An illegal alien truck driver accused of causing a crash in Florida that killed three people failed his commercial driver’s license (CDL) test 10 times in two months before finally receiving a license ...

Stone crab season has returned to Southwest Florida, running from October 15 for about six months. Two new restaurants have opened in Naples: the Tex-Mex spot Caiman Cantina and the casual Cheeky Tiki ...

Thousands gathered in Naples, Florida, as part of nationwide "No Kings" protests against President Donald Trump. The Naples demonstration was one of more than 80 similar protests organized across ...

Liftoff came at 7:23 p.m. EDT with the company managing a repeat of the successful 10th test flight in August, and avoiding the calamities of its explosive excursions earlier in the year. Clear skies ...

Each week during the school year, The News-Press and the Naples Daily News select high school boys athletes who stood out the week before based on a combination of coach reports sent to ...

Rainy season ending soon as afternoon sea breeze pattern will die off as Gulf temperatures cool this fall and winter. Fort Myers is 15.9 inches of rain below normal for the calendar year. The rainy ...

Mary Ellen Klas is a politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. A former capital bureau chief for the Miami Herald, she has covered politics and government for more than three decades. After ...

Just an hour apart on Florida’s Gulf Coast, Cape Coral was branded as "America’s worst housing market" — a place where nearly 8% of homeowners owe more than their property is worth. But in nearby ...

The daughter of an 83-year-old stroke survivor thought she had found the answer. Her father, who suffered from dementia, had made remarkable progress in inpatient rehab, regaining the ability to walk ...

The Coast Guard is ending years of debate over whether it should require all members to take a physical fitness test, or PFT, announcing Tuesday that it will implement mandatory tests for all military ...

School starts up this week for some districts in our region, others started last week – before Labor Day! For some students, gym classes may include a surprising throwback: The Presidential Fitness ...

Royal H. Roach Jr., formerly of Zephyr Hills, Florida and Orange, Massachusetts, passed away peacefully on August 23, 2025 at the age of 87. Born in Athol, Massachusetts on October 4, 1937, Royal was ...