. It’s similar to the one already being discussed by the Supreme Court. Democrats are pushing for 12-amendments to change this bill. State Senate democrats are offering all those amendments because they know they don’t have the votes to stop the […]

About 100,00 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with melanoma this year. You’ve heard about the unusual moles to check for on your body but, did you know melanoma can happen in your eyes? Twenty years ago, standard treatment would be to remove the affected eye but now, doctors are using gold to save […]

Days and days of negotiations, and Major League Baseball handing players its “best and final offer,” we don’t have a deal. Now, some regular season games are on the chopping block. Each baseball club won’t play its first two regular season series. So schedules are being updated to reflect the changes. This comes after a […]

In just a few days, we’ll all be switching back to Daylight Saving time, meaning you’ll lose an hour of sleep. But once again, there’s a push to keep Daylight Saving Time permanently. While it is just an hour, that hour has become very important to people in Florida and a growing number of people […]

The state is rewarding Southwest Florida’s Task Force 6 for their efforts on the ground in the aftermath of the Surfside condo collapse. It has been 249 days since the Surfside condo collapse, not nearly enough time for memories to fade. For so many people, the pain is still real. Among them are the people […]

Nearly 100 years ago, a racist lie lead to a massacre. A white woman said a Black man beat her, leading to days of mobs and racial violence in the small town of Rosewood, Florida. You won’t find it in many history books and there are few pictures. But one woman is determined to share […]