Collier County

Voters are encouraged to track their ballot online if they voted by mail to be positive it’s accepted without issue since there were more than 15,000 rejected vote-by-mail ballots statewide. The votes were flagged due to problems including, but not limited to, signature issues. The mail-in ballots that have been flagged are at risk of […]

The Naples Players are offering sessions of theater-inspired nonverbal mental health to help people take care of themselves during the stressful time after Hurricane Ian. In these sessions, the Naples Players, located at the Sugden Community Theatre at 701 5th Ave. S., use techniques like improvisation, image theater and object work. Sometimes talking about things […]

A St. Matthew’s House worker is putting his troubles behind him to help others after the hurricane. Richie Gay works at The St. Matthew’s House thrift store in Bonita. “The daily question of what are you shopping for, you kind of tread a little lightly,” said Gay. That’s because Hurricane Ian took so much from […]

Parents were arrested for looting several houses abandoned because of Ian, but that’s not the worst part. Deputies say the couple left their toddler sleeping in the car while they hit the houses. The child was taken by the Florida Department of Children and Families to a nearby hospital after the Collier County Sheriff’s Office […]

The Collier County Sheriff’s Office has arrested three people in connection to an armed robbery in Golden Gate on Tuesday. Deputies say they responded to a home on 46th Street SW around 9:30 p.m. on Tuesday after a man said he was robbed at gunpoint. The victim told deputies that a silver car pulled up […]

A man was arrested after he was caught on camera wearing a camouflage tarp and holding a rifle while walking around the parking lot of a Jaguar dealership on US-41 Naples. Police say the man in those images is Micah Bennett, 26, who is facing charges related to that incident. When officers arrived, they found […]

A man who murdered his wife and five children and then fled the country is going through a hearing to see if he can move forward with his appeal. Mesac Damas has sat on death row since he was given the punishment in 2017. During the hearing, Damas sat in silence with his head down. […]

Inflation, immigration, oil and crime were just a few topics Senator Marco Rubio covered Wednesday morning at the VFW in Golden Gate. Rubio focused on what he says are the failures of the Biden administration. Voters at the event said the border, crime, and inflation are their biggest concerns. Those were all topics Rubio hit […]

LCEC has restored power to customers in Immokalee and Lehigh Acres after a power outage was reported Wednesday morning. The cause for the widespread power outages was not known. According to Lee County Electric Cooperative’s outage map, 99.17% of customers in Immokalee, 71.65% in Lehigh Acres and 99.56% in Carnestown were without power.

A deadly Tuesday evening crash occurred on Livingston Road in Collier County. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a man from Naples was driving a Toyota Supra south on Livingston Road around 7:10 p.m., approaching Ridgeway Drive. He lost control of the car, which crashed into a tree and burst into flames. The driver was […]