MIAMI (AP) - Democrats Kendrick Meek and Jeff Greene are hitting the campaign trail for the last Sunday before the Senate primary.      Congressman Meek pl..

NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The new administrator for claims by Gulf oil spill victims says it was his idea, not BP's, to require that anyone who receives a final settlement from the $20 bi..

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Republican candidates for governor both started the day in church hoping to win some more votes in their tight primary race.Attorney General Bill McCo..

BILOXI, Miss. (AP) - Officials along the Gulf Coast say tourists are staying away from their beaches and other attractions because they still fear the region is coated in oil. Expe..

SANIBEL, Fla. - A teenager has been taken to Health Park hospital after being pulled from the water near the Sanibel Causeway.The Lee County Sheriff's Office says the 14 year-old b..

FORT MYERS, Fla. - The early voting period for Florida's primary election has ended.Early voting locations closed in Lee County on Saturday afternoon.A final tally shows well over ..

FORT MYERS, Fla. - A broken water main is likely to blame for a large sinkhole that opened up in a Fort Myers street.     The hole sits in the middle of Cortez ..

FORT MYERS, Fla.- Monday marks back to school for Lee County students, and a big bash at Edison Mall is helping kids start the year off on the right foot. It's that time of year ag..

MIAMI, Fla. - The National Hurricane Center says Tropical Depression Six has formed in the central Atlantic Ocean.As of the Hurricane Center's 5pm update, the depression is moving ..

(Photos courtesy Charlotte County Sheriff's Office)PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office began clean-up work at 20 homeless camps in the Port Charlotte area ..

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. - The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office is looking for two men who robbed a pizzeria owner at gunpoint early Saturday morning.It happened just after midnight a..

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - There are few competitive primary races for seats in the Florida Legislature.      The biggest name facing opposition in Tuesday's..

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The Democratic Senate candidates are campaigning for the final weekend before Tuesday's primary.      Rep. Kendrick Meek begins t..

PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) - With time growing short, the Republican candidates for governor are traversing the Florida Panhandle looking for votes.      Locke..

WASHINGTON (AP) - A six-month ban on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico would directly put more than 9,000 people out of  work and indirectly affect another 14,000 jobs,..

LEE COUNTY, Fla. - Property owners in Lee County can now get an idea of how much they'll pay in property taxes. Friday, these TRIM notices,  or "Truth in Millage" notices were..

LEHIGH ACRES, Fla - Rain couldn't silence the cries of some who say what vets at Lehigh Acres Animal Hospital did was heartless. Protesters gathered outside the animal hospital a d..

LEE COUNTY, Fla. - Lee County Deputies arrest a burglary suspect who got away with nothing. Investigators says 19 year old Cedric Robinson and another man tried burglarizing a hous..

LEE COUNTY, Fla. - Homeowners in Lee County will soon get an idea of how much they'll pay in property taxes. TRIM notices, or truth in millage notices, are scheduled to be mailed o..

FORT MYERS, Fla. - Many grandparents these days are finding themselves as the primary providers for grandkids.One Southwest Florida woman is giving her time, and money, to ease the..