Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the DEP proposed over the summer to allow intensive development in some of Florida’s most beloved state parks.

The Fort Myers Beach Local Planning Agency recently voted on whether to transform a vacant lot on Estero Boulevard into a food truck park.

In the week's top commercial real estate news, developers buys Wimauma land to build 196 townhouses, a Sarasota theater is being upgrading, and a day care chain is expanding in Southwest Florida.

One lot is in the Sleeping Turtles South protection site near the Myakka River; the second is off Lemon Bay Drive along ...

The Lake County Sheriff's Office is asking for the community's help in locating Michael Demarino, a 73-year-old man reported missing in Clermont, Florida. In Volusia County, a man wanted out of ...

Marco Island resident Margaret Hackett wants her dog Feivel to get some exercise in the safe and fenced dog park at Mackle Park. The problem is: Hackett is in a wheelchair and the only time she ...

The Rooster Food + Drink in Naples will be on Guy Fieri’s “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives” Food Network TV show at 9 p.m. Jan. 24. Although the episode with the local breakfast-lunch restaurant was taped ...

The image of drifting off to sleep slowly rocking in a hammock is many people's idea of heaven. But while they can be excellent for napping, can you sleep in a hammock every night or is it the ...

Informational signs teach visitors about the history. Oak Hammock Park, on a canal in Port St. Lucie, has an Old Florida feel. It has a parking lot, fenced playground with benches, two fishing ...

There’s Coach Thomas Hammock, delighting at the TV mentions and the recruiting boost even as he stews about the turnovers that enabled four of the five losses, and there’s somebody out there ...