New CCSO substation to be built in Golden Gate Estates
NAPLES, Fla.- The Collier County Sheriff’s Office is building a new substation near Immokalee Road and 39th Avenue Northeast in Golden Gate Estates. The 5,000 square foot substation was supposed to be...
View ArticleMissing Collier County man’s truck found
EAST NAPLES, Fla.- Deputies found a truck located behind a Super 8 motel belonging to a man who has been missing since Sunday. The purple truck belongs to Salvador Sanchez, aka Chava, who was last seen...
View ArticleA missing Naples man’s truck is found, friends ask for answers
EAST NAPLES, Fla.- Salvador Sanchez has been missing since Sunday when his truck turned up Thursday it left more questions than answers. Thursday, behind the Super 8 motel off Collier Boulevard, more...
View ArticleFarmworkers protest by home of Wendy’s billionaire chairman
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Hundreds of protesters, many farmworkers, led by Ethel Kennedy, demonstrated near the home of Wendy’s fast food chain’s chairman in hopes of convincing the company to pay a...
View ArticleCollier County deputy, driver hospitalized after crash
IMMOKALEE, Fla. – A deputy and driver were sent to the hospital after a car crash on North 15th Street on Sunday, Collier County deputies said. The driver pulled out in front of the deputy who was...
View ArticleNaples man headed to prison for $8M fraud
FORT MYERS, Fla. – A Naples man was sentenced on Monday to more than six years in federal prison for defrauding 111 investors of $8 million, the Department of Justice said. Dorian Garcia, 31, purchased...
View ArticleCollier voters to weigh in on consolidating fire, EMS services
NAPLES, Fla.- When voters head to the polls on Tuesday in unincorporated Collier County, they’ll most likely see firefighters with the North Collier Fire Rescue District showing their opposition for...
View ArticleBlaze rips through Collier County preserve
NAPLES, Fla. – Flames lit up a wooded area in Riverstone just feet from half-million dollar homes on Monday. No homes were in danger, authorities said.
View ArticleNaples Fire Chief Stephen McInerny fired
NAPLES, Fla. – Stephen McInerny has been fired as the city’s fire chief. “Following several months deliberation, your city manager exercised the right to end the at-will employment relationship,” City...
View ArticleMan steals wallet at North Naples McDonald’s
NORTH NAPLES, Fla.- A man is wanted for questioning in connection to a wallet theft at a North Naples McDonald’s, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said. The victim left his wallet on the counter...
View ArticleCollier County on board with new EMS system
NAPLES, Fla. – Collier County Emergency Medical Services is almost done installing a new alerting system after the state discovered the system failed to respond to a call quickly. Chaz Minard died of a...
View ArticleInfant’s sudden death under investigation in Immokalee
IMMOKALEE, Fla.- The sudden death of an infant is under investigation, the Collier County Sheriff’s Office said. A one-month-old girl was found unconscious Tuesday night with her face discolored at a...
View ArticleNaples mayor-elect Barnett talks plans for fourth term
NAPLES, Fla.- The City of Naples will soon have a new, but familiar, mayor: Bill Barnett. His election on Tuesday night leads to the beginning of his fourth term since 1996, though he has not held the...
View ArticleBees frenzied during Collier County fire
AVE MARIA, Fla. – Several stacks of bee hives caught fire on Wednesday afternoon, sending the insects into a frenzy, fire crews said. #ImmFire #beehive #fire A video posted by ImmokaleeFire...
View ArticleFHP: 3 killed in head-on collision on SR 29
IMMOKALEE, Fla.- Three people were killed in a head-on collision on State Road 29 near Oil Well Road on Thursday, Florida Highway Patrol said. Troopers say the driver of a car tried to pass several...
View Article2 Naples men arrested for child exploitation
NAPLES, Fla. – Two young men from Naples were arrested on Thursday for child sexual exploitation. 22-year-old Jacob Bruce Bickel, a registered sexual offender, and 18-year-old Michael Donald Roe both...
View Article40 invasive Burmese pythons captured in three-month span
NAPLES, Fla.- In three months, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida captured more than 40 invasive Burmese pythons, totaling more than 2,000 pounds of scaly creatures. “We’ve got a pretty big problem...
View ArticleStolen guns recovered from Naples burglary, 2 arrested
NAPLES, Fla.- Two men have been arrested in connection to a daytime residential burglary on 28th Avenue North, the Naples Police Department said. David Daniels, 24, of Naples and Phillip Bouie, 27, of...
View ArticleCollier County men killed in SR 29 crash
IMMOKALEE, Fla.- Two Collier County men were among the victims of a fiery crash along State Road 29 that left three people dead on Thursday. FHP says 31-year old Ayesha Khaleedah Idlette hit a van...
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