Fort Myers FL

Medical care in rural Florida is limited. But federal funding through the Rural Health Transformation Program is expected to expand the scope of services for those in Hendry and Glades counties. As it stands, family medicine and OB-GYN services are available at a Lee Health Clinic in LaBelle just one...

When you order a pint at Swamp Cat Brewing Company, you’re tasting weeks of planning, patience and precision. Every beer begins with a recipe, a handful of carefully selected ingredients and a brew day that can stretch for hours before the waiting even begins. For one brew day this...

CAPE CORAL, Fla. — A truck crash on Southwest 25th Avenue and Southwest 28th Terrace in Cape Coral damaged three mailboxes and a tree before the driver fled the scene, leaving debris scattered across the area. John Rupert, a Cape Coral homeowner whose mailbox was damaged, said, "He lost...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced Sept. 1 it was increasing the area quarantined for citrus black spot (CBS) in Florida. It expanded the quarantined area by adding eight sections in Charlotte County, 15 sections in Collier County, one section in Glades Count

Tucked away in North Fort Myers sits a little ice cream shop that has been scooping happiness for over 50 years. Daddy Dee’s Ice Cream Parlor isn’t your typical dessert stop. With more than 60 flavors of premium ice cream, a charming train-themed interior, and the kind of old-school service that makes you feel like fam

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla. — Family and friends gathered at Veterans Park in Lehigh Acres to honor the life of 4-year-old Marquis Edwards Jr., who died unexpectedly on August 27. Under the pavilion, Marquis’ favorite toys and pictures were displayed as his loved ones came together to pay tribute. The vigil included the release

The Chamber is closed today in observance of Labor Day. However, we will be out in the community participating in the Pioneer Day Parade and the festivities that follow at Pioneer Plaza.

Attorneys are asking the Supreme Court to stay the execution of a Florida death row inmate scheduled to die by lethal injection Thursday. Daniel Conahan Jr., 72, was sentenced to death for the April 1996 kidnapping and strangulation of Richard Montgomery, who was found nude and emasculated in a wooded area of Charlotte

CAPE CORAL — Marion Kminek recalls surprising families during a military Bereavement & Grief Support counseling session following the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks.

Pull off Periwinkle Way for lunch, and one colorful Florida diner sends you straight back to an era of chrome, Corvettes, and burgers that require both hands. Inside, the 1950s are still having a very good time. Milkshakes rise thick above their glasses, toppings turn every order into a personal construction project, a