Cinderella, the chihuahua rests on a cast net before a fishing trip with her owner, Dustin Wadley (not pictured) and his crew, Josh Dedmon on Lake Trafford in Immokalee on Wednesday, June 3, 2026.

USA TODAY is spotlighting top high school athletes as part of the country's upcoming 250th anniversary. This article lists 11 standout softball players from Southwest Florida who achieved success at ...

FSU Athletics beat reporter Liam Rooney breaks down why FSU baseball can, or cannot win the Tallahassee Regional.

The following contains excerpts from an April 2, 2012, article in the Naples Daily News entitled, “Everglades City retains slice of Old Florida.” In Everglades City, there’s no front-door delivery of ...

NFL fullback Tommy Bohanon had his North Fort Myers High jersey retired Friday night, May 19, 2017, at halftime against Lely. He is joined by, from left, North principal Debbie Diggs, former North ...

A Naples, Florida, restaurant called Sushi-Thai Too is a popular dining spot for many top Asian LPGA players. Golfer Jeeno Thitikul won the CME Group Tour Championship by four shots over Pajaree ...

The FGCU women's basketball team will aim to do what no 14 seed has ever done in the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament. Win. All time, 14 seeds are 0-120 in the first round of the NCAA Women's ...

A Hardee's franchisee, ARC Burger LLC, filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy after closing 77 locations across 9 states. The franchisee faced over $29 million in debt and was previously sued by Hardee's ...

Tennis legend Andre Agassi will make his pro pickleball debut at the US Open Pickleball Championships in Naples today, Wednesday, April 30. The 55-year-old Agassi, a former world No. 1 player in ...

Collier County, Florida, has designated a stretch of Immokalee Road as the “Charlie Kirk Memorial Highway.” The county also designated October 14, Kirk's birthday, as a day of remembrance for him. Ave ...

This story was updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy. A Lee County man was arrested on DUI manslaughter and vehicular homicide charges after the Florida Highway Patrol said he ...

The nation's youngest federal holiday is around the corner. Juneteenth commemorates the events of June 19, 1865, in Galveston, Texas when the last Black slaves of the Confederacy were ordered free ...