Sanibel, Florida Water Damage

Have you heard about the book, 'Lies That Came True' by Eileen Bernard? It's a fascinating chronicle of how the community of Cape Coral came into being.

SANIBEL: A Tampa man was arrested on Wednesday for possession of marijuana and intent to deliver.

LEE COUNTY: A local conservation group that's been warning about the harmful effects of Lake Okeechobee water releases, now says it has proof.

I haven't quite made it to the half-a-lifetime mark, but after spending 23 years in Florida, I'm gaining on it.

SARASOTA: The Sarasota Sheriff's Office is searching through a 26-foot pleasure boat, hoping it will give them new leads about a missing attorney from Sarasota.

There's growing belief Southwest Florida in general and Gasparilla Island in particular will escape the Black Tide.

Southwest Florida is his muse. Artist John Sinclair Manson, 83, sketches children as they build sandcastles at the Cape Coral Yacht Club, paints streaks of blue to capture the sky on Sanibel and replicates the shoreline at Boca Grande.

Sea turtles are crawling up on Southwest Florida beaches to nest, but returning to the Gulf without laying eggs, in record numbers this year.

The Prohibition Party has two members in Lee County. The Real Food Party - the state chairman of which, Jimmy Carter, once ran for president - has one Lee County member, a surprise to the man who shares the same name as our nation's actual 39th president.

Mixing things up not only relieves boredom but it actually has some direct fitness benefits.