southwest Florida

Hurricane Ian made landfall Wednesday in southwest Florida as one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the U.S., swamping city streets with water and smashing trees along the coast.

One Florida county has dumped more than 17 tons of dead fish collected since red tide algae crept up from South Florida into Tampa Bay.

A tip-off in a Texas resort town led to the arrest of a woman who investigators believe killed her husband in Minnesota then fled to Florida, where she fatally shot her doppelganger with the intention of assuming her identity, police said Friday.

Authorities say they’ve arrested the man responsible for a shooting at a Florida Zombie-themed festival more than two years ago.

Frequent flyer tip: if you’re going to use the airplane bathroom, take good aim. Otherwise, you might be grounded.

Florida’s agriculture commissioner says the path of Hurricane Irma “could not have been more lethal” to farmers. Commissioner Adam Putnam, along with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue, flew over hundreds of miles of Florida farmland Monday to view the damage.

When a venomous snake slithered into a yard where two young children were playing in Southwest Florida, the family dogs came to the rescue.

A Florida airport worker struck by lightning last month was released from the hospital after about two weeks.

It was a chaotic scene at a Southwest Florida Chick-Fil-A Tuesday as the fast food chain celebrated its annual Cow Appreciation Day.

Thousands of illegally harvested alligator eggs and several illegal alligator hunts were discovered by undercover officers working in a fully functional alligator farm set up by Florida’s wildlife agency, leading to the arrest Wednesday of nine men on 44 felony charges.

Police in southwest Florida say they arrested a naked man who was attacking mailboxes with a machete.

A Florida wildlife preserve owner is recovering from burns he received while saving a rhinoceros from a wildfire that threatened his animal sanctuary.

The woman called deputies in Lee County after finding the reptile – While she waited for officers to arrive, 28-year-old Malcolm Porter came up behind the victim, grabbing her by the neck and choking her while demanding sex.

Investigators say a 2-year-old boy has died after being left in a hot car all day at a shopping center in Hillsborough County.

The eagle has landed…er… hatched.
Nest watchers received a treat Saturday morning as a live video feed poised over the nest of two Florida bald eagles who were waiting for eggs to hatch got the payoff they were expecting. It’s a baby bald eagle.

A southwest Florida man has been indicted on charges related to the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl and her mother’s roommate 26 years ago.

Officials say two Florida panthers have been found dead in separate incidents in southwest Florida.

Police say a man stole and crashed a boat off southwest Florida that belongs to the Minnesota dentist who had killed Cecil the lion while hunting in Africa.

A southwest Florida teen got an unexpected surprise after calling an escort.

Mary Ann Franco, 70, of southwest Florida was blind for 23 years. The former nurse lost her vision in 1993 after a car crash caused her to have a stroke. But after falling on uneven tiles in her home, Franco needed surgery to realign her spine. She woke up in the hospital and immediately noticed something different — she could see.