Florida has the most lightning-related fatalities in the U.S. by a significant margin, with 536 deaths recorded since 1954.

The Athlete of the Week poll is back. Vote for the Southwest Florida boys athlete you think did it best from Aug. 17-22.

Punta Gorda Airport in Charlotte County, Florida announced the completion of one of its phases for a expansion project on Aug ...

Here are the boys and girls runners that should be leading the pack in Southwest Florida for the 2025 cross country season.

Advocates say officials keep reviewing panther habitat loss one project at a time but are avoiding a larger question: Is ...

There are few defenses against the Asian swamp eel which is rapidly expanding and could be more harmful than Burmese pythons.

While Fort Myers, Florida, residents won't see a total lunar eclipse, the Earth's shadow will cover almost 94% of the moon.

HIs ego exploded.' How a walloping that stunned critics reshapes Cape Coral future in Southwest Florida's Lee County. Blunt ...

The sister of a 23-year-old pilot who crashed her plane off a Boca Raton beach on Saturday said the safe landing was a ...

Voters faced with the alternatives of voting early, by mail, or navigating through the "monitors," members of ICE, and ...

The Tarpon Dock Bridge in Panama City is the only working drawbridge in northwest Florida and one of a few remaining in the ...

Email your high-resolution photos to tropicalia@news-press.com. Include where the image was captured; what kind of camera you ...