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Jordan’s Blessings marks eighth anniversary with gifts to the community

Jordan Ashley Gutheim, a 20-year-old Evangelical Christian School graduate and junior at Florida State University and her boyfriend Benji Piechoczek were killed in a car accident on May 12, 2016 by a careless commercial truck driver. The Jordan Ashley Gutheim Foundation was soon formed to ...

Winners of the annual Florida History Day state contest announced

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Secretary of State Cord Byrd has announced the winners of the annual Florida History Day contest administered by the Museum of Florida History. This year’s state contest was held at Tallahassee Community College on May 6 with the top student entries from the 32 Florida ...

Keep Lee County Beautiful recaps Earth Month

Earth Month takes place during April every year and demonstrates the support for environmental protection. One of the highlights of this month is Earth Day, celebrated on April 22, which is the largest civic event globally, drawing over a billion participants each year. In line with this ...

Pace Center for Girls receives $100,000 grant from State Farm

Pace Center for Girls, a nationally recognized model that provides education, counseling, training and advocacy for more than 3,000 girls and young women annually, received a $100,000 grant from State Farm Insurance to support career and college preparation. The funding supports Pace’s ...

Military Note | Seaman from Fort Myers serving aboard USS Howard

PHILIPPINE SEA -- Seaman Madisson Avendano-Jimenez, from Fort Myers, stands watch on the bridge wing aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) during a surface warfare exercise in the Philippine Sea, April 1. The ship is forward-deployed and assigned to ...