Lee County encourages community to monitor conditions amid high heat.

When the Florida Department of Health in Lee County recently issued a water quality advisory for the Sanibel Causeway area that put the brakes on a special baptism event planned for Saturday at the beach by the Ocean Church in Estero.

As the nation celebrates America’s 250th anniversary, the Florida Department of Environmental Protection is waiving admission fees for Florida state parks from Friday, July 3, through Sunday, July 5.

Ahead of Juneteenth, the Lee County Black History Society highlights the legacy of Lee County's first government-funded school for Black students and the lessons it offers today.

The special needs shelter is at the South Florida State College DeSoto Campus in Arcadia.

With Southwest Florida's waterways experiencing a massive surge in summer boat traffic, the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 91 is holding a Boat America Responsible Boating Course on Saturday, June 20.

For 23 years, Janice Blazek lived in a non-descript second-floor two-bedroom apartment in a rental community near the Bell Tower Shops where rents go as low as $1,500 a month. Her neighbors were dumbfounded when they learned that the 88-year-old recluse who died in January was a multi-millionaire.

Intermittent closures of portions of the Lighthouse Beach Park Fishing Pier parking lot will be made over the next several weeks as Hurricane Ian recovery improvements are completed.

"Rise Up, Sing Out: A Concert for the First Amendment" — an evening of music, community, and action — will be hosted by the Committee for the First Amendment in Fort Myers at 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

Reduced adoption fees aim to help more kittens find loving homes during peak season.