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The Captiva Community Panel will meet at 9 a.m. Tuesday via Zoom to hear panel reaction to last week’s Lee County Commission vote to lift height restrictions on Captiva were lifted.

The judge's order calls for the closure of hair salons, gyms and restaurant dine-in services. The Texas attorney general says the judge has "no authority" to impose the shutdown.

Local community leaders recently shared where things are now and what the future holds for Southwest Florida’s barrier islands.

A Florida-based nonprofit dedicated to eliminating preventable sudden cardiac death in the young has been hosting free heart screenings in Lee County. More are scheduled.

Two California counties and the city of Chicago, hard hit by OxyContin addiction, are suing the drug's manufacturers. Reporter Emily Green says they're charging that the drug-makers have contributed to an epidemic of prescription drug abuse.

Eastern China's Rudong County began implementing the one-child policy 10 years before the rest of the nation. Now, an estimated 60 percent of the county's residents will be 60 or older by 2030.

A Hachnasat Sefer Torah is a traditional Jewish celebration that marks the welcoming of a new Torah scroll into a synagogue or community. This event typically involves a procession, prayers, music, and joy as the scroll is brought to its new home.

The South Florida Water Management District and Lee County have partnered to bring back a vital plant in the Caloosahatchee River. Tape Grass has not…

A new survey finds optimism about the economy dipped slightly in the third quarter of the year among Lee County business leaders. The third quarter…

UPDATE: Manatee County removed the Confederate monument in front of the county courthouse at 3:30 AM Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. A county press release says…