They’re trying to exclude people from coming on the island,” South Beach Bar & Grille Co-Owner Bart Destefano told Fox 4.

Charlotte County commissioners are urging Lee County commissioners to consider the potential impacts of a Boca Grande ordinance that would eliminate public parking at several county beaches.

A proposed parking ordinance on Gasparilla Island is stirring controversy, spreading beyond Lee County and into neighboring ...

Luis Omar Alvarez, 31, has been in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention at the Collier County Jail since his June 15 first court appearance.

Travel + Leisure's annual "World Best Awards" list includes the Top-15 resorts (as voted by readers) in Florida. Two are in Naples.

The barrier island community of Boca Grande on Florida's west coast sustained significant damage from Hurricane Milton. Vehicles were swept away and businesses were caked in sand. With the only ...

Boca Grande Fire Chief C.W. Blosser confirmed the believed bite occurred in the 2200 block of Shore Line, north of Cayo Costa, near the Lee-Charlotte county line.

BOCA GRANDE, Fla. -- A 9-year-old girl was attacked by a shark while snorkeling off the Florida Gulf Coast, with the animal nearly biting her entire hand off, her family said.

Mom influencer Nadia Lendel is asking for prayers after her 9-year-old daughter was bitten by a shark. Leah Lendel almost lost her hand after she was attacked by an eight-foot bull shark in Boca ...

Travel + Leisure used feedback from its readers to come up with 2025's "World's Best Awards", including Florida's top resort right here in Lee County.

Travel With beaches near Fort Myers still closed, head to Boca Grande on Gasparilla Island for sun and sand Updated: Dec. 15, 2022, 7:33 a.m. | Published: Dec. 15 ...