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Southwest Florida residents and consumers around the nation won't be seeing a price hike in fresh tomatoes after all.

Get ready to start paying more for tomatoes at the supermarket. Southwest Florida residents and consumers around the nation could soon face a "tomato cliff" that could double retail prices if a trade agreement between the U.S. and Mexico ends, according to a recent study by a major Arizona-based trade association.

A car disabled from striking a pig in the middle of a rural road Friday night was hit by two other cars, resulting in three people hospitalized with serious injuries and eight other passengers injured on State Road 29 in northern Collier County.

Never mind their official job titles -- Gina Poppell, Brenda Brown and Debbie Dailey are counselors, confessors, historians, gallery owners, librarians and shoulders to cry on.