“We saw some devastating losses such as that after Hurricane Charley in 2004 in Southwest Florida, but nothing like this has happened in Polk County.” Like many neighboring growers, Story is ...

The West Florida baseball team produced its best season in just about a decade, posting 20-plus wins for the first time since 2015. The Jaguars, one of the top-ranked teams in Class 3A in the ...

"UPDATE: New pictures showing the extreme drought in Southwest Florida and the Everglades, worst locally in 24 years," Devitt posted. "Even compared to a typical dry season, we are 6 - 10" drier ...

Florida wildlife authorities confirmed Friday that the grisly death of an elderly man in Collier County earlier this week was the first fatal Florida black bear attack in state history ...

It's just the latest wildlife encounter in Florida this week. Two others ended in fatalities. A man and his dog were killed in a bear attack in Southwest Florida on May 5. One day later ...

JEROME, Fla. (WFLA) — The partial remains of an 89-year-old Florida man were found in one of the bears Florida Fish and Wildlife officials captured earlier this week following the first deadly b ...

A male black bear (not the one pictured) broke into a man’s home in rural southwest Florida and mauled him to death, investigators said. Photo from John Thomas via Unsplash New information on ...

Pope Leo XIV, now the Holy Father of 1.4 billion Roman Catholics, has close ties to Southwest Florida. Cardinal Robert Prevost was elected by the papal conclave on Thursday, the first American ...

In Southwest Florida, the rainy season typically starts May 15, Wynn said. "I believe it will happen this year. The wet pattern this weekend may be the trigger we look for the wet season to start ...

PETERSBURG — An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a ... Markel and his dog near his home in Collier County in Southwest Florida. Wildlife officers have killed three bears ...