The Nov. 25 cookout at the Collier County Fairgrounds funds youth programs with a steak lunch and live music from the Back Country Boys.

Sanibel will mark the pier's comeback with a 9 a.m. ceremony at Lighthouse Beach Park, four years after Hurricane Ian struck.

Separate reports put black bears on Immokalee Road under I-75, in a Naples tree, and inside the Naples Zoo, where visitors and staff were evacuated.

Renovations on the 1903 Victorian landmark are nearly done, and Punta Gorda wants residents to help decide what comes next.

Troopers say Ethan Ramirez abandoned the driver's seat mid-stop and crawled into the back, where a child sat unbuckled.

Deputies say the Brookhaven Terrace area is safe again, but Charlotte County still hasn't said what triggered the alert.

Brian White pleaded no contest after a North Port woman and dozens of others say he pocketed deposits and vanished.

Collier County commissioners unanimously approved the tower, but no one knows yet what it will cost to build.

Three firefighters and a Brink's truck occupant were hurt in a rollover crash on US-41 near Island Park Road.

A new advisory panel got its first cost estimates for a Fort Myers Beach charter school, with one member calling the district's repair figures a hidden agenda.

La Pizzeria serves 15 pizza varieties plus pistachio-topped specialty pies, with happy hour cutting food prices in half twice daily.

Fort Myers stays warm through Veterans Day, then a late-week front brings showers and a striking weekend cooldown.

A neighbor stepped outside to investigate a loud crash and found the driver alone behind the wheel in Immokalee.