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Following up on an old, but not forgotten tip, News-Press storyteller Amy Bennett Williams recently traveled to the historic Ortona Cemetery in rural…

Governments have existed historically to offer aid, security and order, and for just as long, churches have done the same.So, when the federal government…

The Alliance for the Arts in Lee County is hosting a solo exhibition of works by Florida-based abstract painter Margaret Schnebly Hodge. Ahead of an opening reception, Friday May 5, we sit down with the artist to explore paintings in the exhibit, her inspirations and insights into her creative process.

The Alliance for the Arts in Lee County is hosting a solo exhibition of works by Florida-based abstract painter Margaret Schnebly Hodge. We listen back to our previous conversation with the artist to explore paintings in the exhibit, her inspirations and insights into her creative process.

Several conservation-related organizations gathered in the Everglades Sunday morning to protest a state-proposed plan to place an immigration detention facility at the former Everglades Jetport inside Big Cypress National Preserve.The proposal, made recently by Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier and dubbed by him as the Alligator Alcatraz, would convert the abandoned jetport into a detention center for immigrants with criminal records.

April is a month in flux for Southwest Florida's museums, with four exhibitions opening, seven closing and 14 others continuing their runs.

Get the latest updates on some of the major Everglades restoration projects underway, and still on the drawing board, here in South Florida.

State health officials reported 6,331 COVID-19 cases, Wednesday, for a total of 944,745 cases. The Florida Department of Health also reported 94 new coronavirus-related deaths, Nov. 23, increasing the statewide death toll to 18,310 fatalities.Over the past seven days, the single-day average number of new infections reported has increased to 7,529 cases. The average number of daily deaths reported over the past week has increased to nearly 72 fatalities a day.

More than 15,000 lionfish were recently removed from Florida waters as the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has started a more than three...