Rachel Cox-Rosen

There is a petition to keep a treasured place from getting bulldozed in Southwest Florida. The Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club Off is being redeveloped, and the people who enjoy it want to keep it the way it is. Christy Boutell has played at the Mary C. Watkins Tennis Center at the club for […]

A convicted killer wants his prison time cut in half. Christopher Serna took a plea deal for killing his girlfriend, Suzanne Bishop, at North Naples apartments in 2011. Now, he believes his lawyers didn’t act in his best interest. Serna murdered and decapitated his girlfriend nearly a decade ago and is serving a 50-year sentence. […]

Now that the development has been approved, hundreds of homes are set to be built in the Isles of Collier Preserve area, off of US 41 near Rattlesnake Hammock. But many fear that this development could cause damage to the environment and add to traffic. Collier County Commissioners approved a plan to build 230 more […]

A journey that began with addiction has progressed into brothers helping others. The men were able to get clean with the help of a nonprofit in Southwest Florida. Gabe and Zach Miller had lots of adventures growing up in Nebraska. “We were always like best friends,” Gabe said. “We got into a lot of trouble […]

State of the art technology that can help save lives when seconds count is now in Southwest Florida. A patient’s information can be sent directly to a doctor in real time. We learned how this will help evaluate medical emergencies before arriving at the ER. North Collier Fire Control and Rescue District recently bought new […]

Moorings Park was one of the first facilities in the state to receive second COVID-19 vaccine doses. Saturday, they began administering those doses. By the close of business on Thursday, Walgreens will have fully vaccinated over 1,600 Moorings Park residents. Tom and Pam Becker were two of the 500 who got the shot on Wednesday. […]

George Schoenfeld is tired of waiting. The 91-year-old man feels forgotten after the state and his facility has failed to vaccinate him and his fellow residents at the assisted living facility Brookdale North Naples. “We’ve been waiting and waiting and waiting,” Schoenfeld said. “In December we were told in the next month to three weeks […]

Teachers are among those waiting their turn to get the coronavirus vaccine, as the threat of COVID-19 inside schools rises. A teacher in Southwest Florida thinks educators should be the next group given priority for the vaccine. Teaching in 2020 proved challenging for longtime educator Soraya Ahmed in Collier County. “We were all stuck at […]

The Lee County Sheriff’s Office broke ground Thursday morning for the future LCSO Fallen Deputy Memorial at Lakes Park in south Fort Myers. The memorial will honor Lee County deputies who have died in the line of duty. Families of fallen LCSO deputies were in attendance along with many deputies and retired deputies. The granite […]

A man made it his mission to spread his message of kindness around the country, and his positive words reached Southwest Florida Wednesday. For Bob Votruba, standing on Collier County street corners in early January is an annual tradition. “It’s so much fun. I like putting myself out at the front of everyone,” Votruba said […]