Men shocked while working on Naples power pole in critical condition
NAPLES, Fla. Two construction workers shocked while working on a power pole remained in critical condition Friday afternoon, according to North Collier Fire Rescue. The men were injured Thursday...
View ArticleChokoloskee church damaged by storm surge on the road to recovery
CHOKOLOSKEE, Fla. Storm surge nearly destroyed a church in Chokoloskee after Hurricane Irma, but the faith of churchgoers has remained strong. Video posted on the Chokoloskee Church of God’s Facebook...
View ArticleHorse rescue center in Golden Gate Estates recovering after Irma
GOLDEN GATE ESTATES, Fla. Multiple horses are still trekking through water at a rescue center in Collier County. All of the thoroughbred horses at the Track to Trail Horse Rescue on 3847 2nd Avenue...
View ArticleHigh tide triggers areas of flooding in portions of Naples
NAPLES, Fla. High tide caused some flooding Saturday in portions of East Naples, according to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. More flooding is possible during the next high tide, which is expected...
View ArticleCounty-wide stench coming from Collier landfill
NAPLES, Fla. Something stinks in Collier County. The sulfur-smell moving throughout the county is coming from a landfill off Collier Boulevard, according to the Collier County Solid Waste Department....
View ArticleGov. Scott to make stop in Naples as Tin City reopens
NAPLES, Fla. Tin City will reopen one month after the storm hit Southwest Florida. Gov. Scott will visit the shops at 2 p.m. and discuss jobs after approximately 200 people were put out of work due to...
View ArticleNAACP files complaint with Collier school district
FORT MYERS, Fla. The NAACP of Collier County has filed a complaint with the Collier County school district over its decision to use Martin Luther King Day as a makeup day. Students were originally...
View Article‘Thank you’: South Fort Myers hotel stays open during Irma
SOUTH FORT MYERS, Fla. A simple act of kindness helped dozens during the storm. The Crowne Plaza Fort Myers At Bell Tower Shops allowed guests to stay even after the hotel was placed in a mandatory...
View ArticleTin City reopens with visit from Gov. Scott
NAPLES, Fla. A flooded boardwalk was among the reasons the Tin City shopping center stayed closed for nearly a month after Hurricane Irma, but the stores and restaurants reopened Monday, with Gov. Rick...
View ArticleEx-Naples High teacher pleads not guilty to sex with minor
NAPLES, Fla. A former Naples High School teacher and assistant football coach has filed a not guilty plea to charges he had sex with a 17-year-old girl. Brock Elliot Smith, 30, of the 5200 block of...
View ArticleEast Naples man sentenced for snatching boy at Coastland mall
NAPLES, Fla. A man accused of taking a 6-year-old boy from his family at Coastland Center Mall was sentenced to two years in prison. Donald Emerson Hayes, 46, pleaded no contest Friday to a charge of...
View ArticleImmokalee family says FEMA refused to help
IMMOKALEE, Fla. Hurricane Irma teared through an Immokalee family’s home, leaving them with a damaged roof and mold growing on their walls. But the Garcia family says they have a special case, one of...
View ArticleNAACP aims peaceful protest at Collier school district
NAPLES, Fla. A peaceful protest is planned for Tuesday’s Collier County school board meeting. The NAACP of Collier County is taking issue with the district’s decision to use Martin Luther King Day as a...
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1 wounded in stabbing on Fifth Avenue in Naples
NAPLES, Fla. One person was hospitalized after a stabbing Tuesday morning on Fifth Avenue South, police said. William E. Lyons, 53, was arrested after the stabbing, which took place at 7:15 a.m....
View ArticleSWFL media production companies hit by rash of burglaries
NAPLES, Fla. It’s a tough time to be a media production company in Southwest Florida. Four separate facilities have been burglarized in the past month. Collier County Sheriff’s investigators are...
View ArticleSouthwest Florida on the road to recovery one month after Irma
NAPLES, Fla. Tuesday marked one month since Hurricane Irma struck Southwest Florida. The storm hit on Sept. 10 and left communities underwater, mounds of debris and many displaced families. Nearly 66...
View ArticleCollier County Sheriff’s Office celebrates community safety
NAPLES, Fla. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office will hold events throughout October in an effort to promote community safety. The family friendly events will include cookouts, bounce houses, wall...
View ArticleSuspect was stranger to victim in Fifth Avenue stabbing
NAPLES, Fla. A man stabbed Tuesday morning at a Fifth Avenue coffee shop was attacked with such force that the knife traveled through his wrist and into his chest, he told police. The victim,...
View ArticleCollier County Sheriff’s Office to receive funds, resources to combat drug...
NAPLES, Fla. The Collier County Sheriff’s Office was selected to receive federal funding to combat drug trafficking. The White House’s Office of National Drug Control Policy designated the county as...
View ArticleMan found slumped over in vehicle on US 41 at Immokalee Rd.
NORTH NAPLES, Fla. Collier County deputies say they found a man slumped over the wheel of a stopped work vehicle Wednesday afternoon. The man was pronounced dead at the scene and was taken to the...
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