Dolly Parton's new Tennessean Travel Stop is now open in Cornersville, offering food, fuel, and live music. How far is it ...

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 ...

Fort Myers passed on a Pride Month resolution, fearing state blowback. Lee County takes a different tack, proclaiming Faith, ...

Libertarian Rick Stewart says U.S. HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. called him and asked him to consider ending his bid ...

Fort Myers Councilwoman Diana Giraldo, disappointed that council disregarded Pride Month, blasts council for not standing up ...

Southwest Florida wildfires earlier in 2026 led to burn bans across the state. As July Fourth approaches for America's 250th birthday, some are wondering if they're still in effect and if that affects ...

Social Security and SSI payments for July will arrive on their normal schedule. The Social Security Administration is transitioning remaining paper check recipients to electronic payments. The bank ...

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 ...

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

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

Florida has the nation's largest Haitian community. The Supreme Court's decision on TPS is 'devastating,' many say.