Hoopsters take bronze at National Senior Games

Don Harmon, Warren Chichester win bronze medals in three-man basketball at National Senior Games

What is Pickleball?

What is pickleball? Find out what it is.

More pickleball courts, stadium planned for East Naples

The updates will cost an estimated $23.4 million and help keep the park a pickleball mecca.

Little steps add up to help the environment

If you would like to help save the world, a good place to start is in your own backyard.

Softball: 26 SWFL players make all-state teams

Athletes from Fort Myers and Seacrest garnered statewide awards, while those schools led the area in all-state selections

Immokalee NFL stars coming home to host free camp

After being inspired by former NFL player Edgerrin James's camps in their hometown, the former Immokalee teammates say it's their turn to inspire kids

MIA’s ‘Ambassadors of the Environment’

Children’s minds don’t stop learning during the summer months. The question is, what do they learn?

Calusa Garden Club maintains memorials, markers

Calusa Garden Club members worked diligently to ensure that the Blue Star Memorial, a monument to our United States service men and women.

Mike Martin Jr. to be named FSU’s new coach

The Seminoles' veteran assistant coach of 22 years will follow his father's footsteps at FSU. Mike Martin is retiring after 40 years as head coach.

Youth sailing classes resume in June

The Marco Island community sailing program will resume in June, following a nearly two-year hiatus initially caused by devastation from Irma.

Golden Gate’s Williams earns National Football Foundation honor

The Titans senior is one of 81 nationwide honored by the national organization for his work on and off the field

Record Tiger Shark caught near Marco Island

Mark Stock landed what he says is a record class tiger shark on April 25 while fishing out of Marco Island.

Island’s Rotary clubs present 46th Eagle Open

Coming on the first day of June, the Eagle Open qualifies as the beginning of the off-season.

Naples-based MMA fighter is humble but dangerous

Alexandre, a world-class muay thai fighter and world champion now based in North Naples, is making the transition to MMA.

Marco star swimmer Maddy Burt honored

Describing her early pre-teen competitive swimming years as “nothing special,” rising star Maddy Burt had a bit of a revelation when she turned 12.

Winged Foot finalist: Teagan Havemeier, Marco Island Academy

Teagan Havemeier started at the bottom with the Marco Island Academy girls soccer team. In four years, she got to see the top with the rest of the Rays.

St. John Neumann’s Jensen Jones wins 2019 Winged Foot

Thursday, May 23, 2019 will go down as a pretty big night for Jensen Jones. Hours after graduating at St. John Neumann Catholic High School, Jones was named the recipient of the 30th annual Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete Award at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort.

Lely’s Britt-Alvarez reflects on monster year

Lely No. 1 singles player Diego Britt-Alvarez went 16-2 and advanced to the Class 2A singles semifinals as a junior this year

Young students learn water, boating safety

The occasion was the annual "Water Wise" program put on by the YMCA of South Collier.

Maddy Burt to swim for Arizona in college

The Marco Island resident and St. John Neumann junior announced her commitment to Arizona on her 17th birthday

Lely grad Penrod finishes record-setting career

Lely graduate Navia Penrod matches all-time A-Sun hits record during UNF's run to conference championship appearance

Cyclists cover island with Y’s Tour de Marco

Before sending out the 186 registered riders on their paths of 30, 15, or as little as five miles ...

Marco Island’s Linn returns to state track meet

Marco Island Academy junior Suzie Linn returns to the Class 1A state meet after breaking her ankle at last year's regional event

Lely track team give solid showings at district

Lely boys finish second, while girls take third at district meet in Immokalee

Photos: Summer sailing, 2019

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Fishingcast: Conditions for SWFL, July 12-18

Would surmise that last week’s weather assault, with that tropical depression, was a surprise to just about everyone.

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Photos: Fourth of July, Marco Island, 2019

Photos: Skimmers of Marco Island, 2019

On the Hook: A remembered fishing mission

As usual, it’s vitally important in managing this business to pay vital attention to electronic communication.

Fishingcast: Conditions for SWFL, July 5-11

Obvious now, in professional commercial tropical weather forecasts, that late afternoon / evening tropical storms are not even forecast.

Fishingcast: Conditions for June 28-July 4

We have had to deal with the super-heated air temperatures that have tormented us these last two weeks. Anglers are among the most perplexed.

Gardening: Bulbous plants for Southwest Florida

Daffodils and tulips are my favorite flowers because it was a sure sign of spring in Connecticut when they began popping up in the fields and yards.

Gardening: Avoiding storm damage

The hurricane season is here along with tropical systems forming in the Atlantic ocean and Gulf of Mexico.

Fishingcast: Conditions for SWFL, June 21-27

Well, so much for forecasting the frequency and intensity of summer weather hereabouts come the “rainy season.”

On the Hook: ‘You just can’t outrun them’

Sounds like the prologue for an action-packed best seller, but this is a chilling recount of a long to be remembered charter trip.

Fishingcast: Conditions for SWFL, June 14-20

Looks like we will get a short-lived respite from the steady diet of the southwest to northeast storm pattern that has prevailed this past week.

Gardening: Rains, yellowing and take-all patch

Their presence will appear first as a yellowing of grass blades along the edges of any brown spots you may have or along sidewalks and driveways.

Photos: MIA Ambassadors of the Environment, 2019

Fishingcast: Conditions for Southwest Florida, June 7-13

Just when anglers get used to nice tranquil wind conditions hooked onto gin clean water.

On the Hook: Defining sports fishing class act

Occasionally, life will present you with a marvelous display of human nature’s benign qualities