Lauren Leslie

Parents in Collier County can get their kids back-to-school vaccines starting Tuesday, at the Florida Department of Health in Collier County. You don’t need an appointment and it’s a free walk-in clinic. This begins Tuesday afternoon and will run for the next three weeks. All to make sure your students are safe and ready to […]

Essential workers may be closer to becoming homeowners after a state program went into effect on the first of June for more than 50 professions. Florida’s Hometown Heroes Loan Program is going to help frontline workers with down payments and closing costs assistance. Over 50 different professions like dental hygienists, athletic trainers, massage therapists, mental […]

Voters could find it helpful to use BallotTrax to track their ballot for the upcoming primary election in Collier County, with more than 70,000 mail-in ballots sent out Thursday. Campaign signs are out for the primary election and so are thousands of mail-in ballots. “Over 70,000 ballots went out today and we had about 61,000 […]

You and your friends and family can soon go to the first Great Wolf Lodge in Florida, which breaks ground in Naples on Thursday. Set to be near the I-75 and Collier Boulevard interchange, the county is investing $15 million in Great Wolf Lodge as an incentive to build at that location. While the location […]

A woman was arrested Monday morning at a Naples Macy’s department store after giving police a fake name. A store manager at the Macy’s in Coastland Center found Guinnevere Wolfe, 43, in the women’s restroom while opening the store. Wolfe told officers she thought leaving the bathroom would trip an alarm. Ultimately, she was arrested […]

The United States Supreme Court reversed its decision on the nearly fifty-year-old ruling of Roe v. Wade. This ends the federally protected right to an abortion. Now, some say, the court is working to reverse other controversial rulings. On the heels of overturning Roe v. Wade, Justice Clarence Thomas is calling to “correct the error” […]

Collier County deputies responded to what they are calling a road rage incident that took place just after 3 p.m. on Wednesday. Deputies say the incident took place on the northbound ramp of I-75 from Immokalee Road. They said that it appears a gun was fired. Andrew Williams, a witness to the crime said, “It […]

An organization that helps all kinds of non-profits, the Collier Community Foundation, received a $300 thousand grant helping Southwest Floridian’s food insecurities. Collier Community Foundation works to identify needs in our community. Right now, food insecurity is at the top of the list. It’s why the $300 thousand is being turned into food in one […]

It might feel like school just ended but the search for teachers for the new school year has already begun and Collier County has a significant shortage right now. More than 150 teachers are needed in Collier County and with just over seven weeks until the new school year, the clock is ticking. Educators are […]

Making ends meet just got a little easier. A new thrift store in Golden Gate is different from all the others. The St. Matthew’s House Golden Gate Bargain Store takes goods from other stores that haven’t been sold and will mark them down even more. The store is located at 4945 Golden Gate Parkway. In […]