Naples mayor tests positive for COVID-19

Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann has COVID-19. Her symptoms are mild and she’s still working virtually. But today’s city council meeting will be different: Anyone going will have their temperature checked, and fiberglass partitions will separate council members. The city also encourages mask-wearing and social distancing at the meeting on top of the daily cleaning protocols […]

Driver’s dash cam records Collier County school bus speed through red light

A driver in Collier County caught the moment a Collier County Public Schools school bus ran a red light Tuesday. Video was sent in that showed the incident at the intersection with Livingston Road and Golden Gate parkway in Collier County. The tipster said the bus had to be moving at more than 50 mph. […]

Collier County Schools to discuss hygiene measures

The Collier County School Board will discuss three new measures Tuesday to stop COVID-19 from spreading. These include: A hand-sanitizing system on buses. Water bottle filling stations. Increased playground cleaning. All this is to address high-contact surfaces students may encounter every day. The board will vote to restock the hand sanitizer for the dispensers installed […]

Deputies investigate man’s murder outside East Naples apartments

A man was found dead in his car after neighbors say they heard gunshots over the weekend, but it’s not confirmed if the man died due to gunshot injuries. Saturday, Collier County Sheriff’s Office began investigating the murder of a man outside River Reach apartments in East Naples. Collier County deputies responded to the homicide […]

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State announces testing in migrant worker communities but not in Immokalee

The State of Florida is introducing a new program to ramp up testing in migrant worker communities. But during the busy fall harvest season, this doesn’t include Immokalee. Migrant workers are flocking to Immokalee for the November harvest. Which could be considered putting your life at risk in the time of coronavirus. “We are treated […]

5 Regal movie theaters to close in SWFL as parent company struggles

Shares in the company that owns the Regal, Cineworld and Picturehouse movie theaters fell as much as 58% after it said it will temporarily close the venues because delays to the latest James Bond film left it with few blockbusters to attract customers during the pandemic. Cineworld Group Plc said Monday that 536 Regal cinemas […]

Naples collected $500,000 in pandemic-related fines, looks to see if it still can

The City of Naples is banking on hundreds of thousands of dollars for pandemic-related fines. But with Phase 3 of reopening ending fines for disobeying COVID-19 guidelines, the city is looking at how much more money it can collect on violations. Naples has collected approximately $500,000 in pandemic-relate fines. Most of the money was made […]

Developer presents revised plans for North Naples condo community

A developer wants to build more than a hundred condo units that some people say will block their view of paradise and bring more traffic to North Naples. One Naples is planned for the intersection of Gulf Shore Drive and Vanderbilt Beach Road. STOCK Development said it has had nearly 50 meetings with community members […]