Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will hold a news conference in Bonita Springs.

As the 2023 hurricane season starts, memories are still fresh of Hurricane Ian causing billions of dollars in damage and pushing water across Southwest Florida barrier islands.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced future plans for improving and restoring Florida’s waterways, including the Everglades.

A 76-year-old man accused of performing lewd acts and touching a 21-year-old woman’s leg without her consent on a Boston-bound flight earlier this year has pleaded guilty.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said 1 million Abbott COVID-19 rapid tests that expired in a warehouse last month are now “going out” to testing sites after their usage date was extended to March 2022 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis awarded $16.8 million to Bonita Springs Wednesday to fund repairs to the city’s stormwater infrastructure.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced the opening of a monoclonal antibody treatment center in Bonita Springs.

“I was petrified.”The race to vaccinate millions of Americans is off to a slower, messier start than public health officials and leaders of the Trump administration's Operation Warp Speed had expected. Overworked, underfunded state public health departments are scrambling to patch together plans for administering vaccines. Jha said the Trump administration, principally the Department of Health and Human Services, has set states up to fail. Army Gen. Gustave Perna, Operation Warp Speed’s chief operating officer, said Wednesday that 14 million doses had been shipped around the country so far. Health officials said the state received 20,300 doses on Tuesday that had been expected to arrive last week.

ESTERO, Fla. – A massive rattlesnake that was trying to slither across a busy Florida road got some help from a wildlife enthusiast who made sure it got to the other side safely. Cory Ball, of Bonita Springs, spotted the 4- to 5-foot eastern diamondback rattlesnake outside WildBlue, a housing development recently built in Estero. Eastern diamondback rattlesnake are venomous and can be lethal to humans. The eastern diamondback rattlesnake was able to safely cross a busy construction road in Estero with a little help. The 35-year-old said he’s come across a snake or two in his day but this is the biggest rattlesnake he’s ever seen in the wild.

One person in Florida is a whole lot richer Thursday morning. The winning $396,900,000 Powerball lottery ticket was sold at a 7-Eleven on Bonita Beach Road in Bonita Springs, according to lottery officials. The winning numbers for Wednesday’s drawing were 9, 12, 15, 31 and 60, with a Powerball of 2. The jackpot is now back to $40 million, with the next drawing taking place Feb. 1.