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Carolina Hidalgo/Staff Ellen Hemrick, of the NAACP Collier County Branch and Occupy Naples, speaks to a group of about 75 people who gathered to express support for Medicaid expansion, equality, job creation, gun control and abortion rights outside Naples City Hall on March 3, 2014.

Karen Elizabeth Miller-Maness was found dead at her home on Argyle Drive in Fort Myers on Friday.

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A Texas oil company's request for official permission to drill a wastewater disposal well deep into the Big Cypress watershed is the latest flashpoint in South Florida's enviro-wars.

The National Merit Scholarship Program has announced that several Collier County high school seniors have qualified as finalists for 2014.

A St. James City man was arrested accused of killing a dog he adopted from Lee County Domestic Animal Services.

Last Sunday's column by Jeff Lytle struck a note with me for two reasons: I like to keep current on local traffic and transportation issues, and there is an apparent lack of understanding of crash causation.

Visual clutter is becoming a problem along Collier County roadways. So much so that it's spurred attention of the county commissioners.

A former Collier County man has been convicted for the second time of attempted first-degree murder of a Lee County sheriff's deputy in the mid-90s.

Shoes have come a long way for an item that started out as a practical way for our ancestors to protect their feet from the environment.

Andrew Lee Christensen, 19, of the 10 block of Henderson Drive, faces a felony charge of lewd or lascivious battery on a person 12 to 16. He was arrested during a "click it or ticket" detail in Immokalee after a Collier County deputy found he had an outstanding warrant.

It was a difficult picture for any animal lover to see. A federally protected screech owl was found stuck to a glue rat trap in Collier County last week.

If there is any question about any event that does not fall within the above parameters, please contact the school directly, as they may have additional cancellations or changes to program activities.

A line of severe thunderstorms capable of producing destructive winds in excess of 70 mph is moving along a line from 45 miles west of Naples to 25 miles west of Marco Island.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- The Collier County Sheriff's Office is unveiling its new "ghost" cars, in an effort to reduce speeding and other serious driving offenses.

It's not by chance that Lee County's tourism logo sports a scallop in place of an ampersand.

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The case has been forwarded to detectives for further investigation. 14-00524; Battery; 457 5th Avenue South; a victim stated that someone unlawfully struck them while at the above location.

Three former Economic Development employees filed a federal lawsuit against the Lee County Board of Commissioners Monday, claiming they were wrongly fired for being whistle blowers.