Ryan Truchelut (aka WeatherTiger) is a Tallahassee-based meteorologist who partners with the USA TODAY NETWORK to provide ...

Florida students still may not get to sleep in after all. A new bill signed by DeSantis would roll back prior law declaring ...

Lu the hippo died June 8. He had been at Ellie Schiller Homosassa Springs Wildlife State Park since 1964, and was 65 years ...

Florida State Seminoles football has done well in Florida. Here are the Top 5 highest ranked prospects in Florida that the ...

Conservancy biologist Ian Bartoszek demonstrates safe solo python capture techniques for a Conservancy intern on a 17-foot, ...

Authorities have released new details about a Fort Myers homicide, revealing that the suspected killer fired into several occupied apartments June 8. Yanko Romero, 41, of Fort Myers, faces charges of ...

A Lee County jury last week convicted one of two men accused of luring a Lehigh Acres man to a location before he shot the victim during a drug sale.

Mosquito season is here, and the bugs seem to know it as activity has ramped up across Southwest Florida in recent weeks. These are the infamous mosquitoes that, historically, could kill cattle in the ...

Luke Bryan's June 14 concert marks Fenway South’s debut as the biggest new concert venue in Southwest Florida. And more shows are expected.

As SW FL growth slows, so does revenue growth. Lee commissioners face tough choices, with property tax hikes and a sales tax vote on the table.

Sen. Tina Polsky made it clear in a prayer at the beginning of a Florida Senate session: The sound of silence is deadly for Jews in Florida.

Watch the Conservancy of Southwest Florida python tracking team as they capture three new males and one new female Burmese python during breeding season.