During the post-World War I Florida real estate boom of the 1920s, the population of Fort Myers increased six times over.

Linda Normoyle took this picture of birds, in silhouette, following a beautiful vivid sunset at Ding Darling. Taken with a ...

Did you know? Energy from a lightning channel heats the air briefly to around 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, much hotter than the ...

“Downtown Throwdown” is being held to celebrate Go Skate Day and to shed more light on skateboarding in Fort Myers. Go Skate ...

Some 40 years later, Berry wrote about his childhood in a book titled, “The Hickory Tree.” The following excerpts from the chapter, “The Florida Fling,” show us Fort Myers in 1925, as well ...

The Senate passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” without considering a controversial Medicaid amendment filed by U.S. Sen. Rick ...

This photo gallery showcases lightning strikes across Southwest Florida, including Fort Myers Beach, Sanibel Island, and Marco Island. National Lightning Safety Awareness Week aims to reduce ...

Sifting through nature's colorful castoffs, visitors find shells of every shape, shade, and spiral on this Florida island ...

Craving Old Florida dining? From funky seafood joints to a hidden island gem, here are 17 classic restaurants worth the road ...

The publicly traded company based in Fort Myers is planning two villages in what ultimately will be a 3,000-acre master-planned community with about 9,000 homes.

The Herald wants to know what Butcher thinks about “Alligator Alcatraz.” That’s Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier’s nickname for an immigration detention center springing up in Big Cypress ...