Hard but fair' conversations coming as Lee County attempts to balance its budget, and considers its largest spender: LCSO.

Since 2018, Lee County population up 17%, sheriff's budget up 65% Of the $2.07 billion or so in property taxes generated countywide, the Lee County School District ... to map floor plans and ...

Commissioner Brian Hamman says a tax district to fund the sheriff's budget would make him a partner when it comes to explaining budget increases to the public ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla ... According to a federal indictment from the United States District Court Middle District of Florida, Lee Hughes has been charged with one count of attempted transmission ...

A ghost town in Bay County is now a playground for rowdy hunters, but in its prime held some notable figures. An expedition ...

Students from Diplomat Middle School are speaking out after their Latinos in Action program was eliminated following a Lee County School Board decision to comply with federal orders on DEI programs.

The Lee County School District launched a new mental health and wellness portal to support students and families, especially during Mental Health Awareness Month. Lori Brooks of the Lee County ...

A Lee County woman's experience with a mysterious ... Ilana Logvinsky, a second-year medical resident from Florida State University training at Lee Health, encountered a 57-year-old woman at ...

A federal court ruled that the congressional district map drawn by the Alabama legislature was unconstitutional, ordering ...

Six months after her arrest, a former Lee County Sheriff's Office civilian warrants clerk accused of interfering with a narcotics investigation reversed her plea. Savannah Georges, 26, of Lehigh ...

Florida Fish and Wildlife is investigating after a man and a dog died in a suspected black bear attack on May 5, 2025, just south of the Big Cypress Wildlife Management Area in Collier County.