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Karen Anglin, left, as Libby Ruth Ames, Cathy Clausen as Deedra Wingate, Abby Yetter as Kari Ames-Bissette, Mai Puccio as Monette Gentry, Becky Irwin as Charlie Collins / Elaine Ritchie/Sun Times Performances of 'Always a Bridesmaid' on: * Thursday, May 8, 7:30 p.m.; * Fridays, April 25, May 2, May 9, 7:30 p.m.; * Saturdays, April 26, May 3, May ... (more)

There's much authorities don't know about the masked men holding Collier County residents at gunpoint in their own homes.

Neal Communities has closed on the sale of 129 home sites with lake and preserve views in the gated community of Reflection Lakes, off Collier Boulevard east of Naples, company officials said.

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Join us as Marco Island will once again host your favorite daytime actors who will help us raise money for charity.

Hundreds streamed onto Marco beach on Easter for the traditional Easter service.

Owners of Rose Marina presented new architectural rendering to Marco Island's Planning Board on Friday.

Kids scoop up eggs at maximum speed. Thousands of kids, parents and grandparents came to Mackle Park Saturday morning for the City of Marco Island's Spring Jubilee, with a massive Easter egg hunt as the finale.

There was a blockage in the right northbound lane of Pine Ridge Road. Also use caution on the Alligator Alley section of Interstate 75 because of smoke near mile marker 54 near Ochopee.

Athletic directors from the 14 schools - Barron Collier, Community School, Estero, First Baptist, Golden Gate, Gulf Coast, Immokalee, Lely, Marco Island Academy, Naples, Palmetto Ridge, Seacrest, St. John Neumann and South Fort Myers - in the Daily News' coverage area were contacted and asked to have their coaches nominate players.

Fiddler's Creek announced the grand opening of the Washington luxury model at Chiasso, a village of 59 single-family residences within the luxury, master-planned community.

He is accused of pushing and threatening a woman. a- Walter Lasek, 21, of the 700 block of 98th Avenue North, North Naples, was arrested Friday by Collier deputies at home.

Below is a list of some Easter Sunday Services around Southwest Florida: City of Palms Park When: 6:30 a.m. Where: City of Palms Park, downtown Fort Myers Cape Coral Yacht Club When: 7 a.m. Where: 5819 Driftwood Parkway, Cape Coral First Baptist Church of LaBelle When: 7 a.m. Where: Barron Park, LaBelle First United Methodist Church Naples When: 7 ... (more)

The Association of Free Community Papers announced the winners of its annual Best of the Best competition at an industry conference held at Disney World in Orlando over the weekend of April 4. Publications from across the United States and Canada were represented.

Darrell Loan shakes hands with the First Lady of Florida Ann Scott. Loan attended a reception at the Governor's Mansion in Tallahassee with author Tom Williams and his wife, Vicki.

Sgt. Hector Diaz was named Policeman of the Year for 2013. It's an honor more distinguished by the fact it is chosen by peers.

The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation was ordered last month to pay a Collier County couple $6,720 in legal and other fees for failing to provide records as required by the state's open records law.

A Collier County woman is outraged after receiving a postcard in the mail with a grade on her voting history.

Recently, the leaders from a number of not-for-profit 501 3 organizations announced the formation of the Cultural Alliance of Marco Island & Goodland .

Surveillance video obtained by Crime Stoppers shows masked men moments before they burst into a home and held a family at gunpoint.