The U.S. Wildland Fire Service announced that three firefighters were killed and two hospitalized while battling blazes on ...

Do you have a picture from paradise you’d like to share with Tropicalia readers? We’d love to print it. Email photos to tropicalia@news-press.com. Be sure to include your full name, where you took the ...

Firefighters in Cape Coral, Florida, rescued what was initially reported as a dog from a canal. A kayaker assisted the firefighters by tracking the animal's location under a dock. The rescued animal ...

Once again, Breeze Airways is spreading its wings at Southwest Florida International Airport. On June 24, the low-cost ...

It's America's big 250th anniversary. And people are celebrating with 4th of July fireworks and events all over Lee County.

An insider's look at Florida’s war on invaders: the giant snakes, egg-eating predators and parasites spreading through the ...

Eric Carle's 'The Greedy Python' offers a lesson on greed that resonates with Florida's invasive snake crisis.

The News-Press and Naples Daily News selected 25 players for this illustrious list. To be eligible, a player had to be on a ...

Four seats on the seven-member Lee County School Board are up for election this year. Candidates are campaigning on issues ...

In the Southwest Florida of 250 years ago, fish caught off Useppa might have fed slaves in Caribbean sugar plantations ...

Lee County schools honored Reba Brant for 55 years of service as a teacher and para-librarian at the 2026 Legacy Awards.