On Sunday, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention invites area residents to “walk with us to prevent suicide.”
The Community Walk is one of hundreds that have been held throughout the country as part of the organization’s efforts to bring mental health conditions “Out of the ...
If Americans are not grieving this week, we should be.
An assassination attempt that failed by a fraction of an inch. A mass shooting in the making that does not meet the FBI definition only because three of the four victims survived and a Secret Service sniper took the shooter out in ...
The Class of ’24 does not need to hear the classic gird- up-for-the-next-step-on-your-journey trope — these graduating seniors know very well that life not only is not “fair,” but it can dump literal piles of debris in one’s everyday path.
In an interview with The Breeze regarding ...
We have come to dread the spring.
Yes, we love the perfect temperatures — not too hot, not too cold.
We enjoy the breeze on the lanai.
But every year, just when the weather in Southwest Florida turns perfect — warm sunny days, cool breezy nights, we get the perennial notification: ...
Call us old or call us old school but the ZZ Top/Lynyrd Skynyrd show at Hertz Arena rocked the house Saturday night.
The bill opened with Black Stone Cherry and closed with an encore performance of “Free Bird” to rousing applause and a guest appearance by Lee County’s own rock-star ...
Those who look forward to rides, carnival games and, of course, the annual indulgence of fair fare, are not going to find the newly rebranded Southwest Florida Ag Expo lacking the things that made the old regional fair a staple for generations of Lee Countians.
The Ferris wheel and funnel ...
Unless you are one of the very lucky ones, addiction has touched your life or that of someone you know.
A neighbor.
A co-worker.
A family member or someone else you love.
Addicts — those with what is now called substance abuse disorder — are not limited to that “druggie,” ...
And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus that all the world should be taxed.
(And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.)
And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of ...
For some of us, the whole “pumpkin spice” thing is as old as childhood.
A can or two of Libby’s pumpkin, evaporated milk, a couple of eggs, sugar and the magic combination of cinnamon, ginger and ground cloves and oh, my, the mouthwatering scent of Thanksgiving eve!
Whether we still ...
Today in Florida flags fly at a half-staff in honor of the victims of the terrorist strike against Israel.
Today until sunset, our state Capitol remains lit with lights of blue and white.
And today, tomorrow and through the fight that has followed the heinous holiday attack by Hamas ...