Collier County News

Video from a helicopter Wednesday gave us our first look at an oil drilling site shut down and at a stand still in Collier County.

The end of the school year means it's time for the FCAT. Public school students across the state take Florida's Comprehensive Assessment Test online and on paper.

COLLIER COUNTY, Fla.- Less than half of registered Republicans in Collier County voted in Tuesday's Special Election.

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Logan Desiray Martini, 16, was last seen with her boyfriend Kyle Livengood in the Orangetree subdivision in Golden Gate Estates.

Lizbeth Benacquisto of Fort Myers, Curt Clawson of Bonita Springs, Michael Dreikorn of Bokeelia and Paige Kreegel of Estero and Punta Gorda - are vying for their party's nomination in today's primary special election.

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

Scott McIntyre/Staff Supporters gather in a ballroom at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point awaiting results for candidate Curt Clawson at his election party for the special Congressional District 19 Republican primary election.

After months of cracking down on the way some businesses can advertise, Collier County sign holders are fighting back against county commissioners.

Critics of oil company plans to drill in the Everglades saw some of their worst fears realized late last week when the Florida Department of Environmental Protection revealed it had sanctioned Texas-based Dan A. Hughes Co.

Mud was no match for an emergency team that rescued a cow from the thick muck. The rescue occurred Monday at Colonial Boulevard and Treeline Avenue in Fort Myers.

Voters in two southwest Florida counties are going to the polls to pick a GOP nominee for a congressional seat.

An investigation is underway after a fire ripped through a home in the Suncoast Estates neighborhood in North Fort Myers.

Myles Chefetz does a tasting in the kitchen at Prime Fish with chef Todd Zimmer, April 14, 2014.

A fight in a Collier County middle school bathroom was all caught on camera. Several students are involved, but apparently only one child, whose parent says she is the victim, was punished.

One site is on the north side of Pope John Paul II Boulevard, just west of Camp Keais Road.

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

Collier County sheriff's deputies have released this surveillance image from a Golden Gate bank robbery Nov. 28, 2012.

The call came in at 5:57 a.m. of shots being fired at 4423 32nd Ave. S.W., but no injuries were reported, according to spokeswoman Kristi Lester.

Here's a look at some of the events and major state and Southwest Florida government meetings that could generate news reports in the coming week: a- Collier County schools will continue administering the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test this week.