A Lehigh Acres woman accused of organizing a family suicide pact that ended in tragedy appeared in court for the first time ...

Other species sometimes nest on Sanibel, Fort Myers Beach and Bonita Beach, but the loggerhead is responsible for hundreds of nests here.

A Fort Myers man will spend a little more than eight months in jail after he admitted embedding a collar into a dog's neck. Jalane Williams, 27, on Oct. 16 pleaded guilty to one count of animal ...

Three Lee County School District employees could face termination for social media comments about conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death. The three employees are currently suspended without pay ...

Similar stories are coming from former inmates of the Dallas County Jail, who say they served too much time behind bars. "I've lost so much that could have been prevented. It could have been stopped ...

Lee County will need 200,000 new workers in the next three to five years to fill jobs and replace retirees. A new $42 million technical education hub, the Heights CareerTech Institute, is being built ...

Lee County renamed its civic center Mike Greenwell Regional Park to honor the late commissioner and Red Sox star. Greenwell was a North Fort Myers native who served as a commissioner after his ...

A possible bomb threat has targeted schools statewide, including Lee County, but district officials do not believe the threat is credible. In a recent communication, Lee County school officials ...

A 33-year-old Duval County jail inmate died by suicide Friday morning in his isolation cell, Sheriff Romeo Ramirez confirmed. Israel Hinojosa of San Diego was found unresponsive in his cell at 11:25 a ...

Two inmates have been executed an hour apart during what's expected to be the single busiest month for the death penalty in the U.S. in nearly 15 years. Florida executed Samuel Lee Smithers on Tuesday ...