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Opening statements begin on Monday. A jury faces two options to punish the person responsible for killing 17 people in 2018: life in prison or the death penalty.

Voting-rights groups say the law was intended to restrict minority voters’ access to the ballot.

Hurricane Ian is forecast to make landfall along the southwest Florida Coast Wednesday as a major hurricane.

People with disabilities, people who can't afford it and people who don't want to abandon their pets are among the many who can't easily get up and leave before a hurricane.

Jonathan and Diana Toebbe entered new guilty pleas in a case involving an alleged plot to sell secrets about nuclear-powered warships, a month after their previous plea agreements were rejected.

Residents must have a current Sanibel Hurricane Reentry pass or a valid Florida driver’s license showing a Sanibel address. Sanibel residents who do not have a Hurricane reentry pass may obtain one at Temporary City Hall (Crowne Plaza Hotel, 13051 Bell Tower Drive, Fort Myers). Anyone who is on the island to assist City residents, property owners, or business owners must be accompanied at all times by a city resident, a property owner, or a business owner while on island.

Robert “Bobbie” Ronald Soden was roughly 30 years old the last time anyone saw him. On Tuesday, his remains were identified as one of the eight discovered in an East Fort Myers field in 2007 using DNA and other techniques.

A GoFundMe account set up by Pieper Lewis' former math teacher has surpassed the amount of the court-ordered restitution — and people are still giving.

Fort Myers Beach officials have said allowing more people onto the island would hinder their efforts to search for those injured and killed in the storm. Florida has recorded 92 storm-related deaths so far. Five people were also killed in North Carolina, three in Cuba and one in Virginia.

In a campaign stop in Fort Lauderdale, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate also said a plan to restore a section of the northern Everglades would be back on the table, if elected.