Collier County

A Southwest Florida man went from inmate to computer coding entrepreneur, and now he’s helping write a “comeback story” for workers hurt by the pandemic. While serving eight years in prison, Antoine Patton unlocked a new skill. He said he went down to the computer lab and found a book on coding and started teaching […]

Emmanuel Lutheran Church of Naples combined worship with drive-in movie theaters at Emmanuel Community Park Sunday, a site the church recently purchased in Golden Gate Estates. Churchgoers sat in their cars with the radio dialed to 99.7 to join together in worship with Emmanuel Lutheran in its new drive-in church venture. “It was different, but […]

Testing people for the coronavirus is more important than ever as the state continues to reopen, so on Sunday in Immokalee, people can get tested without a doctor’s note. Immokalee is among the “hot spots” for COVID-19 in Florida, with more than 400 confirmed cases in just the last month. “This is going to be […]

According to Florida Department of Health, a 98-year-old woman, who has dementia, was punched in the head twice by a nursing assistant at ManorCare in East Naples. Officials say the woman tried to protect herself by holding her hands up defensively. And it was another employee at ManorCare who witnessed it and reported it, ultimately […]

Looking ahead in the pandemic, we’re hearing more about “controlling” and “fixing the numbers,” from the number of cases, the unemployment numbers, and our own budgets. That’s where our ‘check-in’ with our panel of experts at Florida Gulf Coast University started, and you can WATCH the full video above.

Many of us will head to the beach this weekend, but if you’re heading out to a Collier County beach, you’ll encounter some rules that you won’t elsewhere. Now, some beach businesses are pleading with Naples and the county to reopen beaches all the way. Saturday and Sunday, beachgoers won’t be allowed on the sand […]

Many of us remember the moment Hurricane Irma hit Southwest Florida in 2017 — trees thrashing in strong winds and heavy rain. That’s on the minds of many in the Naples Estates community, where neighbors remember the extensive damage from the storm. “It was like a war zone and everyone lost their homes,” neighbor Susan […]

A Tallahassee judge said Thursday he cannot order the state to pay people immediately because he doesn’t have the authority, which comes as disappointment for hundreds of thousands unemployed Floridians. Serious, scared, devastated and frustrated — that is how Judge John Cooper described the people waiting to be paid their unemployment benefits and struggling to […]

United Way volunteers in Collier County are keeping busy these days. They spent Thursday unpacking and repacking seven trucks of food boxes that came from a state agency. It’s a lot of hard work and they need all hands on deck at their warehouse. “We’ve got a system,” said Patricia Heath, United Way volunteer and board […]

The 36th Avenue SE fire has finally been contained. But it’s caused much destruction to the Golden Gate Estates neighborhood and to the families living there. While some lost homes, others lost pets and sentimental items no dollar amount can replace. For residents like Bonnie Kubicsek, losing just about everything can be heartbreaking. “After they […]