Collier County

A Naples man was killed and a Clewiston woman was seriously injured in a crash on SR-80 in Hendry County on Monday afternoon. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 62-year-old Clewiston woman with a 53-year-old Naples man as her passenger was driving a car north on Hendry Isles Boulevard, approaching a stop sign at […]

A man was killed and three more were seriously injured in a head-on collision between two pickup trucks on SR-29 in Immokalee early Tuesday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, a 27-year-old man from Lehigh Acres, with another 27-year-old Lehigh Acres man as his passenger, was driving a white Dodge Ram north on SR-29, […]

Southwest Floridians are weighing in on some big primary races, including who takes on Gov. Ron DeSantis and Sen. Marco Rubio in November, and many local races on Tuesday. The Florida Democratic Party primary, for example, will pick between former Gov. Charlie Crist and Agricultural Commissioner Nikki Fried to challenge DeSantis. In Southwest Florida races, […]

On Monday, candidates in Southwest Florida and across the state made their final arguments to get your vote. Thousands of people have already cast their votes either with a mail-in ballot or by taking advantage of early voting. With less than 24 hours before the polls open, some candidates are putting out new ads or […]

A man was arrested Saturday after getting into a fight with a minor at a bar in Collier County. Deputies arrested Kurtis Edward Jennings, 51, and say he attacked a child during the fight. According to the Collier County Sheriff’s Office, the victim was in a bar on Radio Lane in Collier County around 7:40 […]

Polling locations in Southwest Florida may have changed for you this year. You can verify your polling location before heading out to vote on election day with the links below. Did you already vote by mail? You can also check the status of your ballot to ensure it was received and counted. Check your registration […]

A man was arrested Sunday, accused of a homicide in Immokalee that morning. Chadrick Austile was arrested by the Collier County Sheriff’s Office as a suspect in a homicide at around 2 a.m. According to an arrest report, deputies were called to a home on Willie Mae Harper Drive for a suspicious incident. When deputies […]

At 7 a.m. on Tuesday, doors to polling places around Southwest Florida will open for people to cast their ballots. What do you need to know before the primary election? Voters in Southwest Florida need to know they’ll be voting in several partisan and non-partisan races, meaning political party affiliation will be irrelevant for some […]

In less than a month, several Southwest Floridians will be climbing Mount Kilimanjaro as the final step in a fundraiser to help raise money for orphaned children. Haven of Hope International, a local nonprofit, is raising money for their Klimbing for Kids campaign. Now the team is preparing for the climb. Megan Garcia, along with […]

Primary elections are Tuesday, and voters will be busy deciding candidates for everything from governor to congress to the school board. Florida is a closed primary state which means registered voters will only be able to vote in the races that match their declared party or non-partisan races. There are dozens of races throughout the […]