Fort Myers

Hurricanes — whether big or small — manage to damage or destroy most things in their path. But palm trees tend to escape a hurricane's fury. That was definitely true after Ian.

Anita Cereceda, a native of Florida and former mayor of Fort Myers Beach, spoke of what she found when she returned to her home Sunday. Cereceda also owned three businesses of the island, and hopes one can be rebuilt.

Danny Ross, 58, says he heeded his extended family's warnings to abandon his own 30-foot boat to stay with two friends aboard their larger 50-foot yacht. It didn't help.

Sharon Faircloth has a few businesses on Fort Myers Beach and multiple employees out of their jobs, so she plans to pivot her mission, working to help officials with hurricane recovery efforts.

In historically African American Dunbar, some think that they are being ignored by authorities who are more concerned about helping affluent seaside communities.

Crystal Edge has been trying to recover the mast from her boat’s wreckage. She intends to repurpose it as a flagpole to honor her mother.

A few days after the Category 4 storm made landfall in Southwest Florida, people were still being rescued and transported to shelters. Here are their stories.

Construction is expected to start next year on a 90-bed hospital in Gainesville, a 60-bed hospital near The Villages and a 100-bed hospital in Fort Myers.

Reverend Crystal Muldrow’s dedication to supporting the congregants of Unity Fort Myers during the coronavirus pandemic demonstrates how this church is more than just the building.

Hope Hospice executive director Samira K. Beckwith offers a sense of what it’s been like providing care during the pandemic.

A pregnant Florida woman who was struck by lightning last year just days from her due date is expecting another child.

The "Eagle Cam" streams video of a Fort Myers bald eagle nest out to the world, and now as two eggs begin to hatch, the live stream is garnering a...