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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

The News-Press and Naples Daily News have selected 25 top Southwest Florida softball players from the past 25 years. Player eligibility requires at least one season on a high school team between 2001 ...

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.

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

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

The NHL Board of Governors approved the Hoffmann Family, also owners of the Florida Everblades, purchase of the Pittsburgh ...