The News-Press and Naples Daily News honor top high school sports teams in Southwest Florida each month. Readers vote online to select the "Southwest Florida Top Team" from a list of nominees. 12 ...

The Florida Legislature passed a bill allowing high school booster clubs to directly compensate coaches. Supporters argue the measure will help Florida schools compete with neighboring states that ...

A pair of burrowing owls stowed away on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship traveling from Miami to Spain. The owls spent a year at a rehabilitation center in Spain before being returned to Florida.

Newly released data from Realtor.com for December shows that potential buyers and sellers in Lee County saw higher home sale prices than the previous month's median of $346,937. The median home sold ...

The U.S. construction industry needs to hire hundreds of thousands of new workers to meet project demands. A new career and technical school is being built in south Fort Myers to address regional ...

Common violations included improper food temperatures, expired licenses, and incorrect storage of raw animal foods. Florida restaurant owners are not required to post inspection results, but the ...

On average 700 workers daily are at construction site of new $824 million Fort Myers hospital, slated for opening in 2028.

A single short-finned pilot whale beached itself in the Naples area on March 9, 2026. This species is extremely social and multiple strandings occur ...

A Powerball ticket purchased in Florida for Saturday, March 7, 2026, lottery drawing resulted in a $1 million prize. Was it ...

Two elderly people were found dead in a Lee County home on Saturday morning. The Lee County Sheriff's Office confirmed that it was a murder-suicide.

The Miami Dolphins added a very talented young quarterback at a very reasonable price. It was well done by the new management.

New observations from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope confirm asteroid 2024 YR4 won't impact the moon in 2032.