Lee County

A dog in Southwest Florida who was thrust into the national spotlight when his owner saved him from an alligator attack has a new job. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office posted a video on social media where Sheriff Carmine Marceno officially deputized four-month-old Gunner as a member of the department’s Deputy Dogs program. Gunner will help the department in...

A man was caught on camera jumping into a pond to save his small dog from an alligator’s grip near Estero, Florida.

The storm that prompted a Winter Weather Advisory on Monday for the Chicago area dumped 5 inches of snow on Rockford and 4.3 inches on Woodstock with more snow expected to fall throughout the day.

NBC Storm Team 5 meteorologist Andy Avalos has your latest forecast update. 

Surveillance video showed Bieniek causing destruction to the plumbing business and a neighboring business. Bieniek was released Sunday on $26,500 bond and faces two charges of burglary and charges of resisting arrest, larceny and criminal mischief. It’s unclear if he’s retained an attorney.

Sometimes in forecasting tornadoes, you can get everything technically right, and yet it all goes horribly wrong. Three days before the killer Alabama tornado struck, government severe-storm meteorologists cautioned that conditions could be ripe for twisters in the Southeast on Sunday. Then, an hour before the tragedy, they warned that a strong tornado could occur in two particular Alabama counties...

The youngest victim was 6, the oldest 89. Relatives said one extended family lost 10 members....
The 23 people killed in the nation’s deadliest tornado in nearly six years came into focus Tuesday with the release of their names by the coroner....
“Just keep those families in your prayers,” Lee County Coroner Bill Harris said, two days after the disaster....
The search for...

Lee County Sheriff Jay Johnson and Chris Darden of the National Weather Service address the media after a tornado swept through the region over the weekend, leaving at least 23 dead and dozens more unaccounted for.

Rescue crews searched for victims Monday amid the splintered lumber and twisted metal where homes once stood, after the deadliest U.S. tornado in nearly six years ripped through a rural Alabama community. At least 23 people were killed, some of them children. Dozens remained unaccounted for in Lee County nearly a day later, according to the sheriff, who said that...

Deputies in Escambia County arrested 31-year-old Charles McDowell on Tuesday after the state of Florida filed a motion to have his bond revoke on charges from a July 2018 arrest.

For more than 25 years, the man identified as the triggerman in the death of Michael Jordan’s father has repeatedly declared his innocence in the murder.

Charles McDowell was arrested by sheriff’s deputies in Lee County, Alabama early Wednesday morning, according to NBC affiliate WPMI-TV.

A 72-year-old man who spent 26 years on the run in Mexico after he fled sexual battery and aggravated child abuse charges in southwest Florida has been arrested, authorities said.

Anna and Carlo Lini of Hinckley, Illinois, say they’ve never visited Pakistan or United Arab Emirates. But you wouldn’t know that if you looked at their recent cell phone bills.

The woman called deputies in Lee County after finding the reptile – While she waited for officers to arrive, 28-year-old Malcolm Porter came up behind the victim, grabbing her by the neck and choking her while demanding sex.

Boats are killing manatees in Florida at a record-setting pace so far this year.

An overnight shooting outside a Fort Myers, Florida, nightclub hosting a party for middle and high school students left two dead and as many as 17 wounded, authorities said.

Florida sheriff’s detectives are investigating a cellphone video purportedly showing a 15-year-old girl having sex with as many as two dozen boys in a public high school bathroom after school.

A southwest Florida man is in custody after his girlfriend, her teenage daughter, the couple’s toddler and their dog were found dead at their home.