Cape Coral may spend $250,000 to upgrade Saratoga Lakes Park. CapeCoral.com reports the parks and recreation department has held meetings in recent months to give people a chance to share ideas for the city's master... Read More.

The governor needs a new Cabinet business official. Enterprise Florida CEO Bill Johnson has resigned from his office. Johnson says this decision has to do with the legislature cutting $6 million from the agency's $9 million... Read More.

North Port's commissioners want to limit campaign donations far lower than what the state allows. They want to do this in the middle of an intense election year. The Herald-Tribune reports that if this happens, then... Read More.

A proposal to drop the state's signature sea mammal from the endangered species list may come down to a debate between science and public opinion. Manatees have an outpouring of support from some 1,200 manatee... Read More.

A million-dollar grant has boosted pediatric brain tumor research at the University of Florida College of Medicine. The university has recruited a doctor and his lab away from Duke University to build up its brain... Read More.

A crash yesterday killed a Punta Gorda man. The highway patrol says it happened on I-75 near the Corkscrew Road exit. It claims a 69-year-old man rode his motorcycle northbound as he veered from the road... Read More.

Authorities say one man is dead after a shooting at a home in southwest Florida. Cape Coral police said officers responded to a home last night following a report of a terminally ill man... Read More.

Slungshots are no longer considered concealed weapons under a bill signed into law by Florida Gov. Rick Scott. Scott signed 34 bills into law Thursday, including the slungshot bill and another requiring law enforcement... Read More.