Sanibel, Florida Water Damage

Strauss Theater heaps on the Texas twang in "Das Barbecu," a fun spoof of Wagner's famous "Ring Cycle" operas.

Big reds - like this 33-incher caught by Sam Roper, on a Tarpoons Charter with his wife, Sandy - have been biting well, along with trout in Pine Island Sound.

A winning lottery ticket worth a share of a $7 million jackpot was sold at a convenience store on Sanibel Island.

On Monday, the Sanibel Police Department received a report of a brush fire on the west side of the gate on Island Inn Road.

Francis Bailey, outside the visitor center named for him, finishes a speech. 'The good thing is having all these wonderful people here,' said Bailey.

A crowd of more than 800 people helped break a Guinness Book of World Records at Bowman's Beach on Sanibel, all stooping for seashells at the same time.

Mid-February is the pinnacle of the winter tourist season on Sanibel Island, which is why the Sanibel Island Arts & Crafts Fair takes place on President's Day weekend.

Tami Weiss and Kala Winland, Illinois residents celebrating their birthdays with a vacation, stroll on the beach outside the DiamondHead Beach Resort on Fort Myers Beach on Thursday.

Sheepshead fishing was hot Tuesday for Trish Burdow, on her nearshore Fishbuster Charter.

There's a phrase from a popular 1990s song which could very easily herald the trend to "tear down" homes in older neighborhoods and replace them with new construction: "Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end." Many Southwest Florida neighborhoods were built in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.